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Have been working towards setting up my career on remote roles. But my location has serious electricity challenge. We have less than 30 minutes in two months. I need pure and honest recommendation on what solar power to buy. I intend using it to power the following:

Small fan,
One phone (iPhone ) and a
Laptop (Apple)

Please don’t come with AI recommendations. I want real human contribution.

I’m not looking for industrial solar equipment. Something affordable , reliable and quality based on your personal use experience.

Thank you.

Bro is remote still paying and which niche,just having some decline on starting it, because I find it no longer lucrative

There’s this 500 Va inverter pack, just buy one 600 watt panel join and you’re good

Legitbeauru:
Have been working towards setting up my career on remote roles. But my location has serious electricity challenge. We have less than 30 minutes in two months. I need pure and honest recommendation on what solar power to buy. I intend using it to power the following:

Small fan,
One phone (iPhone ) and a
Laptop (Apple)

Please don’t come with AI recommendations. I want real human contribution.

I’m not looking for industrial solar equipment. Something affordable , reliable and quality based on your personal use experience.

Thank you.

You will need solar panels to charge a battery bank, and an inverter to power the appliances.

The reason I would advise you to focus on getting the biggest good-quality battery bank you can afford is because the sun is not always reliable. During cloudy or rainy days, the panels may not produce enough power, but the battery will keep you going. A lot of people concentrate on buying large panels but later discover that the battery cannot carry them through the night or through days with little sunlight. In your case though, with almost no NEPA, you also need enough panels to refill the battery every day, because they are your only way of charging it.

I don't know your budget or how many hours you intend to use the fan and laptop each day, but I would suggest looking at something around 1,000Wh, preferably with a lithium or LiFePO4 battery. A laptop and a standing fan for a full working day can use close to 1kWh, so a 500Wh battery will only cover part of the day unless you use a small DC fan. For panels, I would go for about 400W–600W rather than 200W, and expand later if necessary.

If you are installing a fixed system, the panels can be mounted on the roof so they are out of the way and can be expanded later. Just make sure the panels, charge controller, battery and inverter are properly matched. Don't install more panels than the charge controller can handle because the controller and inverter have limits.

For this type of use, I would avoid cheap car batteries and unbranded inverters. A good portable power station may even be easier and safer if you want something simple. The final size will depend on your budget and how many hours per day you want to run the fan and charge the laptop.

emperor4love:
Bro is remote still paying and which niche,just having some decline on starting it, because I find it no longer lucrative

From my personal experience back in the days when Fiverr and Upwork newly came, I wouldn’t say it was that really lucrative. This is due to one factor that was difficult to beat- anbili to secure steady order to your service offering.

Back in the days, we used to pay some guys to do what we called “gig ranking” on Fiverr, for Upwork, it used to be profile optimization, in order to get organic orders.

I left the scene when I became busy with my second degree. And now that I am getting back in the ecosystem, I am doing that in a more substantial capacity.

And I believe if I position myself well, with guide from existing players in the game, I will go far.

And I feel currently the pain point in remote role hasnt changed. It’s still the order dearth challenge.

Seems unlike in the past where barrier was basic in remote work environment probably due to less technological advancement, anyone could make money by selling basic computer skills, now the barrier is way higher, thus access is much harder.

Then you could sell basic graphics design for $5. You could sell Facebook keyword research for $80, and web content for $100, and you will receive orders. But those services are now easily accessible with just a click of a button on any free AI solution.

So, I feel this days to succeed in online remote roles, one needs to take a different path or approach to accessing rare capacity or distinct line of service tied to specific result. I am only giving it a try but I believe it will work as some people claim it’s working and I believe these days getting a good remote roles requires that one joins quality circle of people for job networking.

IsaKielEnergy:
You will need solar panels to charge a battery bank, and an inverter to power the appliances.

The reason I would advise you to focus on getting the biggest good-quality battery bank you can afford is because the sun is not always reliable. During cloudy or rainy days, the panels may not produce enough power, but the battery will keep you going. A lot of people concentrate on buying large panels but later discover that the battery cannot carry them through the night or through days with little sunlight. In your case though, with almost no NEPA, you also need enough panels to refill the battery every day, because they are your only way of charging it.

I don't know your budget or how many hours you intend to use the fan and laptop each day, but I would suggest looking at something around 1,000Wh, preferably with a lithium or LiFePO4 battery. A laptop and a standing fan for a full working day can use close to 1kWh, so a 500Wh battery will only cover part of the day unless you use a small DC fan. For panels, I would go for about 400W–600W rather than 200W, and expand later if necessary.

If you are installing a fixed system, the panels can be mounted on the roof so they are out of the way and can be expanded later. Just make sure the panels, charge controller, battery and inverter are properly matched. Don't install more panels than the charge controller can handle because the controller and inverter have limits.

For this type of use, I would avoid cheap car batteries and unbranded inverters. A good portable power station may even be easier and safer if you want something simple. The final size will depend on your budget and how many hours per day you want to run the fan and charge the laptop.

Thank you for this exhaustive contribution. I will be waiting to read more contributions from others.

Oludiary:
There’s this 500 Va inverter pack, just buy one 600 watt panel join and you’re good

Please don’t be offended with my question, do you personally use this solar equipment , and if yes , how long have you been using it. And what’s the brand and how much does it cost.? And I will be glad if you can give a review of how you use it to determine its level of reliability.

For fan + phone + MacBook you are under about 150W peak and maybe 0.6 to 1.0 kWh per workday. A 1kVA pure sine with ~2.5kWh lithium and one 550W panel is enough if the panel faces free sky. Skip generator-size hybrids. Has cloudy season already cut your work hours, or is the grid the only problem?