How to use a solar powered iron

Street vendors typically use charcoal to power their irons, but using solar energy instead would reduce costs and pollution. On India's residential streets, amid the tea vendors and vegetable sellers, ironing “wallahs” press clothes each day for millions of Indians, smoothing out wrinkles with iron boxes packed with hot charcoal.

Solar Gentle Iron is a supplement that contains iron bisglycinate, a well-tolerated form of iron. Iron is an essential trace mineral and is important for the formation of haemoglobin, which helps transport oxygen throughout the cardiovascular system. Iron deficiency is common in certain groups, such as teenagers and young adults, during pregnancy, and during menstruation.

A teen in India has come up with an ingenious way to clean up dirty city air: solar-powered clothes irons. Street vendors typically use charcoal to power their irons, but using solar energy instead would reduce costs and pollution.

Extra power produced by your solar system goes into the electric grid, and you receive credit for it. Grid tied homes have access to electrical and solar power. However they cannot produce electricity in case of a power outage. Living off the grid means exactly that, your home or RV is not linked to any electric power grid.

It is just one of several national and international prizes Vinisha has won for her innovation: a wheeled cart equipped with solar panels and batteries sufficient to power a steam iron. Panels on the cart's roof produce solar power that can be used immediately as the cart wends its way between customers or stored in four batteries, Vinisha said.

Hybrid solar systems provide solar panel power and battery storage. A hybrid system can be hooked up to a power grid but still use a battery for extra power. They use solar panels in the morning and the battery in the evenings. When the battery reserve is gone, they use the grid while waiting for the battery to recharge.