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Day 6. No Sun. Lots of Biking.

Published on August 31, 2007 By Steve Chippy Paine

Distance since last post: 75kmWeather: Cloudy, rainy.Forecast: Bad for the next 3-days. Looks like I’ll have to be careful!Notes: Crashed into a lamppost while I was trying to mount my bike. No damage. Phew! View towards Remagen (two bridge towsers can be seen at base of hill) in terrible weather. No sun, no energy although [...]

9 days rain ahead.

Published on August 9, 2007 By Steve Chippy Paine

I know that weather is supposed to be chaos but this is just silly. The most settled weather we’ve had this year was back in April and since then its been a real mess. It doesn’t look like it wants to change much either. The whole of central Europe is stuck in a mess of [...]

Sunlinq 25W and Tekkeon Power bank work well together.

Published on June 27, 2007 By Steve Chippy Paine

I don’t really understand why I didn’t try this before. Its simple. its recommended and it works. Have I been too focused on flexibility why simplicity could be the answer? I was speaking to Chris from Euro-Line, an importer of consumer solar products and he highlighted a document that I’d already seen. I took another [...]

Solar Panel arrived for testing.

Published on May 4, 2007 By Steve Chippy Paine

Thanks to Select Solar UK I received a 15W P3 Solar panel this morning. As I write, it’s out in the garden with 660W/m2 of sun power beaming down on it! Temp in the shade is about 22 degrees. P3 Folding Solar Panel Its smaller and lighter than I expected too. The first test was [...]