[Oystir]

No, this little unit is essentualy a large battery to jump start cars, run a radio, tv or laptop. Very handy; about $75 at Sears. I used it last summer during the storms to listen to music at night while the electricty was out and having a bottle of wine. It helped eliminate (with the wine)to take the complexity out of the chaos.

[Revel]

You know if you look on the Internet you can locate small solar battery chargers for very little money. Even a 5 watt(12v) charger insures that you will get some run time off from that battery each day even over a long period of time. I consider it a must have for the survival list.