How Long to Charge a Power Station with Solar? A Jamaica Guide
It’s day two of an outage after a storm. JPS crews are working through the parish, your power station is down to 20%, and the sun has finally come out.…
Can a Power Station Run a Heater? What Jamaican Homes Need to Know
It’s a cool night up in Mandeville and JPS power has gone again. Or it’s morning, the power’s out, and you’re facing a cold shower before work. Either way, you’ve…
How to Keep Internet Working During a JPS Power Outage
You’re halfway through a client call, or your child is in the middle of an online class, when the fan stops spinning and the room goes quiet. JPS power is…
How to Keep Internet Working During a JPS Power Outage
The power cuts. A few seconds later the Wi-Fi symbol vanishes, your laptop drops off the call, and everyone in the house switches to mobile data at once. Keep Internet…
BLUETTI External Battery Connection Cable: Which One Do You Need?
The expansion battery arrived. The power station is sitting right next to it. And they won’t connect, because the cable is a separate purchase and there are at least six…
Best Backup Power for a Refrigerator in Jamaica
The power goes at 7pm. Your fridge is full and the freezer has a month’s worth of meat in it. Somewhere around hour four, this stops being an inconvenience and…
How to Choose a Power Station for a Small Apartment
No roof to put panels on. Nowhere obvious to store a 20kg box in a flat where the living room is also the dining room. And a neighbour on the…
What Can a 2000Wh Power Station Run?
The lights go out. Your unit is charged and sitting in the corner. Now you’re deciding what gets plugged in first and whether the fridge will still be cold by…
How to Calculate Solar Generator Runtime (And Why the Simple Formula Misleads You)
The power’s gone again. You’re standing in the kitchen with a torch, looking at the box that says 2,048Wh, trying to work out whether the fridge survives until morning. Learning…
How to Prepare a Portable Power Station for Hurricane Season
The storm is two days out. You go to the cupboard for the power station you bought after the last one, and it’s sitting at 31% with the solar cable…