Traffic Squeezer - Go Green

People already talked and realize importance of the green initiatives and green technologies but not much happening really in action. There are many reasons for this:
* people might not have awareness about going green.
* people might have awareness but feel that green technologies are not cost effective as of now.
* people might expect ready made solutions provided from organizations not really think how far they can easily make themselves
customized cost effective solutions.

Traffic Squeezer - Go Green

Go Green is a new eco-friendly initiative from Traffic Squeezer team to acknowledge that Traffic Squeezer project as a part of production uses green technologies as far as possible. Also its mission is to create awareness about protecting our environment and so saving our dear planet earth.

Its not about how much bucks you can save by going green, its all about what the difference you can make to this planet and its environment while also providing energy efficient solutions and make this planet safe and comfortable place for the life to exist. The challenge in shifting to green technologies is that these green technologies should be able to provide the same or even much better solutions as that of the current existing conventional/non-renewable options and also ensuring a cost effective solution.

Climate change is in the news. I can bet the summers in my childhood days is much comfortable than these recent ones. Luckily, many little steps and little initiatives we take now can stop further climate change and global-warming. So let's start now!

Traffic Squeezer - Server Console Lighting with LEDs

Here is yet another creative use of LED lighting.
Everyone knows the fact that LEDs consume less
power and also the life of these LEDs is far many
times longer than CFLs. Once they are installed
they may not need no further maintenance for
many years!

Here are the list of parts used:

   * A fragment of bread-board (bus-strip)
   * Cable tie
   * Resistors 1/2Watt (overall value of 47Ohms)
   * White LEDs
   * USB Cable with male interface

The bread-board powersupply attachment (also called bus-strip) is stripped from a usual multipurpose standard breadboard. Using a bread-board gives lot of flexibility in using LEDs. Based on the requirement we can add LEDs and also the angle of insertion of these LEDs can be changed. Some white LEDs and resistor(s) preferrably 1/2 watt. The USB power output is 5V, 500mA. So its better to use a current limiting resistor of around 47Ohms. If no single valued resistor found many smaller resistors can be connected in series and together a resistance of 47Ohms can be made. I had two 22Ohms resistors, so I connected in series to get approximately 47Ohms. Since this breadboard strip has two pairs of linear rows. The two top rows and the two bottom rows are conected with couple of wires forming one row for +ve and one row for -ve. The USB cable +ve (red) and -ve (black) alone are used and connected to one corner of the bread-board. To prevent any loose connection the USB cable is firmly secured using a cable tie. Finally all the components are mounted on the breadboard strip formed as a simple circuit as shown below:

Traffic Squeezer - Solar Emergency/Backup Lamp & Mobile Charger

Here is a ready-made solar lantern which is used as a emergency/backup lamp. In a city like Bangalore, India the grid power goes off and on very frequently. So instead of getting the usual rechargeable emergency lamp or simply hooking a CFL lamp to the UPS I got a new solar lantern shown below is hooked up permanently in the room where the TS machines are placed. It should be able to provide bright light as any normal CFL (in the photo it may look dark/dull since I limited the camera exposure for a better picture quality) and can work for 3-hours upon a full-day's charge.

I custom soldered a female-USB port. To which the usual USB to mobile phone charger cable can be connected and simultaneously I can also charge my mobile phone along with the lamp. Refer the pictures below.

Thanks to the BusinessCom since the lantern and the panel set is one among their contributions.