[Electronics-talk] Storable energy for prolonged periods of poweroutage

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Oh cool, I know about the NYI.

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> On Nov 10, 2015, at 8:49 PM, Pamela Dominguez via Electronics-talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Yeah, I forgot about that until I heard WCBS say they were going to play a report.  They talked about it, and they played a little clip of Dan Ingraham on WABC talking about everything slowing down and the lights dimming.  I was in the New York Institute, and we didn't have any studyhall that night, because all the sighted teachers couldn't see.  So, we went back to the dorm and listened to Dandy Dan Daniels on WMCA.  They were at least playing Rock-and-roll.  When WABC got up and running, they went straight to the newsroom and sat around having this grim conference about whether this was a communist plot or whatever.  But Dan Daniels, who worked past his shift, was saying stuff like "Okay everybody, wherever you are, get out of your cars and dance on the street!"  In other words, WMCA thought to entertain the public to keep them cool instead of getting them all uptight about what was happening.  Pam.
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> -----Original Message----- From: Gerald Levy via Electronics-talk
> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 2:34 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
> Cc: Gerald Levy
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Storable energy for prolonged periods of poweroutage
> 
> 
> Just by coincidence, yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the great
> Northeast blackout of 1965.  I was a student at Stuyvesant High School in
> Manhattan at the time (I still had normal vision) and traveled to school by
> subway.  Fortunately, I got home before the power went out.  Life was much
> simpler in those days.  No cell phones or personal computers to worry about.
> I remember doing my homework by candlelight.  But school was closed the next
> day because the subways were still not back to normal, and so nobody could
> get there.  Where were you when the lights went out?
> 
> Gerald
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Gerald Levy via Electronics-talk
> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 2:09 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
> Cc: Gerald Levy
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Storable energy for prolonged periods of
> poweroutage
> 
> 
> Taping a bunch of 9 volt batteries together?  That's a new one on me.  The
> only reliable way I know of to use electronic devices during a prolonged
> power outage is with an emergency generator or perhaps a UPS.  Of course,
> you could buy one of those hand-cranked radios to receive the latest news
> and emergency alerts during the outage.  Actually, bunching 9 volt batteries
> together sounds like a bad idea because it could damage the device you are
> trying to power if the voltage you are supplying it is too high.
> 
> Gerald
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Diane Vlasoff via Electronics-talk
> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 1:24 PM
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> Cc: Diane Vlasoff
> Subject: [Electronics-talk] Storable energy for prolonged periods of
> poweroutage
> 
> I was hoping someone on the list might be able to help me with my energy
> storage issues for the upcoming potential El Niño event.
> 
> Has anyone ever heard of using 9D batteries taped together and using a DC
> car adapter to charge your cell phone? Will that work? Will it fit in my
> equipment? Does anybody have any other ideas on how I can keep my
> electronics going if we have a prolonged power outage?
> 
> I'll help is welcome in truly appreciate it.
> 
> Diane Sent using voice recognition. Please excuse aberrations in spelling or
> punctuation.
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