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good deeds | 29 comments (29 topical, 0 editorial)

Re: good deeds (3.00 / 0) (#13)
by richhagen (richhagen (a t) Juno.com) on Wed Apr 23rd, 2008 at 12:46:13 AM MST
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Congratulations on the panels, you now have a 90 Watt powerhouse going. If prices keep going like they are for energy, your new neighbor will be asking you for those back. Being also in an urban environment, I worry about such issues too. I am lucky in having a flat roof so my panels are not that noticeable right now. Rich
'A Joule saved is a Joule made'

Re: good deeds (3.00 / 0) (#20)
by Bruce S (bruce(dot)stahl <at>gmail (dot)(com)) on Wed Apr 23rd, 2008 at 09:59:41 AM MST
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@vatman et al;
Thanks for the words. I suspect there's one in about every area, except for the boonies :-)

@rich
It is nice, I'm getting worried about behind the panels, the radiant heat behind them from the brick was toasty, so I rigged up a small fan made from an old VCP ( video cassette player). Seems those little buggers can work off voltages down to 1Vdc. I grabbed an old (dog chewed up) lawn light PV and attached ( hot glued) a small fan blade to the motor. Once the sun hits the little panel it starts right up blowing.
Off to the right is my little composter and its working great guns so I know its getting hot! back there.
I've ordered a little kit that allows me to read multiple temps go I can keep an eye out on the back side. I also have a watts up meter and will begin logging this stuff once its gathered.

Once I catch up with Farmer of Volvos, I'll get a tracker system. Redrok doesn't seem to be answering emails these days though.

Thanks for the kind words ALL;
More pics of NiCd batt packs once I get them rewired.

Cheers
Bruce S

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Re: good deeds (3.00 / 0) (#24)
by BT Humble (bt_humble@bigpond.com) on Wed Apr 23rd, 2008 at 09:59:54 PM MST
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It is nice, I'm getting worried about behind the panels, the radiant heat behind them from the brick was toasty, so I rigged up a small fan made from an old VCP

Don't worry about the heat, they'll be fine. I assume these are about a 15W amorphous panel? If so, these ones of mine have coped with plenty of 40C days at Funkytown:

BTH

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Re: good deeds (3.00 / 0) (#28)
by Bruce S (bruce(dot)stahl <at>gmail (dot)(com)) on Mon Apr 28th, 2008 at 06:50:54 AM MST
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BTH;
Those panels look just like the HF panels :-)!
My big worry is the back side until I can get them back up. The house is real brick, not just fake stuff. once the sun get going it'll bake like an oven. Main rason for putting the composter next to it :-)
Nice trailer ;->

Cheers
Bruce S

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