Construction of a free-standing frame to hold my solar panels at a height and tilt angle suitable for the coming winter sunshine (or lack of it).
By Julian
Youtuber, shed dweller, solar charge controller aficionado
Good morning all…
Youtuber, shed dweller, solar charge controller aficionado
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wery easy and simple build wood box what have adjustable angle degree and same sideway adjustable degree too. and you need all battery good box, or made good shed and all battery in shed and wall have power station share lto better and beauty all cables and battery were share power. simple little work but lot better than now, now show wery stupid and ugly all.
This is nice setup ,but this lead-acid battery have big self discharging when the temperature go low in the winter☺
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You stole my black cat !Good sunny days from the Caribbean
If you’re looking to replace your 1A consuming CCTV camera, the IP ones all over ebay based on the OV9712 sensor & HI3518 SOC seem OK.
They output H.264, you can open the stream with VLC. The software they come with is trashy. I use mine with Zoneminder.
The cameras I have each consume 110mA @ 12V with the IR illumination off.
Flower box :'D
You should put the amorphous panels to charge the car battery (since you don't use it so often) and use the other 80W panel to make 260W worth of power.
Vaseline (petroleum based) or a silicone based grease, which is recommended?
Cheers, Mark
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Build a sun tracker!
should you not be using artic grade cable ? the current ones look as if theyre able to snap apart soon =/
hi julian, have you tried wind power.. yes its more expensive to set up and probably wont give you much power but its a good fun challange setting up.. I just set up mine in UK and have a similar voltage mismatch going on from the turbine to the batteries., some times I have the blades spinning their 8oow motor to the point where they are blurred and still dont produce power as their rotation is still not fast enough. Much of the time I have power at lowervolts than the battery which I lose. So, I though about putting a car audio amp cap (1F) on the input before the batts.. would that help you think?
Shouldn't you use a silicone based lubricant on the o rings? Vaseline is petroleum based and so will destroy the rubber rings over time.
Setting lead acid batteries on the ground like that is VERY bad for them…
Either way very very cool setup!