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Powering the GoPro

Powering the GoPro

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Powering the GoPro

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Robbie Carman: So, Rich, I've got a little bit of bad news for you. Go Pros don't run don't on solar power, or like thermo-nuclear power, or something, you know, everlasting power source, you have to use a battery. Rich Harrington: Actually, I'm going to slightly disagree with you, because I picked up a really cool solar charger. Robbie Carman: Oh really? Cool. Rich Harrington: Yeah, I was camping the other day, and I got a solar charger. It's about 100 bucks that puts up enough juice to charge a phone or a GoPro. Robbie Carman: Oh, wow. Rich Harrington: But, you do have to charge, you can't run it, you have to put it somewhere. Robbie Carman: Got it. Rich Harrington: And of course, you know, we do need to store that power and where are we going to put that power? Robbie Carman: Generally speaking that would be on a battery. Rich Harrington: And with a GoPro, that would be multiple batteries, because if you are, it's a small battery, it's a small camera especially if you are using…

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