Subj : Power Issues
To   : Tim Post
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Sep 29 2003 02:17 pm

  Re: Power Issues
  By: Tim Post to All on Sun Sep 28 2003 10:26 pm

 > After Isabell ripped through here I found myself without power for almost a
 > week. I came up with a very cheap solution -
 > 
 > 2 Solar battery chargers (6 amps each, about 30 bucks)
 > 2 Deep cell / cycle marine batteries (kind of expensive, 70 bucks each)
 > 2 1500 watt inverters (60 bucks each)
 > 
 > Obviously the solar cells charge the batteries that run the inverters. I als
 > put in a deep cycle charger controlled by a simple contactor to kick in when
 > sun goes out.
 > 
 > This pays for itself within a year via energy savings. I will e-mail details
 > whoever may be interested (including schematics)

I'm interested. I'm sure if you post on DOVE-Net, you'll get interested sysops
wanted more details too!

                                                  digital man

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