why not retrofit a school with solar power to produce about 10% of it’s electricity. and pay back the gov’t that savings until it is paid back then from that payback point the savings goes to the schools budget. I would think that most schools would be able to have that paid back sooner than the ratio of ten yrs. because of mainly 5 days a week and alot of schools still are not doing year around.
This a low budget missionary project for hospitals and medical station in Congo, Africa. Solar panels and batteries supply light, refridgeration and power for operating rooms. At times an alternate generating device is needed. An bundent supply of old bicycle parts available, By assembling a pedaling unit to run an alternator to manually provde battery charging ability in emergencies.
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Tagged Africa, ALTERNATOR, batteries, bicycle, Budget, Car, Congo, congo africa, emergencies, hospitals, low budget, Missionary, NEED, Project, refridgeration, solar, solar panels, station, volt, wire
I’m in the planning stages. Nothing bought yet. This is a low budget system using common house tools. If needed I can rent. Town is 40 miles away. I’m really trying to avoid that.
The goal: set up a hybrid system using water, wind & solar. I’m planning on using 3 separate charge controllers. Plan to use shunt controllers for the hydro and wind.
Solar: I am planing on starting with a 60 watt kit w/ 7 amp controller to start with.
Wind: I’m planning on purchasing a small 400 watt turbine. The site is on the side of a mountain, next to a nice clear path that has been cut for a pipeline in Eastern Oklahoma. Wind is always there.
Battery bank: I’m currently planning on starting out with 2 or 4 – 105 Amp-hour batteries.
Hydro: The unknown part that I’m asking about is for the hydro. How do I know what size of controller I need for that?
Battery bank: I’m currently planning on starting out with 2 or 4 105 Amp-hour batteries. Need urls to cheapest reputable place on line to buy shunt controllers.
Thanks
Tagged Budget, budget system, HOUSE, hybrid power system, low budget, nothing, Part, PLANNING, planning stages, power, system, town
We’re poor, I’m not afraid to admit it. I’m married with a year-old son and a baby on the way. We’re on CalWORKS (call it welfare if you want to be a jerk), and I just can’t eat as healthy as I would like with food stamps – organic and vegetarian is just not an option for us. I can’t use canvas shopping bags unless I get them for free. I can recycle and conserve energy – but that’s about it.
But I want to DO MORE. Any tips?
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Tagged baby, baby on the way, Budget, call, CalWORKS, canvas, food, food stamps, jerk, Major, shopping bags, son, way, welfare
I’m on a $10 budget for a class. I’m looking at two solar panels:
http://www.hobbyengineering.com/H1660.html
http://store.sundancesolar.com/minsolpan45v.html
Would I be able to power 10 red LEDs with those panels and which would be better? Also, what supplies would I need (resistors, etc). The LED’s planned to be used:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170027915871&category=66954
Btw I should mention the budget is for the retail value of the parts actually used, so don’t worry if the panel and total LED price goes over $10.
why not retrofit a school with solar power to produce about 10% of it’s electricity. and pay back the gov’t that savings until it is paid back then from that payback point the savings goes to the schools budget. I would think that most schools would be able to have that paid back sooner than the ratio of ten yrs. because of mainly 5 days a week and alot of schools still are not doing year around.