{"id":63660,"date":"2025-08-17T06:33:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T10:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=63660"},"modified":"2025-08-17T06:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T10:39:14","slug":"solar-generators-dan-sets-the-record-straight-on-battery-banks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/solar-generators-dan-sets-the-record-straight-on-battery-banks\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Solar Generators\u2019: Dan Sets the Record Straight on Battery Banks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Solar-Generator-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-63662 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Solar-Generator-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1180\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Solar-Generator-1.jpeg 1180w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Solar-Generator-1-300x138.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Solar-Generator-1-1024x470.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Solar-Generator-1-768x353.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Solar-Generator-1-624x287.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor Dan Van Hoy, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I finally made a video that I&#8217;ve wanted to do for a long time covering the false claims on Amazon and elsewhere that portable power stations are &#8220;solar generators.&#8221; That was after I heard a radio ad by one prepper-type company bragging about the features of their &#8220;solar generator.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Probably most of the <em>SWLing Post<\/em> crew is aware of this problem but may want someplace to send their family and friends with more details:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Uypu0317TQo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Uypu0317TQo?si=uE1sRgWMhxCdDi6_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Dan Van Hoy, who writes: I finally made a video that I&#8217;ve wanted to do for a long time covering the false claims on Amazon and elsewhere that portable power stations are &#8220;solar generators.&#8221; That was after I heard a radio ad by one prepper-type company bragging about the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4199,3],"tags":[6546],"class_list":["post-63660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessories","category-news","tag-dan-van-hoy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gyM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38245,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/planetary-orbits-may-influence-11-year-solar-cycle\/","url_meta":{"origin":63660,"position":0},"title":"Planetary orbits may influence 11-year solar cycle","author":"Thomas","date":"June 19, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Van Hoy, who shares this interesting article via Space.com: The orbits of Venus, Earth and Jupiter may explain the sun's regular 11-year cycle, a new study suggests. 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About two dozen amateur radio operators on the island helped police and first responders communicate when their radio networks failed completely. 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