Mini Solar Powered Wind Turbine Model - White ABS

This great executive toy instantly spruces up any desk, or is a great addition to any model collection. A small model, but it has a very high powered, top quality solar cell - a great way to demonstrate solar energy in action!

Powers in natural sunlight, as well as under a desk lamp. Overhead and florescent lights are typically not strong enough.

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12V Charge Controller Using - Pedal Power / Solar Power / Wind Turbine Power

Want to charge 12 Volt DC batteries or a 12 Volt battery pack with a pedal power bicycle generator? With this charge controller, youll be able to harness human power energy or energy from wind and solar and put it to good use.

HOW IT WORKS:
Lead acid batteries require special love and care to last more than a year. The AGM (Absorbed Glass Mat) batteries typically do not want to see more than 14.8 Volts DC while charging. When you charge your batteries by pedal power, wind, solar, the voltage at your battery will go higher than 14.8 Volts DC. So this NC25A charge controller will detect that the voltage has exceeded the desired charge level (in this case 14.8V DC) and break the connection between your alternative energy power source and the lead acid battery power pack being charged. This will keep your battery from being over charged and damaged.

Once the charge controller starts protecting your battery from too high of a charge voltage, it gives you the option to divert your pedal-power / wind / solar energy to something called a “diversion load”. You don’t have to hook up a diversion load if you don’t want to, however if you are using this charge controller for a bike generator work out exercise routine, then keep in mind that when the charge controller goes into diversion mode with no diversion load hooked up, you will feel no resistance on your bike and it will become very easy to pedal. If you wanted to store your diverted energy, you could put a second NC25A charge controller on your diversion load output and that would allow you to charge a 2nd lead acid battery or powerpack.

OWNERS MANUAL WITH SPECIFICATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS
http://www.flexcharge.com/flexcharge_usa/manuals/nc25a_manual.pdf

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Casio Men’s G-Shock Atomic Tough Solar Watch #GW5600J-1

This Casio G-Shock watch is a highly accurate and durable digital timepiece perfect for travelers, adventurers, or anyone looking for a multi-function, rough-and-ready watch. Featuring atomic timekeeping, the watch automatically sets using radio signals to ensure perfect time accuracy. Charged by solar power, the battery can last up to eight months on a full charge without further exposure to light. The screen indicates the battery level, and the watch comes with a power saving function. Ideal for world travelers or international calls, the watch can be set for 29 time zones (30 cities), with or without daylight savings, and comes with a city code display so you know where you are. The watch also features four daily alarms and one snooze alarm, a countdown timer, a 1/100 second stopwatch, hourly time signals, and an automatic calendar pre-programmed through 2099. The octagonal bezel of dark gray resin gives the watch a distinctive look, and the octagonal digital display window offers an automatic EL backlight with afterglow for easy night reading. The rugged band and case are also made of resin. The watch is designed for enhanced shock resistance, is water resistant up to 660 feet (200 meters), and is backed by a 1-year limited manufacturer’s warranty.

Development of the Timepiece Business
With the launch of its first watch in November 1974, Casio entered the wristwatch market at a time when the watch industry had just discovered digital technology. As a company with cutting-edge electronic technology developed for pocket calculators, Casio entered this field confident that it could develop timepieces that would lead the market. In developing its own wristwatches Casio began with the basic question, “What is a wristwatch?” Rather than simply making a digital version of the conventional mechanical watch, we thought that the ideal wristwatch should be something that shows all facets of time in a consistent way. Based on this, Casio was able to create a watch that displayed the precise time including the second, minute, hour, day, and month — not to mention a.m. or p.m., and the day of the week. It was the first watch in the world with a digital automatic calendar function that eliminated the need to reset the calendar due the variation in month length. Rather than using a conventional watch face and hands, a digital liquid crystal display was adopted to better show all the information. This culminated in the 1974 launch of the CASIOTRON, the worldÂ’s first digital watch with automatic calendar. The CASIOTRON won acclaim as a groundbreaking product that represented a complete departure from the conventional wristwatch. Casio transformed the concept of the watch — from a mere timepiece to an information device for the wrist — and undertook product planning based on this innovative idea. We developed not only time functions such as global time zone watches, but also other radical new functions using CasioÂ’s own digital technology, including calculator and dictionary functions, as well as a phonebook feature based on memory technology, and even a thermometer function using a built-in sensor. The memory-function watches became our DATA BANK product series, while the sensor watches developed into two unique Casio product lines of today: the Pathfinder series displaying altitude, atmospheric pressure, and compass readings. In 1983, Casio launched the shock-resistant G-SHOCK watch. This product shattered the notion that a watch is a fragile piece of jewelry that needs to be handled with care, and was the result of Casio engineers taking on the challenge of creating the worldÂ’s toughest watch. Using a triple-protection design for the parts, module, and case, the G-SHOCK offered a radical new type of watch that was unaffected by strong impacts or shaking. Its practicality was immediately recognized, and its unique look, which embodied its functionality, became wildly popular, resulting in explosive sales in the early 1990s. The G-SHOCK soon adopted various new sensors, solar-powered radio-controlled technology (described below), and new materials for even better durability. By always employing the latest technology, and continuing to transcend conventional thinking about the watch, the G-SHOCK brand has become CasioÂ’s flagship timepiece product. Today, Casio is focusing its efforts on solar-powered radio-controlled watches: the built-in solar battery eliminates the nuisance of replacing batteries, and the radio-controlled function means users never have to reset the time. In particular, the radio-controlled function represents a revolution in time-keeping technology similar to the impact created when mechanical watches gave way to quartz technology. Through the further development of high radio-wave sensitivity, miniaturization, and improved energy efficiency, Casio continues to produce a whole range of radio-controlled models. (more…)

Solar Science Kit ~ Sun Dancer

Designed to help you explore and learn about the abundant power of solar energy. Included is an informative sheet packed with ideas for science projects.

