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suggestions please.


By Redbone, Section Homebrewed Electricity
Posted on Tue Dec 16th, 2003 at 12:31:09 AM MST
which should I use?

I live in North East Texas. I liked the idea of a wind gennie but after 30secs of research on the net, i realize i'm not in an optimal area. ...Poor wind fields here and the pines are rather tall. I live close to a river but alas I have no moving water on my property,...unless i can tap into the city water pipes with a hydro gennie, but i don't think they would think to kindly of that. I've looked at solar but it appears to be outside of any kind of financial budget I could think of. So I'm left at drawing a blank. Hmmm what resources do i have here. I live on 7ac. of mostly cleared land but surrounded by tall pines on all sides. I raise redbone coonhounds, rabbits, and goats. I do have alot of rabbit poop. is that a resource or just a pile of crap? The rabbit poop does do wonders for my vegtable garden. I have 3 children ages 3,2, and 3months. They seem to possess an internal battery that never need recharging and might be look upon as a bonifide perpetual motion mechanism. I thought about that, but you try to harness that resource. lol
my goal is to find an energy source to provide power to my barn. barn has 8 60watt light bulbs, and my wood shop tools. I don't expect to beable to run a table saw or planer, but being able to provide lights and maybe power a power drill or dremal tool would be great. any suggestions guys.

            Thanks Ron.

suggestions please. | 7 comments (7 topical, 0 editorial)

Re: suggestions please. (none / 0) (#1)
by kurt on Tue Dec 16th, 2003 at 01:49:28 AM MST
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theres btu's in that pile of crap
http://www.homepower.com/files/methane.pdf
http://www.homepower.com/magazine/downloads.cfm

allso 60w incondesent bulbs are not the best choice for a re system
http://www.otherpower.com/otherpower_lighting.html


http://www.reresource.org/

IRC



Re: suggestions please. (none / 0) (#2)
by elvin1949 (elvin1949@yahoo.com) on Tue Dec 16th, 2003 at 05:54:17 AM MST
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redbone
i ain't that far away
go vertical
not a lot of power but some
get all you can
later
elvin



Re: suggestions please. (none / 0) (#3)
by Redbone on Tue Dec 16th, 2003 at 09:32:13 AM MST
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thanks for the response guys. BTU's outta the rabbits butts. How do I tap that resource to convert the energy to something i can use? I might just take your advice
elvin1949 and experiment verticle.
Has anyone ever developed a way to pull static electricity from the air. From what I've seen around here about Tesla, he could of probably done it, but he did transmissions. I figure they're quiet a bit of static charge around these power  lines.
thanks again guys


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Re: suggestions please. (none / 0) (#4)
by charged on Tue Dec 16th, 2003 at 09:43:09 AM MST
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Build a heliostat. Direct sunlight will give you about 1kw per square meter.

A single 4'x8' panel with 1'x1' square mirrors all focused on the same point would give you a 32x concentrator yeilding a usable 2.4kw of energy in a 1'x1' square spot. That spot has a peak potential temp around 700 degrees F.

That's a pretty cheap construction project considering the energy yield.

Build it like you love it.

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Re: suggestions please. (none / 0) (#6)
by monte350c on Tue Dec 16th, 2003 at 02:48:52 PM MST
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Hi All,

Charged is right on the money with this one but perhaps a little pessimistic about the amount of KWH available.

Check out this site: http://www.focus-solar.com/insolation_levels_us.htm  It gives the amount of power, in KWH, available in a square meter in various locations, in different seasons throughout the year.

I made a small parabolic trough about a year ago which was able to heat water quite quickly to an impressive temperature. Like boiling.

If it's mainly heating you're after, there really is a lot to recommend this approach.

Here's another page that illustrates the main kinds of "solar concentrate"

http://www.eere.energy.gov/csp/csp_tech.html

Have fun!

Ted.

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Re: suggestions please. (none / 0) (#7)
by desertratjack on Wed Dec 17th, 2003 at 11:03:10 AM MST
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http://www.energylan.sandia.gov/sunlab/overview.htm#dish   for ideas.

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Re: suggestions please. (none / 0) (#5)
by celticpower on Tue Dec 16th, 2003 at 09:55:01 AM MST
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How about a diesel generator run off your own produced fuel? I am thinking along those lines. like u wind/water out of the question. BUT am looking for a PMG design for approx 1.kw 230Volts 50Hrtz, running at 600 r.p.m. any offers? thanks



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