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fwunder
Senior Member Joined: 04 Oct 2013 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 1676 |
Topic: SOC Posted: 23 Jul 2020 at 5:14pm |
This should be fun to play with. $80.00
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2014 RPod 178 => MyMods and Buying Habits
2008 4Runner Limited 4.0-liter V6 Yes, those are wild ponies dining on grass while dumping tanks! |
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fwunder
Senior Member Joined: 04 Oct 2013 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 1676 |
Posted: 25 Jul 2020 at 3:23pm |
Well, I am impressed with the HQST panel. It showed open circuit voltage @ 18.9v Renogy @ 25 feet from controller. My solar field is pumping power. HQST 100W currently 14.0v @ 5.2A shown by SCC. 200W suitcase currently @ 14.0v @ 10.2A shown by SCC.
My stand/tv rack design needs a little tinkering. Legs are too long and 3/4 inch pipe is just a little flimsy in camp mode. It's fine on tv rack. Nothing glued up. I might take it apart and fill frame members with spray foam to see if that stiffens them or just redo with 1 inch pipe. I could move them to the edges, but it fits better on my tv rack like this and I think it looks better. |
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2014 RPod 178 => MyMods and Buying Habits
2008 4Runner Limited 4.0-liter V6 Yes, those are wild ponies dining on grass while dumping tanks! |
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offgrid
Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 25 Jul 2020 at 3:53pm |
I like the firewood. Now there you have some stored kwh. If that's a couple cords of oak then its about 15,000 kwh. It would take your 300 watts of PV about 40 years (roughly its useful life) to produce that amount of energy. Too bad its so heavy and its hard to convert to electricity....
Maybe make a producer gas generator and take it camping instead of the solar Anyhow my suggestion is to load up your batts a little. At 14V you're not really getting any useful work out of your two PV systems.....just changing water into H2 and O3.... |
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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
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fwunder
Senior Member Joined: 04 Oct 2013 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 1676 |
Posted: 25 Jul 2020 at 4:24pm |
I switched the one controller to GEL. It's announcing FUL @ 14.2v. The other controller is still going @ 14.4v.
Wood?! Yeah, I got a little wood. About half red oak and half white ash. Some people pay for a gym membership. I axe split wood. We burn about 3 cords a year. |
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2014 RPod 178 => MyMods and Buying Habits
2008 4Runner Limited 4.0-liter V6 Yes, those are wild ponies dining on grass while dumping tanks! |
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offgrid
Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 25 Jul 2020 at 4:29pm |
Wow, and hand spit too... Maybe you really should make a wood gas genny. It would be a fun project at least and a backup for those cloudy days! Lots of particulate pollution though, nothing is perfect....
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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
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fwunder
Senior Member Joined: 04 Oct 2013 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 1676 |
Posted: 25 Jul 2020 at 4:45pm |
All you need is a big cup of very strong coffee!!
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2014 RPod 178 => MyMods and Buying Habits
2008 4Runner Limited 4.0-liter V6 Yes, those are wild ponies dining on grass while dumping tanks! |
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offgrid
Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 25 Jul 2020 at 5:10pm |
Maybe a couple of cups...and some good sized pectoral muscles.,..
How well does that bark work to keep the wood dry vs, the tarps, and did you cut and stitch up the long narrow tarp strips or buy them somewhere like that?
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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
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fwunder
Senior Member Joined: 04 Oct 2013 Location: New Jersey Online Status: Offline Posts: 1676 |
Posted: 25 Jul 2020 at 5:32pm |
I just buy cheap tarps, cut them up and staple to rows. I just haven't got around to covering all the rows. The bark is just thrown on top for grins. I'll burn it. |
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2014 RPod 178 => MyMods and Buying Habits
2008 4Runner Limited 4.0-liter V6 Yes, those are wild ponies dining on grass while dumping tanks! |
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podwerkz
Senior Member Joined: 11 Mar 2019 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 966 |
Posted: 25 Jul 2020 at 5:33pm |
wow...I can smell it from here!
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r・pod 171 gone but not forgotten!
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offgrid
Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 25 Jul 2020 at 7:02pm |
The old tire is kinda a like a revelation for me, what a great idea! Love that video.
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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
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