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January 11th, 2012 | 
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Part one of Installed/upgraded zero gauge cables on the battery banks and 04 gauge on the outback mppt controller. Also how I made custome brackets for the solar panels installation on the roof.
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GeekBeat TV #320: http://revision3.com/geekbeattv/holiday-home-tech
The holidays are fast approaching, but we’ve got some techie toys to help get your home ready for the season!
00:06 Solar-Powered Christmas Tree Path Markers
Help your holiday guests find the way to your door with these festive trees that run off stored solar power.
01:06 R2-D2 Lights
There’s always room for a little extra Star Wars cheer. These lights make sure the Force stays with you.
01:30 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar
Count down the days of December with a different LEGO model behind each door!
02:25 Motherboard Ornaments
Few things say “Geeky Holidays” quite like ornaments made from recycled motherboards!
02:47 LED Circuit Board Menorah
Bring some geek goodness to your Hanukkah with this circuit board menorah – each LED can be lit separately!
03:00 LED Christmas Tree Kit
Have an urge for an old fashioned Christmas? The kind that requires a soldering iron? We’ve got your LED tree kit right here.
03:08 Puzzle Block Calendar
How many shopping days left? You’ll be able to keep track in style with this 3D block calendar.
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My kitchen led lighting with 10 watt leds and home made heat sinks, one watt flat round leds, switches, malibu lights led
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My solar setup part two of two.
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solar powered lights, gadgets and accessories.
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“Home Solar Panels – Basic Solar Power for your Solar Heating Panels”
So you and your wife are looking for ways to save on electricity!
How are you going to achieve that?
Are, you going to start monitoring every light switch, every fan in the house or even suffer through summer or winter by holding off on utilizing the a/c or heater.
Sounds stressful…!
How about using Home Solar Panels!!! It will save money on electricity and give you clean energy, without having to spend $10k-$20k.
How?
Well, by simply going to http://TheReviewer360.com/SolarPanels you can have the peace of mind that can ultimately save you thousands of dollars in electricity.
With all the financial hardships that we as a nation are facing and seem that it will be awhile for most of us to get back on safe financial grounds…
Cutting a few bills can alleviate some of the burdens we have over us as far as money is concerned.
And, one of the biggest bills that affect us homeowners is the electricity bill.
Just for a second think about the possibility of not having to pay another electric bill…
How about, knowing that you are saving the planet by living green with the use of Solar Panels?
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Remember that you actually help the planet by using solar heating panels.
The benefits are tremendous:
1. You’ll get a peace of mind knowing that you can cut your electric bill
2. You and your family will be living with clean energy
3. And, you do not have to spend a fortune on a solar power system
Once you go to http://TheReviewer360.com/SolarPanels you will see all the benefits that you need to make a sound decision and it’s a simple journey to living green.
You can be happy that you can have the luxury of utilizing clean energy without spending $10k-$20k on a basic solar power system.
Don’t let one of the major bills in a homeowner’s life “in this case ‘the electric bill’” keep you stressed every month.
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This is a way that you can get closer to living green and using clean energy.
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Even If Your Pockets Are Lean — You Can Live Green!
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http://www.SolarEnergyGuide.net – How to Make Solar – A Quick And Easy 101 Guide to Solar Energy Production
Making a solar at home is quite a daunting task and something that shouldn’t be attempted without fully committing oneself to a great deal of work. It may not be rocket science but it is certainly a tricky and laborious process. If you are the type of person who thinks a hammer is nothing but am odd-shaped door stop, it may be in your best interest to leave the solar construction to professionals.
Having said that, making your own solar s can really be a rewarding home project and by taking on such a project yourself you can significantly cut your costs – by 50 to 80% – over a commercially available solar .
Since the prohibitive cost of solar s is in large part due to the high price of solar cells, you will achieve most of your cost reduction by purchasing damaged and used solar cells from sites such as Ebay. After that, using your ingenuity and some handy DIY skills, the only thing between you and a working solar is time and effort.
For now however, let’s take on a much more simple task and make a single solar cell. This project is great fun and can show the basic and simple concept behind solar energy.
What You Will Need:
1. Copper sheeting.
2. Two alligator clip lead cables.
3. A sensitive micro-ammeter you can find this at Radio Shack.
4. An electric stove or a one burner hot plate should you have a gas stove . If you are buying a hot plate make sure it’s at least 1100 watts.
