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You probably have heard \tthat us folks in California have an electricity problem. While the press \thas not accurately reported the facts (big surprise) the fact does remain \tthat energy is getting expensive. If you do any shooting with the D1 \tand have no electricity either because of a rolling black out or you’ \tre simply nowhere near an electrical outlet, you’ ve got to find another \toption for power. My dependency on 120v has bothered me and I swear \twhen I plug in all my batteries for charging, my office electric meter \tnearly spins off the wall. All of these facts combined has caused me \tto turn to the sun for help.<\/p>\n
Our trailer is already equipped with a solar panel that charges a \t12v battery that in turn runs the inverter to power standard 120v chargers. \tThis system is killer, but I needed something smaller than my trailer \tthat I could put in a backpack for a couple of high Sierra and Alaska \tprojects I’ m starting this summer. Heading to the web and talking with \tother friends and biologists who are also into alternative power steered \tme to some solar panels, which have enough watts to charge some devices, \tbut not everything. After a number of attempts I finally found the right \tsolar panel that does it all!<\/p>\n
The SunWize \t\tPortable Energy System (PES)<\/a> is a great little panel! It’ s only \t\t10.5″x 15.5″x 0.56″ and weighs a mere 2.5lbs! It comes with a case \t\tand all the cords you need except one.<\/p>\n I have opted to charge all of my electrical devices with their 12v \tcharger so I made a 12v accessory plug socket to plug into the PES. \tWith this, I can charge the D1 EN-4 batteries with the MH-17, my Dell \tInspiron 5000 with a Targus Universal Auto\/Air Power Adapter as well \tas my Powerex 1600mAH rechargeable AA batteries (see pg.20).<\/p>\n The SunWize PES has a meter on the front, which helps you align the \tPES for optimum power output. I was amazed when I first started to use \tthe panel how sensitive it was to the direction of the sun!<\/p>\n I have found that with the SunWize, the meter needs to say 65 or higher \tfor it to charge and power my notebook computer. This also holds true \tfor the Quantum Car Charger or MAHA battery charger. To charge the MH-17\/EN-4 \tthe meter needs to read 80 or higher (the meter goes to 120).<\/p>\n As photographers we’ re always chasing the light. Well, here’ s just \tone more way we can take advantage of it when we do catch it. And we’ \tre helping the environment at the same time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You probably have heard that us folks in California have an electricity problem. While the press has not accurately reported the facts (big surprise) the fact does remain that energy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","sync_status":"none","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[93],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-7265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technical-tips"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Podcast.jpg?fit=1500%2C1500&quality=100&ssl=1","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"amazon":{"key":"amazon","url":"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/Podcast\/B08JJQC1GR?ref=a_pd_item-n_c0_bc&pf_rd_p=1da7ab30-c785-4a0e-a160-4a7e7077b353&pf_rd_r=EEDMYHQM3DZ05FPRTHMJ","label":"Amazon","class":"amazon","icon":"amazon.png"},"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"rss":{"key":"rss","url":"","label":"RSS","class":"rss","icon":"rss.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2fRA9VaVfSdQMKf1ipxr0tipxr0t","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"itunes":{"key":"itunes","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/moose-podcast\/id1107405746","label":"iTunes","class":"itunes","icon":"itunes.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/moose-podcast","embedCode":"Mobile Charging Power<\/a><\/blockquote>