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The Solar House: Passive Heating and Cooling (Paperback)

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“An excellent guide for embracing ecologically-friendly living.” — The Bookwatch, February 2003

Passive solar heating and passive cooling—approaches known as natural conditioning—provide comfort throughout the year by reducing, or eliminating, the need for fossil fuel. Yet while heat from sunlight and ventilation from breezes is free for the taking, few modern architects or builders really understand the principles involved. Now Dan Chiras, author of the popular book “The Natural House,” brings those principles up to date for a new generation of solar enthusiasts. In “The Solar House,” Chiras sets the record straight on the vast potential for passive heating and cooling. Acknowledging the good intentions of misguided solar designers in the past, he highlights certain egregious erros and shows how to avoid them. More importantly, Chiras explains in methodical detail how todayÂ’s home builders can succeed with solar designs. Readers will learn: - How to select a cost-effective, energy-efficient, and environmentally friendly backup heating system. - how to preserve indoor air quality in an airtight, energy-efficient home. - ways of employing green building materials in a naturally conditioned home.

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Antique Silver Victorian Heart Solar Blue Gem Dangle Belly Ring

You’ll definitely feel Sheek with this Antiqued Belly Rng. A unique dangle belly ring. Add our cool body piercing jewelry at wholesale prices to your collection today! Specifications: 14 Gauge (1.6mm), 3/8 Length (10 mm), 316L Surgical Grade Stainless Steel, 5mm top ball Belly button navel ring body jewelry

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Solar Crisis [VHS] (1990)

Not everyone will have the patience for Solar Crisis; in many ways, it lands on the not-so-good end of the B-movie spectrum. Possibly something got lost in translation between the American crew and the Japanese producers. The premise: a giant solar flare is threatening to end all life on Earth. Our only hope is an antimatter bomb launched into the sun to trigger the flare prematurely. A greedy corporate concern (headed by Peter Boyle as a somewhat doofy antichrist) sabotages the mission. Meanwhile, the mission leader is under additional pressure–his admiral father (Charlton Heston) has descended to the near-apocalyptic Earth to rescue his son (Corin Nemec) who has gone AWOL from his military academy. Jack Palance gives the best performance in the film as a half-crazy desert dweller who rescues the son from the cruel environment and the corporate goons. Story sound a little complicated? Wait till you get to the “intelligent bomb” subplot. This movie has high hopes and some interesting moments, but can’t make up its mind whether it’s a Mad Max-style end-of-the-world movie, an Outland-style space thriller, or a Blade Runner-style “soul of the robot” meditation. It’s none of the above. Best viewed after midnight. –Grant Balfour

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LG HFB-500 Bluetooth Solar Speaker Phone

HFB-500 is 2009 Consumer Electronics Innovation Award Winner. It offers exceptional sound quality, and the ability to pair with two mobile phones while feeling good about environmentally friendly charging. Just two hours of sunligh equals one hour of talk time. Go green with HFB-500.

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Diesel Men’s Solar Lace-Up

Solar from Diesel is a low-profile sneaker for your casual style needs. The lightweight nylon upper features suede overlays and leather details, while the padded collar and insole bring comfort. A diamond-textured rubber outsole delivers traction.

DIESEL MENS SOLAR00Y993-H1878

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Real Goods Solar Living Source Book-Special 30th Anniversary Edition: Your Complete Guide to Renewable Energy Technologies and Sustainable Living (Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook) (Paperback)

Concerns over dwindling resources and environmental degradation are driving many to seek alternatives to our wasteful, polluting lifestyle. Clean technologies such as solar power, wind power, and biodiesel fuel are soaring in popularity. Real Goods Solar Living Source Book-Special 30th Anniversary Edition is the ultimate guide to renewable energy, sustainable living, green building, homesteading, off-the-grid living, and alternative transportation, written by experts with decades of experience and a passion for sharing their knowledge. This fully updated edition includes brand-new sections on Peak Oil, climate change, relocalization, natural burial, biodynamics, and permaculture. It also boasts the latest product listings and completely rewritten and expanded chapters on: Land and shelter Natural building Passive solar Biofuels Sustainable transportation Grid-tied photovoltaics Solar hot water systems Plus, over 150 pages of maps, wiring diagrams, formulae, charts, solar sizing worksheets, and much more Whether you’re a layperson or a professional, novice or longtime aficionado, the new sourcebook puts the latest research and products at your fingertips-all the information you need to make sustainable living a reality. John Schaeffer is the president and founder of Real Goods, the oldest and largest catalog company devoted to the sale and service of renewable-energy products. Now merged with Gaiam, Real Goods has converted over sixty thousand homes to solar energy since 1978, when it sold the very first photovoltaic module in America. Real Goods hosts the annual SolFest at its Solar Living Center headquarters in Hopland, California.

About the Author
John Schaeffer is the President and founder of Real Goods the oldest and largest catalog company devoted to the sale and service of renewable energy products and a pioneer in the environmental, healthy living and sustainability markets. The recipient of numerous awards, Real Goods hosts an annual SolFest at its Solar Living Center headquarters in Hopland, California.

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