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New Front Page Poll Question
By wooferhound, Section Homebrewed Electricity Posted on Wed May 21st, 2008 at 03:09:53 AM MST
How are you Making Power ?

I changed the Front Page Poll question
The old question was asking What is your System Voltage, the Results with Comments can be seen here
http://www.fieldlines.com/poll/1208823889_wZykrztZ
The New Question is How are you Making Power ?
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New Front Page Poll Question | 4 comments (4 topical, 0 editorial)

Wind Solar and Foot (3.00 / 0) (#1)
by valterra on Tue May 20th, 2008 at 09:20:21 PM MST
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Right now:

40v Ametek with 4' "duoblade" makes about 4A on a REALLY crazy windy day. Othewise 2.5 to 3 is the average when it's windy.
Harbor Freight's "45 Watt" solar panel kit roof-mounted averages about 2.5A most of the day.

-Treadmill with original 2.5 HP 6700 rpm 130VDC motor still intact. If I get on it and start pushing, I peak at about 9A into the batteries. I've done ths approximately 5 times for nearly 10 seconds apiece.

- Someone is helping me with a 3ph motor conversion. Don't want to say who to keep him from being bombarded with emails. I do that enough to the poor guy already.

Nominal 12v system.

Re: Wind Solar and Foot (3.00 / 0) (#2)
by valterra on Thu May 22nd, 2008 at 01:09:43 AM MST
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Just me, huh? ;)

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Re: New Front Page Poll Question (3.00 / 0) (#3)
by rossw on Thu May 22nd, 2008 at 04:09:12 AM MST
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100% offgrid here. As much as I'd like to be totally RE, sadly I'm not. Not yet anyhow.

The bulk of my total power still comes from a home-brew propane powered genset (heavily modified 1800cc car engine). This, coupled to a 14KVA 1500 RPM machine makes most of the actual power, and provides the hot water for bathrooms, kitchen, laundry, and most of the heat for the hydronics system to heat the house.

Two banks of 330W each (660W total) PV makes a decent contribution during summer, and helps out in winter.

A 1KW wind turbine is really great on those days we have wind. Over the year, its actual contribution is minimal. Better than nothing, but I wish I'd have spent the money on more PV instead. It would be a better ROI.

Re: New Front Page Poll Question (3.00 / 0) (#4)
by valterra on Thu May 22nd, 2008 at 05:24:10 PM MST
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Funny how that works, isn't it? Currently I have a tiny bit of extra money. I was debating whether or not to make another small wind genny, or buy another 45w harbor freight solar kit. On the windy days, it's an easy choice. Of course, so are the sunny days with no wind. :-)

No matter which one I choose, there will be times when I wished I'd done the other.

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