Category: Tech Updates

After installing my battery monitor, it became very convenient now to get a reading for both voltage and current.  Just a few presses of a button and I could get the two values straightaway.  One more number the battery monitor displays is the percentage of the battery capacity.  Knowing how much energy is left on…

By Jerome Auza The term ‘hackers’ used to mean something positive among computer programmers. If you are able to make a program that solves a complex computing problem, you will be called a hacker. It is a badge of honor. Until someone used the word hacker to describe someone that does malicious programs. Nowadays, people…

It might just be coincidence, but I think Mother Nature has a sense of humor. Last week, I said that I will start saving money at Auza.Net by putting our perimeter lights on the solar system. The days following that “historic” day for Auza.Net were cloudy and of course, my solar panel system soon ran…

After a few months experimenting with solar energy generation in my spare time, I finally was able to start using the system to power up some of our lighting requirements.  We have about seven CFL bulbs lighting our right of way and part of the perimeter fence at night.  This is controlled by an optical…

Finally, after a few weeks without sunshine, the weather cleared up and the sun was shining brightly and the batteries on my solar energy system finally got some serious charge, reaching close to full charge by Friday afternoon.  It was also the ideal time to take current measurements and figure out what should be expected…

The sun hasn’t been out for almost two weeks now and my batteries are still not fully charged even if it has been charging for a week after I drained it last week. I now must find out why it is taking so long to recharge in cloudy conditions. In theory, my 100W, 24V solar…

By: Jerome Auza Last week was a very good opportunity to test my small solar energy system and how it would fare in cloudy weather providing power for two computers. I started with fully charged batteries on Monday connected to a 600 watt pure sine wave inverter and two laptops with 65 watts and 85…

More than two weeks of unstable power or none at all crippled Bohol’s business environment very severely. Tourism should have been very brisk already at this time of the year. Consumers should have been buying lots of Christmas celebration related goods. Parties should have started already. Instead, we have stores closing earlier than usual and…

After so many “leaks” of the features of the upcoming Galaxy S4, Samsung fans finally got a glimpse of the latest iteration of the Galaxy S series of smart phones.  The upgraded features did not disappoint most reviewers.   The case and location of the home button of the S4 looks very similar to the…