RE General Discussion

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Laptop power usage

I'm trying to understand how many watts of power a certain laptop pulls. I'm shopping around so I don't have the ...
Vince Allen 5

wiring solar panels together

Does anyone have links to information on how to wire solar panels in an array. I've purchased one solar panel and want to g...
Vince Allen 7

require info about solar panels...

what size solar panel would be required to run a 12V, 1.5 gallon per hour running electric water pump...? how much would the pan...
Vinayak Iyer 3

Do any of the propane refrigerators operate on natural gas?

When I got my gaswell I looked at all the websites such as this one and most of them have propane models. None listed for NG. Al...
Victor Snodgrass 4

How do you keep snow from sticking on solar panels?

 I just got solar system online a couple weeks ago and can,t keep the snow off. I am about 50 miles south of Erie pa. and h...
Victor Snodgrass 10

100% solor energy for bus/and or wind

Hello,I'm new to this and about to convert a 86 gmcschool bus into a home with and addition.I would like to be totally self cont...
Uriyah Charron 2

What voltage is 100% SOC for an AGM battery?

While wet cells are stated to have 100% SOC at 12.7v, it is much harder to determine what 100% SOC is for an AGM battery.  ...
Tr S 6

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

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

Paint / Coat roof to reflect sun's energy?

My house has a shingle roof.  As you can imagine, they're black.  Black absorbs the sun's energy quite well, so in t...
Travis M 6

Ultimate solar fan

I was hot the other day (Florida) and decided I needed a new fan.  Suddenly the solution came to me a car radiator fan. ...
Travis A 9

windmills

I live in a suburb an I want to cut my electricity cost I have a creek running through myh back yard and lots of space. Can you ...
tonya 1

off to on grid

Hi, It seems that a person starting out should build an off grid system and then keep adding more panels until there is enou...
Tony Butterfield 13

CO2 Emmisons from household gabage

What is the lesser of two evils?  I live in a rural area where burning your trash is OK.  So what is the lesser of two...
Toni & Greg B 4

Four $ a Watt

PW750 times 2 for $590 is no more . I'm waitingtil i see
Tom Scott 3

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

Solar Power for a Fonera (Wi-Fi Access Point)

I'd like to setup a wireless access point in an area where power is not available to me. The wall wart that powers the devi...
Tom Foley 5

solar panel repair

I need help in locating someone that can service my Revere solar hot water panels.  I am located in northern Delaware. ...
Tom Burgoon 3

Profiting From The Energy Sector

The popularity of the renewable energy sources have risen in recent years. This is owing to the soaring fuel prices and decreasi...
Tin Scavo 1

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

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