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Old 07-25-2011, 12:18 PM   #9
mtsp
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: São Paulo, Brasil/Brazil
Device: Kindle 3 3G
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Originally Posted by terencek View Post
As someone who actually has to live by solar power alone (in the African bush) and has a Kindle, I can offer you a 'quick and dirty' method though it won't be pretty.

Buy or salvage an old car battery. Hook up a cheap solar panel to it. Get yourself a 12v car USB-charger, connect it to the battery, charge the Kindle.

In essence this is what I do all the time (with all my equipment in fact) though of course with a somewhat more sophisticated set-up!
Do you have pictures of this set-up?
I'd like to see that.
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