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Tracker on the cheap | 18 comments (18 topical, editorial)
Re: Tracker on the cheap (3.00 / 0) (#13)
by ghurd on Tue Mar 7th, 2006 at 07:15:59 PM MST
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The 20% seems low for what I read.  Never did it.  And couldn't measure it either.
Not sure about the heat build up.

"not using a single watt"

Maybe Ed's style simple shunt to a dump heater?
Like 160W, x 5 hours, x 150%.  Thats like a space heater for 1 hour a day.

Maybe a 12V CFL or 2 from a single wire from the batteries?
In the most used lamps in the house.

Maybe charge the cell phones, LED lights, and drill batteries?  
Thats mostly what I do with my wind power.  :-/
Feels nice just the same.

G-

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Tracker on the cheap | 18 comments (18 topical, 0 editorial)

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