some neat solar links and ideas

[iFred]

So it's now winter here in Ontario, Canada -Damn it's cold...(but the feet are nice a warm), I looked outside to see all this white stuff, No i did'nt have a wet dream!

So image your stuck with some broken cells, what to build??? WHat is worthwhile and what would be some nice projects maybe....

neat idea for increasing the output - this could be used for smaller broken cells too

http://www.rain.org/~philfear/panelplus.html

Check out the Solar Lighted Stepping Stones and other cool stuff

http://www.comfycountrycreations.com/solar.htm

These people use what ever you can find to make a rack, I thought it set the country mood...

http://www.solarcell.net/the_solar_cell_company_updated_003.htm

so did this one...My next house....I like it!

http://www.otherpower.com/wardsolar.html

 New Solar Step Lighting - something to do with those broken cells. Maybe that epoxy stuff...

http://www.siliconsolar.com/Solar_Deck_Light.htm

P.S. I could'nt help myself. I purchased another 7 pounds of cells today...LOL

Need more ideas <:~) !

[monte350c]

Hi Fred,

Might have to copy your heated cement block idea - it's pretty cold up here at the South end of Lake Huron too.

The solar stuff is really fascinating. I wonder if you kept those cells cool if you could use some sunlight concentrating on them?

This is a pretty interesting site: http://www.harbornet.com/sunflower/pvdish.html

It's not the best web design ever but well worth clicking through the various links.

Have fun!

Ted.

[iFred]

I tell yea, The feet are nice and warm, make sure that your cement is solid! Mine is cracking in certine areas, even with the coat hanger wire everwhere, which is what is preventing it from coming apart.

I ahve seen this link long long ago.. Very cool!! Thanks for the share!

[iFred]

I found an old artical on my computer and was reading it, what caught my eye was that he was using some pass filters to give his mod sine wave a better look...Does anyone have a circuit or can point me via link in the right direction to a 60hz pass filter of this type? Thanks....

THis is all I have....Don't know where i picked it up from...

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A friend of ours gave us a 1500 Watt inverter that contained Siemens Mosfets (look it up).. these are good transistors and can handle being filtered on the input AND the output. The Inverter had a bad transformer in it, but this was easily replaced. Then I took the Modified Sine wave the inverter produced and rounded off the top and bottom of the wave and smoothed out the inclines using pass filters I made on breadboard. The wave looked good and I seemed to hit an RMS value of .707 (which is all you can expect from the power company). Then I put a computer on the inverter and let it run for 3 days. This computer pings the atomic clock in Boulder Colorado over the internet and automagically adjusts the system clock... I turned off the atomic pinger and let the computer run.. when I pinged the atomic clock again in three days I had lost only 3 seconds!!!! I can live with that, and it means my cycles and wave are pretty darn close to what the power company is giving me... It felt so good to me that I did the same thing to a UPS unit AND a smaller inverter we use for lamps and such

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[wdyasq]

http://www.alpharubicon.com/altenergy/solarcomplete.htm

Ron

[iFred]

Thats the one! Thank you.. I was wondering where it came from, i remember it from about a year ago...Now, if I can only find a filter circuit.

[Norm]

   I started to read the first link and right off, I ran into this.....I recently got a DC refrigerator and realized I'd need three more panels

   We don't have a problem like this right now do we?

                like one of our comedians would say....."Hey! Dummy! Open the refrigerator door and shove it outside!"

    (Fred laughs)

     (exit...stage left)

               ( :>) Norm.

  Interesting links 'tho ....Thanks Fred!