Tag: solar powered
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Solar powered – ver 0.3/0.4 alpha
v0.3 Made a few more changes to my solar rig – after discovering a few issues with the original design and figuring out a solution for them – and in the process I learned about diodes, Ferrite cores, EMI filters, circuit breakers and fuses. It all started after watching this video on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT3rr4c9_u4 Battery…
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Solar powered – ver 0.2 alpha
It’s been a few months since I deployed the solar system (aka the power plant as we call it) and it worked ok considering weather in the UK and the fact that it is a really small rig. Now I had another crazy idea (prepper style) and that is: why not try to mix it…
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Solar powered – ver 0.1 alpha
There are various reasons for switching to renewable energy sources and it’s not too hard to find one to justify doing this. In my particular case it’s about being as friendly as i can with the environment i live in and as autonomous as i can (i do have a “fetish” for the idea of…