The solar power equipment arrived today!

Woke up today (well, yesterday, technically) to find a KI message from the transport guy, sent in the middle of the night. Guess he’s on a different sleeping rhythm than I am. Rushed my way to the cavern, had to find the obscure ‘hood where he would apparently be most of the day. I ran into Modi halfway through the city, who spontaneously joined me. We found our way to the guy pretty quickly and got the equipment from him. We linked it to my Relto in two parts.

 
 
 
 
Once there we set up the installation together. To be clear, the equipment consists of a ‘PowerFilm’ solar panel, a battery pack and a special adaptor. The solar panel is pretty cool, it’s really foldable and light. We put it up on the roof of the hut, facing the sun, and connected it to the battery pack sitting inside the hut. For every 10 hours it charges, it returns about 3 hours of laptop-time. So, about 7 hours per day. Quite alright, I’d say.

 
 
 
Of course, for the all-important internet I still need to go into the cavern. Until someone figures out how to do inter-Age lattice-IP communication, that is. So I think I’ll mostly be leaving the laptop off and charging while I sleep, then take it into the ‘hood fully charged.

I’m quite satisfied about the business with the transport guy, it went smooth and so far the equipment seems really good. Certainly a thing to remember for the future. If anyone else is interested in contacting him, just ask and I’ll give you his details.