Decided on 24 vdc system plus a smaller 12vdc system for ham station and small lighting. 1800 watts of PV to charge both battery banks... Using...
I took a chance and bought an AIMS 3 kW low frequency inverter / charger last year for powering my Travel Trailer at the BOL. Yep, I'm a tinkerer...
I am not your high tech numbers guy. I built my battery bank system and inverter to circumvent the inevitable power outages that happened to us...
I didn't have a lot off money when I got started building my system, With a tax return we bought our first compact computer and with that bought...
When we bought our first Compac computer, we lived in the mountains, where the power was unreliable . The first task was to make a battery back up...
It was brought to my attention recently that, at a social gathering at our farm, an acquaintance had the audacity to gossip to other guests,...
[IMG] Breeze Power The Breeze Power is a powerful generator with a Lithium-ion battery. Breeze Power works soundless and fuel-free, it has a...
About the only reason I fire up a bigger generator is to run stuff that can't run on any thing smaller . The smallest generating system have is a...
I have to say this. Frankly I'm in battle with my Power Company and a couple politicans. I had planned on adding 6 to 8 buildings on my property....
I'm investigating the possibility of deriving power from solid fuels. Just burning something. There's boilers and steam engines, but steam engines...
Good evening! First post to the forums, so go lenient on me. A TL;DR is at the bottom So, im in the guard as a medic, practically living in the...
When I first started with our new computer living in the mountains with untrustworthy grid power, we used gel cell battery inverter and a...
I stared off making a UPS to run my computer off grid ,mostly because the grid was unreliable and irresponsible . Later I began applying solar...
Why do people assume just because you buy an electric that's now all you own? I still have my diesel 1985 suburban. It lacks any kind of ignition...
Yep.....everything he said....plus, if there are any 'carbon credits' ( If that's the credit you were talking about), they likely belong to the...
Typical solar isolation numbers are 1KW per Meter sq. Typical numbers for South Carolina for an entire day vary from 2.6 KW/sqM to 6.3 KW/sqM....
So you have over a kilowatt potential draw with some (as yet undefined) diversity. You have the ability to charge at 100 watts if the sun comes...
Welcome Looking at the system 6 panels, at 330 watts each in 2S2P setup on combiner to the MPPT of say input Voltage around 120VDC . Rated PV...
You got some pretty good advice so far on this thread. As one who actually LIVES out in Bush Alaska, and generates ALL my own Power, I will add...
Yes. Here is one. Read THIS POST before you go spend money unnecessarily. Don't guess. Don't estimate. Calculate your actual power needs and work...
Yes direct combustion for heating is an excellent start. You need to spend money on a good inverter. You need to get a pure sine wave inverter....
My old trailer had a front compartment that opened both outside and by raising a seat. I caulked the inside closed and placed 2 batteries in it....
Thanks for all the replies everyone! Yes it has a propane frig. Also can use AC power. Saturday I installed the new battery in the front...
Started on? Like what? Already purchased panels and a charge controller? Or, still in the design phase? The first order of business is to sort...
Last year I purchased a 23' 1979 Fleetwood wilderness camper. Only paid $1000 for it. It had been sitting for a number of years. Original owner....
11,000 watts total (11kw). 5,000 on a grid tie only basis (micro inverters) and 6,000 on a battery backup grid tie system. Went grid tie because...
Just doing some quick calculations, you would have a 260 watt hour load, each day. (Using the following as an example.) 4 each - LED Edison lamp,...
I have a 119 Sq Ft house located at 7500 feet in the Rocky Mountains. The house is inhabited sporadically 1-2 weeks a month. I am looking to add...
Loose the electric dryer. They draw around 24 amps of 240v power. A 7kw generator could barely power it. Plus you are going to burn up to a gallon...
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