Posted: Nov 22, 2017 7:23 am
A good friend tells me it’s far more desirable to save a kilowatt hour than it is to have to make one. The water heater discussion served as an example of saving quite a few kilowatt-hours that I won’t have to make.
So, back towards more direct solar power things.
Limits to the size of my treasure dictate I start up my business before I install a huge solar power plant. But, I’m still proceeding with my prototype solar power station:
The charge controller arrived yesterday, and the other bits are on the way. Apparently, they ran out of the solar modules I ordered, so they substituted a 285 watt model instead of the 260 watt model I originally ordered.
I’d actually hoped to be able to use those nickel iron batteries in my service van. But, they aren’t built for that. My original intent was to power my amateur radio transceiver. Since then, The_Metatrix has mentioned that she’d like a small studio in our back yard. I may very well add a small inverter to this little station to send 110 VAC to her studio for lighting.
So, back towards more direct solar power things.
Limits to the size of my treasure dictate I start up my business before I install a huge solar power plant. But, I’m still proceeding with my prototype solar power station:
The_Metatron wrote:...
I ordered three things today from Iron Edison: a Canadian Solar 260 watt Quartech series solar panel, a MidNite Solar Classic 150 charge controller, and a 12 V bank of ten TN300 1.2V NiFe cells.
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The charge controller arrived yesterday, and the other bits are on the way. Apparently, they ran out of the solar modules I ordered, so they substituted a 285 watt model instead of the 260 watt model I originally ordered.
I’d actually hoped to be able to use those nickel iron batteries in my service van. But, they aren’t built for that. My original intent was to power my amateur radio transceiver. Since then, The_Metatrix has mentioned that she’d like a small studio in our back yard. I may very well add a small inverter to this little station to send 110 VAC to her studio for lighting.