SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR ENERGY
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IN THE DAYS OF CONTINUEOUS LOAD SHADING FROM POWER SUPPLY AUTHORITIES IS IT POSSIBLE TO USE SOLAR ENERGY TO RUN A HOUSE WITH 5 KW CONNECTED LOAD?
CAN ANY BODY THROW THE LIGHT OF UTILITY OF SOLAR ENERGY FOR COMMON MAN WHO WILL BE INDEPENDANT ON STATE POWER SUPPLY GRID?
CAN ANY BODY THROW THE LIGHT OF UTILITY OF SOLAR ENERGY FOR COMMON MAN WHO WILL BE INDEPENDANT ON STATE POWER SUPPLY GRID?





RE: SOLAR ENERGY
Unless:
1) You have a lot of space.
2) A lot of solar exposure.
3) Willingness to fuss with batteries A LOT.
4) Lots of money.
5) Don't mind spending far more than
grid power would cost.
6) Don't mind replacing a huge bank of batteries regularily.
7) Space for lots of batteries.
8) Maybe 70K dollars for inital installation.
Now if you are talking 1KW of connected load things might look less bleak.
RE: SOLAR ENERGY
RE: SOLAR ENERGY
OperaHouse I bet you had too little battery?
RE: SOLAR ENERGY
RE: SOLAR ENERGY
Well sounds like you need to augment the solar with one of those lunchpails you put on top of your wood stove.
http://www.hi-z.com/websit10.htm
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And if its up in the hills, a wind generator. The sail boat types get truely amazing amounts of energy out of those things.
Only a few of the zillions:
http://www.otherpower.com/otherpower_wind.html
http://www.solardyne.com/windgenerators.html
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RE: SOLAR ENERGY
RE: SOLAR ENERGY
Propane refers are very reliable too. I used to work in a biology lab in a knew facility. Half the refers were propane.
RE: SOLAR ENERGY
If you are really serious, a hybrid system using solar (summer) wind power(winter) with a backup engine driven charger, and a massive battery can work, but it will keep you constantly busy. The batteries might need replacing every few years too, and that can be a significant cost.
Wind turbines can self destruct in storms, and hail damage can wreck solar panels. Reliable ? remote area power can certainly be interesting hehehe.