Simple methods of charging batteries

My last blog focused on our dependancy on the use of electricity in our daily lives. Today we would all probably have a hard time surviving in our modern world without our cel phone, laptop computer and our tablets.

The one thing that these machines all have in common is that they all use batteries to power them and batteries all need to be charged on a regular bases to enable the devices to operate. Yes I know this is elementary but what would happen if for some reason the power was off in the town or city due to a natural disaster?

Today solar collectors have come down in price to a point that you can purchase one for minimum amount of money. With adapters you can modify the output to provide power to charge the batteries of your personal devices. Solar collectors work great as long as they have light to collect their energy. They do not produce very much energy if any at night.

Another idea would be to use the cigarette lighter in an Automobile to power the charging adaptors to charge your devices. If the auto battery starts to get run down from use you can always start the auto to recharge the battery. The trouble with this system is that if there is no fuel or the battery is too weak to start the auto then you would not be able to charge your batteries.

What could a person do then to be able to survive without electricity?

I just watched an interesting video on electrical energy this morning, you can find it at the following location http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=XMhAIdqH0Cs&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DXMhAIdqH0Cs this Youtube video is a must see video on alternative energy sources and the inventors who invented these amazing devices.

I personally am working on a design using the joule thief circuit as the starting point to creat a electrical charging circuit to charge and run my portable devices. I will release the drawings and the results of my experiments to all of my faithful followers from all around this beautiful world we live on.

Until next time keep on exploring alternative energy solutions.