What is a Jackery?

AJackery is a brand of portable power stations with solar generation capability.

In the last newsletter, I reported that we had composed a proposal for a 12 volt solar power system for the Eagle Bluff Lighthouse. As you may know, the lighthouse has never had electricity. Our goal for the solar power system was to provide lighting, ventilation and power for the T Mobile hotspot to connect to the iPad that is used for monetary transactions and to recharge the iPad and DCHS iPhone. We had a welldesigned system with the help of a member who taught solar power at a community college. The park was in favor of our project but the proposal was submitted to a professional DNR engineer in Madison and there were too many requirements he placed upon us, including requiring a “professional” installation.

These onerous requirements caused us abandon the project. Still needing some type of power for our T Mobile device, lighting in the gift shop and a few electronic items, we turned to the purchase of a Jackery portable power station with solar generation. The unit provides 1,002 watt hours of power. We are currently before needing recharging via a 120volt plug-in, 12-volt auto plug-in or using the small, foldable solar panel. We also plan to add lighting in the basement where the merchandise is stored. Thank-you to the solar power donors who agreed to change their donation to the purchase of the Jackery.

On another note, a new lantern room hatch with open ventilation has been constructed and installed and custom-made louvered attic vents will be installed in the basement windows for full-time ventilation. The two windows in the tower that were rotted and fixed-in -place have been rebuilt. They now have visually historically-correct “two over two” mullions with the upper window able to open for tower ventilation.

Submitted by Chuck Baum, “Chief Engineer”