DIY Solar Charger Takes Top Prize in Instructables’ EarthJustice Contest
June 7, 2009 · Print This Article
30 million people bought an iPhone or iPod Touch last year alone, and that adds up to a whole lot of electricity use when recharging. Now, they can all build their own DIY solar charger thanks to Instructables’ EarthJustice contest winner Jerome Kelty.
From EarthJustice:
Kelty, 41, of Boulder County, Colo., calculated that charging those units every other day for a year would put more than 30 million pounds of carbon dioxide, the main cause of global warming, into the atmosphere. So he bought a portable charger kit and with a few simple tools, in less than an hour, modified it to run on solar power. The homemade device charges his iPod Touch in a few hours without batteries or plugging it in, and also works with most devices with a USB port.
“Individuals can do a lot to fight global warming,” said Kelty, who will receive a new, “green” Macintosh laptop. “I can ride my bike instead of driving my car. I can use more efficient appliances and use solar and wind power whenever possible. An iPod recharger is a small thing, but it adds up.”
Congratulations to Kelty, who won a Mac Book Pro for this awesome DIY tutorial. Check out the full written instructions at Instructables, along with the hundreds of other interesting entries from a portable wind generator to an electric motorcycle.
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this was just great.
now when I’m hanging out by the pool, my iPhone is getting charged from the sun! I love it!
it’s the little things like this that can add up to big results, if everyone just does a little to help, we all can realize the benefits
This was a fun and easy project, thanks for sharing.
I just picked up an iPhone 3G S last week, it finally came in. I’m into solar energy and I’m very interested to give this a try, thank you!