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pugboy wrote:solar feasible for lights
but when you start to talk motorized appliances
it’s. whole different game and cost
running a generator off lpg is the next best option
viedcht wrote:^For a year or two it's been an idea in my head, but have some funds to start, 30-35k, and looking to power part if not to the entire of a downstairs apartment. But maybe main appliances; fridge, water heater, washing machine, Aircon. It's for me so I can manage the power usage. Was just considering the viability. Was considering a system for plug-in HEV as well.
antlind wrote:My front gate is solar powered. It was costing me too much to run the hard wired connection so I went with a solar option. This was back in 2013. I replaced the original battery late last year so that wasn’t bad battery life. Cost me about 1/3 of what the hard wire installation would have cost.
Read up on energysage some time ago, was more thinking same EV/lithium batteryantlind wrote:My front gate is solar powered. It was costing me too much to run the hard wired connection so I went with a solar option. This was back in 2013. I replaced the original battery late last year so that wasn’t bad battery life. Cost me about 1/3 of what the hard wire installation would have cost.
Sateesh wrote:I would recommend using lithium ion batteries or deep cycle batteries, good rated charge controllers(do some research). and proper solar panels.
and after you put that up you need a generator to recharge the batteries when rain falling and a good battery charger.
It works good but you need to size the system properly and cater for batteries to not drop below 80%(lithium batteries can go very low). solar works good when you have lots of batteries. Just imagine having to change out deep cycle batteries every 4 to 5 years. They tell you that but what if you have to replace before that time. Systems now have apps where you can monitor usage, load, runtime etc. Solar can be smart but costly for me and cheap for others.
timelapse wrote:We have too many neckbeards down here to even consider trying that
redmanjp wrote:joe, those street lights not using leds?
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