These days, it’s important to stay in touch with friends, family, and as some of us, work. We might all be separated due to the quarantine and the situation that COVID-19 has presented; luckily, we have the tech to keep us all in touch with each other.
We have laptops, phones, and tablets to help with that and stay connected to the world at large, even if we’re all doing our part to flatten the curve.
But as with all electronics, you need a reliable power source to keep them running (or at least keep their batteries charged). If a regular power source becomes unavailable, it can become a gigantic hassle to stay in touch with the people you need to contact. Power outages usually last for a few minutes, but sometimes they can last for hours (which, needless to say, isn’t good).
For those that can’t afford to have the power out during these times, here are a few recommendations from us here at Elinz for alternative power sources that you need to have at home or in your car.
If you don’t have a powerbank yet, now is a great time to get one for yourself. These nifty little gadgets have gone by leaps and bounds in the recent years with the raw amount of energy that they can provide to devices; some of ours here at Elinz even go up to 20,000 mAh(!)
mAh stands for milliamps per hour, and that’s a good representation of how much battery juice your device has. The higher the mAh, the higher the battery capacity of the device.
Now that same thing applies towards powerbanks; the higher the mAh, the higher the capacity.
If you’re wondering what a 20K mAh device can do, let’s weigh it against the various electronics that one can use to stay connected these days:
Your phone: Usually has a charge of around 1-2.9k mAh (this varies across different models, but that average is where mobile device battery capacity runs across).
Your powerbank:
With 5k mAh: Charges your phone 1.72x
With 10k mAh: Charges your phone 3.44x
With 20k mAh: 6.89x
These numbers use the upper estimate of higher mAh phones that have larger capacities; remember that some only run at about 1000, 1500, or just 2000 mAh.
Even bigger gaming devices such as the Nintendo Switch can be charged with a powerbank.
The Switch runs at around 4,310 mAh; with a 10k mAh powerbank, you can charge it twice; with 20k, you could potentially charge it for 4 times completely, with a bit of extra left for your other devices, or charging it from zero to at least 60-70% battery capacity.
Laptops run a little bit higher than that those devices and usually run at 6k mAh; and not all laptops are compatible with a powerbank due to voltage issues (don’t worry - we have an alternative power source for that, too).
Tablets are similar to power capacity with the Nintendo Switch, running at around 3000-4000 mAh.
Take note that these aren’t partial charges, either; these are numbers that represent a zero to a hundred battery capacity for these devices. This means that you can run these devices dry, and our power banks at Elinz (depending on mAh), can charge them multiple times!
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You can see how important this is in today’s situations; you won’t be stuck somewhere after your car breaks down and your phone runs dry on battery; you’ll still be able to stay in touch with family and friends even if an outage lasts an entire day.
Additionally, you’ll still be able to work with a tablet or your mobile device even when you’re at home, even though a possible outage that may happen.
Without exaggerating, having this power source available at home (and in a compact design, to boot), is a godsend and is extremely useful in emergency situations that require you to have power on your mobile devices.
What about laptops?
Laptops are perhaps one of the most power-hungry mobile devices out there. Some average at around 6000 mAh even for the smaller netbooks and some even need more power (especially for gaming laptops). Processors inside a laptop need a lot of power and you need to pick the right powerbank for the job.
Alternatively, you could have an inverter installed on your vehicle.
We’re all limited with our traveling options, but enough so that we can still keep our car’s batteries charged with the alternator (the weekly grocery, the quick run to the store all help charge a car’s battery).
Now that energy inside the vehicle runs at DC current, but a pure sine wave inverter converts that into AC energy cleanly, which you can plug your devices to as if it was an open power outlet.
Caravanners also need to take note- if you’d like to take full advantage of your vehicle’s power and run some devices, you’d need an inverter as well.
All of these are available here at Elinz, which you can view with the following links:
Elinz Pure Sine Wave Inverters
Remember to stay safe, and stay powered during these times with Elinz’ alternative power sources, which we ship straight to your doorstep!
