RE General Discussion

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Solar Chicken Coop

I am building a chicken coop in northern New Mexico, it will be fairly efficient; straw bale walls minimal windows E and W a goo...
Dylan Moore 5

a unique use for solar power

My electric truck is finally running (I'll have more pics in my gallery in the next couple weeks), so I've started on ...
Travis M 0

Inverters that work the best for you

Howdy all, I am just starting out and am researching which inverter is the most reliable with the least amount of probl...
Adam Browne 2

Battteries do not hold charge overnight

Installed 2-130 watt Krocera panels, going to a Xantrex C-35 controller, then to two midsize deep cycle batteries, into a 1500 w...
Allen B 5

conversion math

since i havn't found much interest in my previous post i will try another. i want to make sure that i'm on th...
Chris Ivers 2

Will the investment have a real return?

I'm a resident of PR and I'm currently paying and average of $0.23/kWh. That includes a somewhat infair cost structure...
Luis Cortes 3

I was wondering what people thought about verticle wind turbines?

I read an article published in a monthly farmer news paper about a very impresive, but relatively simple verticle wind turbine.&...
Chris Ivers 2

Electric brake for wind

does anyone have a diagram for an electric brake system for a wind turbine? Not exactly sure how it's meant to work.
Will Williams 1

DC wind energy....AM I CRAZEY???

I am looking at building a wind turbine generator using manufactured turbine and blades mounted on a belt driven system of autom...
Chris Ivers 1

I need help Finding AWG #4 cables

Hi guys. I got #12 a few months ago after reading in my Air-X manual that a 24 volt and a length of 30 to 60 ft is good with a A...
Thomas E 3

For those that have successfully gone off-grid, how many watts?

The subject says it all.  If you've take a home or other building that you use regularly (so, not a cabin where you�...
Travis M 20

my homebru hydro system

Hi. A while back I started building a home bru hydroelectric system and since I shop here I thought I'd show some ...
Zachary M 2

Solar Powered Sump Pump

Hello, I have a good amount of water (~ 25 gallons an hour) being pumped out of my basement via the standard sump pump setup. I ...
David Krutsch 2

Charging batteries

Hello, I recently went live with my system and have a battery question. My system consists of 12 BPSX3200 modules wired 3 st...
Timothy Karl 1

Need help making ethanol!

I need help making an ethanol still and ethanol. Any advice? Specifics I need info on are the simplest still to build, how l...
Justin Quaglia 0

CORN-BASED ETHANOL, THE CLEAN ENERGY MYTH

Corn-based Ethanol is bad for the environment and costs us more per gallon than gasoline.  Manufacturing corn-based ethanol als...
Tom Kramer 1

New to Solar--have a few questions!

I live in Southern California, and I'd like to tinker a little with solar. Having very little electrical background, but no...
Jon Kubis 4

Anti-Gravity device. (serious question)

Is a boat or a float an earth-bound anti-gravity device? (I should add "warm weather" to earth-bound)Also, is a float ...
Hilton CM 16

How To Configure For Radiant Heat?

We live on a creek and want to install two micro-hydro generators for our new home.  I should be able to get 5 amps from ea...
Roger Leslie 0

charge controller location

I have a 100' cable run between the solar panel and the battery.  Should the controller be placed at one end or the ot...
Lee Gersch 5

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