Living off the Grid in Times of Crisis As the recent COVID-19 outbreak has shown, a major disaster can happen anytime. Having a back-up power supply or off-the-grid generator and living-off-the-grid supplies are vital when pandemics, hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires, ice storms and other emergency situations strike. Electric power service is often one of the first [...]

Solar Energy and its Importance Like air and water, energy is a basic requirement for humans to survive and thrive on the planet. The bigger questions remain, however, such as how to ensure an adequate supply of energy wherever it's needed, and how to acquire and distribute energy while maintaining responsibility to the ecosystem. On [...]

In the early morning hours on Tuesday, January 7, 2020, Puerto Rico was wakened by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake centered in Ponce, along the southern coast of the island. After subsequent aftershocks, another quake of magnitude 5.9 hit on Saturday, January 11, 2020, compounding the destruction of homes and other structures, including severe damage to [...]

How to Put Christmas Lights on Your Truck or Car Many folks light up the cold and dreary days of winter by adding Christmas lighting to their homes and even the trees and shrubbery in their yards. However, more and more people are making their holidays mobile as well as merry with vehicle Christmas lights. [...]

Thank you to Russell at 2 Trail Hikers. He posted about our 120 Watt solar panels and charge controller. Watch here.