THE LITTLE DREAM Box
The Little DREAM Box (LDB) is an off-grid system, providing lighting and device charging and powering for households and small businesses. The LDB provides first time access to power for rural consumers or serves as back-up electricity during power outages, travelers, nomads, herders, fishermen, Police, Army, and Aid Workers. The little DREAM Box comes in two of its kind; the Little DREAM Box and the Big Little DREAM Box.
In summary, LDB’s Design encompasses:
- Ability to meet lighting and charging needs of the average rural household and small business,
- Simplicity of installation and operation,
- Robustness, high quality, longer hours of power, less hours of charging,
- Value for Money defined in terms of longer life, longer warranty.
- No Control Chip. Pay-As-You-Go success to be achieved by creating collaborative distribution networks, whereby the LDB is leased out on “trust”
The LDB’s main components are:
- 10 W solar polycrystalline panel
- 4,000 mAh lithium battery storage
- Control hub with 2xUSB sockets, 2x12V lighting sockets and 1x12V auto socket
- 300 lumen LED Bulb including bulb holder
- 5V rechargeable portable lantern (Lumi light)
- 5 phone charging connecting tips
- Connecting wiring.
The 10W solar panel generates electricity from solar irradiation and feeds, via a DC circuit, current into the main control hub, which houses the high capacity, 4,000 mAh lithium battery pack. The charge controller maximizes solar power utilization and protects the battery pack from over-charging and over-discharging.
APPLIANCE
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NUMBER OF CHARGES/DURATION
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Charging/ Operation mobile phone
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4X
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Smart Phone
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1X
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Tablet
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1X
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Lumi light
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6 Hours
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3W Light
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12 Hours
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12V fan
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5 Hours
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Radio
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12 Hours
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