"When the grid goes down, guess who has been to the Solar Living Web page?"
Here are some Energy Related Usenet Newsgroups
Alt.Energy.Homepower - Alt.Energy.Renewable - Alt.Solar.Photovoltaic - Alt.Solar.Thermal
And here is the 100% Off the Grid Section
Wayne and Barbara's Solar Home
The picture above is the home of Wayne and Barbara wmbjk@ctaz.com who bought a 640 acre track of land (one Square Mile) on the side of a mountain... then they cut out a landing strip for their airplane and built a house... The house is in Arizona... Today, they live 100% off the grid on that mountain side... A complete history of their adventure can be viewed on their web page at www.ctaz.com/~wmbjk
Paul's Solar Home
On the left is a picture of Paul paulm47@msn.com standing in front of his large array of PV's (Photovoltaics). He has been off the grid for many years, and has added (not shown) an Air 403 wind generator to compensate his PV's on cloudy days... Paul is the owner of Solar Wind and Electric where I bought the PV's for my house. With this array of PV's he can produce most all of his electrical needs.
Ira's Solar Home
Ira lives in Wyoming, and has been off the grid for 10 years. He is 7 miles
from the closest power line and had to hook up his own Wind and PV systems to
furnish himself power. The picture above shows Ira ctvs@fascination.com and some of his
friends hooking up a home made wind alternator. This wind alternator, made from
some old auto parts, and an old AM radio tower, produces up to 1800 watts of
power an hour. In addition to the Wind power, Ira has an extensive array of
Photovoltaics (not shown) in his front yard that can produce up to 200 amps of
power for his other daily use. It might be worth mentioning that Ira now has 2
banks of 4000 amp hour batteries, and 3 banks of 3300 amp hour batteries, for a
total of 17,900 amp hours at 12 volts... for a rainy day.
Dan Metcalf's PV Array
Dan, at dan@metcalfs.com
is in the process of hooking up his large array of recently purchased PV panels.
His home is in Glendale, California and he now has just enough power to almost
make his system, grid free... Dan also has his own extensive web page that
contains a lot of helpful PV installation hints at http://www.metcalfs.com/.
Weeks Parker : with his emergency Solar Van
Weeks Parker
The picture to the right is Weeks Parker, an inventor, Ham Radio Operator
(KC4VZA) who has developed some backup Solar Power equipment, ready for any
emergency.... Weeks also has an extensive web page displaying many of his
inventions at http://geocities.com/weeks_parker
Solar Powered Refrigerator Data
Refrigerator
AC/DC
Cubic Fridge
Cubic Freezer
Refrigerator Cost
Watts Used (24 hours)
PV's Needed 80% Sunshine
PV's Needed 20% Sunshine
Amana
(BR22)
AC
16
6
$1000
1700
500 watts
1900 watts
NovaKool
(R-FS7500)
DC 12/24
5.5
2.0
$1000
1200
300 watts
1100 watts
Sun Frost
(RF19)
AC/DC 12/24
9.5
9.5
$2900
950
300 watts
1100 watts
Vest
Frost (Conserve 375)
AC
7.1
3.4
$900
1000
300 watts
1100 watts
Solar
Fridge
(SFRF-19)
AC/DC 12/24/36/48
12
4
$2600
710
200 watts
800 watts
A Special Catagory for Home Brew Solar and Independent
Living
Clive Ellis's Home Brew Solar Refrigerator
Nova Kool
Refrigerator Kit
4.75 cubic foot
Foam chest
Power Source
12 Volts DC
Cost of Kit
$700+
Watts Used
in 24 hours
150 watts
PV's Needed
80% Sunshine
50 watts
PV's Needed
20% Sunshine
200 watts
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Dan Metcalf's PV Array
Weeks Parker
The picture to the right is Weeks Parker, an inventor, Ham Radio Operator (KC4VZA) who has developed some backup Solar Power equipment, ready for any emergency.... Weeks also has an extensive web page displaying many of his inventions at http://geocities.com/weeks_parker
Solar Powered Refrigerator Data
| Refrigerator | AC/DC | Cubic Fridge | Cubic Freezer | Refrigerator Cost | Watts Used (24 hours) | PV's Needed 80% Sunshine | PV's Needed 20% Sunshine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amana (BR22) | AC | 16 | 6 | $1000 | 1700 | 500 watts | 1900 watts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NovaKool (R-FS7500) |
DC 12/24 | 5.5 | 2.0 | $1000 | 1200 | 300 watts | 1100 watts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sun Frost (RF19) | AC/DC 12/24 | 9.5 | 9.5 | $2900 | 950 | 300 watts | 1100 watts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vest Frost (Conserve 375) | AC | 7.1 | 3.4 | $900 | 1000 | 300 watts | 1100 watts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Solar
Fridge (SFRF-19) | AC/DC 12/24/36/48 | 12 | 4 | $2600 | 710 | 200 watts | 800 watts |
A Special Catagory for Home Brew Solar and Independent Living
Clive Ellis's Home Brew Solar Refrigerator
|
Refrigerator Kit |
Foam chest |
||||||||||||
| Power Source | 12 Volts DC | ||||||||||||
| Cost of Kit | $700+ | ||||||||||||
| Watts Used in 24 hours |
150 watts | ||||||||||||
| PV's Needed 80% Sunshine |
50 watts | ||||||||||||
| PV's Needed 20% Sunshine |
200 watts |
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