March 9th, 2010Posted by Gordy Perry
Not only gas prices are soaring nowadays; electricity bills are, too. In some countries, a lot of people have started utilizing electricity sources that bring about more savings. The most common are the so called solar panels, which are able to make use of solar power to produce electricity. Electricity that comes out of solar [...]
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March 9th, 2010Posted by Gordy Perry
We tested our mini solar oven to see if it will get hot enough to cook an egg. sunshinecooking-sunshinecooking.blogspot.com
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March 8th, 2010Posted by Gordy Perry
Hi, Have a solar power setup with panels, charge controller, batteries, inverter etc…
Now i just need to know how to wire it into my homes breaker panel. Can you please help?
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March 7th, 2010Posted by Gordy Perry
Here’s a 10 watt photovoltaic charger with a 12 Ah battery. You can do quite a bit with this baby. It’s based on a Popular Science DIY article from July of 2008. Let me know what you think. Jocelyn Cohen. Here are the specs: 10-watt photovoltaic (PV, aka solar-electric) panel: Voltage: max. power 17.6V, open [...]
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March 6th, 2010Posted by Gordy Perry
This article is highlighting a very prominent implementation of LED lights technology.
White-light LED home lighting systems offered great benefits for India’s far-flung tribal villages.
These White LED lighting fixtures were powered by solar panels and having a huge impact on very poor villagers in the remote regions of India.
This technology was first time implemented in the [...]
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March 4th, 2010Posted by Gordy Perry
Here is my second homemade solar panel which gives out about 20 volts at 3 Amps on a sunny day.
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March 3rd, 2010Posted by Gordy Perry
DIY hot water systems are not new, people in the United States have been using homemade water heating kits for over 100 years. In 1987 the area of pasadena 30% of all homes were getting hot water from solar heaters on their roofs! If our ancestors could harness the power of the sun over a [...]
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March 3rd, 2010Posted by Gordy Perry
I installed a 7KW PV Solar electric system on my home, today is the first day it is in operation with sun. It’s a partly cloudy day, the sun is in and out all day. You see the meter turn fast when the sun is bright and slow when it’s dark. Yes boys, that sucker [...]
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March 2nd, 2010Posted by Gordy Perry
Hi guys- i am looking to doing a roof conversion on my housem and am debating the merits of solar panels or tiles to help reduce my electrcity bills- IS IT WORTH IT??
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March 1st, 2010Posted by Gordy Perry
How to assemble stock solar panels. These are water tight panels that will not suffer water damage. Free Solar Training Video.
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