5. A large clear plastic bottle. Think 2 Liter Coke or Mineral Water bottles with the top cut off.
6. A few tablespoons of salt.
7. Water.
8. Sand paper, steel wool or a wire brush attachment for an electric drill.
9. Metal sheers.
How It’s Done: Cut a piece of copper sheeting at approximately the size of the stove burner. Make sure to thoroughly clean the copper sheet using sandpaper or steel wool to remove any sulfide and/or light corrosion. Heat the copper sheet on the burner on the highest heat setting As the copper increases its’ temperature the color will turn black with a layer of cupric oxide. This is normal. Let the copper “cook” for around 30 minutes. After 30 minutes turn of the burner and let the copper cool. It will shrink – also quite normal. The black cupric oxide will begin to flake and detach as both the oxide and copper shrink. It will take approximately 20 minutes for the copper to cool, at which point you will need to remove any excess cupric oxide black film left on the copper. You can scrub lightly with your hands under your tap. At this point cut another piece of copper at exactly the same size and dimensions as the “cooked” copper. Place both copper sheets into the plastic bottle, bending them carefully to fit and ensuring they do not touch. Attach the two alligator clips to each sheet, connecting the positive lead from the “Clean copper sheet” to the positive terminal of the meter, and the negative lead the “cooked” copper sheet to the negative terminal of the meter. Mix your 2 tablespoons of salt in with some hot water. Stir until the salt is dissolved. Carefully pour the salt water into the plastic bottle being careful to avoid pouring onto the leads. A good rule of thumb is to leave at least an inch between the water and the leads so you can move around the device with relative ease.
A solar cell is a battery, so you can expect that even in the dark your meter will show a few microamps of current. Don’t expect that it will light a baseball field though, and it would take acres of these literally to power your house. I sincerely doubt there would be enough power generated by this to power a light bulb. However, once you put this device in the sunlight you will see the meter jump to 30+ microamps of current – which would be enough to use your new solar cell as a light meter or light detector.
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If we staleness be truthful to ourselves, then we all can happen that we are rattling protection an energy crisis as a matter of fact.
It makes a entire lot of judgement to excogitate the advantages of solar energy as a shaper of your electrical energy.
With improving energy prices, tapering fossil supply supplies, and environmental and imperfect concerns, all ears are adjusted to the solar energy possibilities.
But put, that the solar generator is a gadget that runs all your electrical appliances by making use of the solar energy. The gadget change solar energy into electrical energy by making use of photovoltaic cells. This solar generator is as fine titled “the solar lighting system”.
But using solar energy to index plutonic governance devices and using solar energy to land your house are worlds separate, and the discourse on everyone’s minds is, “Is solar energy all it’s rough up to be, and how practical is it to count using solar energy to quality my home?”
Facts about solar energy :
· Solar energy is a renewable resource (it may go away at night, but we will always have it.)
· Solar energy will not pollute our air with carbon dioxide and other harmful greenhouse gases and bad emissions.
Solar energy can be used on different aspects. Solar energy will be used in agriculture. Greenhouses (which is whole distinct from greenhouse gas) exchange solar light-weight to change to be maximized in enhancing the growth of plants and crops.
Greenhouses has been around since the Romanist nowadays and bodoni greenhouses were engineered in Aggregation in sixteenth century. Greenhouses are works an strategic object of husbandry now,
I can testify now that nearly everybody is searching for ways to go green and more energy efficient. To welcome alternative energy production methods, there are lots of reasons for that.
Also immature does whatever folks see that by making use of solar power is a big way to enhance the environmentally friendliness of your house and yet counselling a contemporary chronicle with all the conveniences.
You can forbid a lot of money
Solar power costs near 80% fewer than your flowing service program. So if your exciting greenback now runs $150 per month, with solar power your electric measure would only expenditure $40.
Generating your own power at minimal pays you an superfluous $100 every period. And that’s if you pay a retiring $150 a period for your utilities – $400 or more is not an particular “median” programme post…
Can you really afford to not use solar energy in your home?
You want to know the solar energy benefits or maybe the solar energy advantages?
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The Flipoguy guides you step by step through the operation and setup of the Flipo Solar Spotlight. http://shopflipo.com/solarspotlightoperationsetupandtips.aspx
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Lighten up with an Old English Solar-Powered Lamp Post that adds dignity and style to your landscaping and home. Solar panels collect the sun’s energy during the day, then recharge the batteries…
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