This weekend I pick up the 160W solar panel, 30amp solar regulator fully wired up with an Anderson plug all ready to plug in to my big kickass batteries ...just thought I'd say ...hmm, I must be getting excited and impatient huh?
This weekend I pick up the 160W solar panel, 30amp solar regulator fully wired up with an Anderson plug all ready to plug in to my big kickass batteries ...just thought I'd say ...hmm, I must be getting excited and impatient huh?
This weekend I pick up the 160W solar panel, 30amp solar regulator fully wired up with an Anderson plug all ready to plug in to my big kickass batteries ...just thought I'd say ...hmm, I must be getting excited and impatient huh?
Mike
Mate, barely enough to power a decent coffee machine! The desk you've got set up might just be big enough to hold it...
Lovely stuff Mike. You must be chaffing at the bit something horrid to get those photons! Oh so close.
Mate, barely enough to power a decent coffee machine! The desk you've got set up might just be big enough to hold it...
Lovely stuff Mike. You must be chaffing at the bit something horrid to get those photons! Oh so close.
He he, hmmm? a nice espresso machine would be nice maybe when I have saved enough to afford full automation...?..I will spend it on another coupl'a big batteries and that machine
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Originally Posted by multiweb
Get a spin bike and charge those banks while imaging. <- (substitute cycling mike)
Of course as Murphy would have it, the last couple of weeks here in the national capital the weather has been superb ...the consolation is that it has happened over the full moon period so I don't feel toooo cheated
2 X 150ahr AGM deep cycle batteries
1 X 160W solar panel
1 X 30amp solar regulator/charger
1 X 1000W pure sine inverter with two 240V outlets
1 X 12V cigarette lighter socket
1 X Volt meter
I used slotted angle to mount the 160W Solar panel to the shed, this makes it adjustable to allow for the changing Solar altitude throughout the year
Next will be the scope install (and eventually the coffee machine)
Mike
Last edited by strongmanmike; 01-09-2014 at 09:57 AM.
Hey cheers guys...of course I had some trepidation leaving her yesterday and relying on the regulator to control everything ...hopefully it doesn't all melt and burn down
Good stuff!! 300 aHrs worth of battery will keep you humming for a while! How much power does the whole shebang consume?
Cheers Marcus
Hmmm I recon just for imaging ie lappie, mount, cameras, all heaters etc I will chug along at around 10A or less, add some low wattage lights in the shed and another remote lappie or desktop computer (coming) and allowing for some ifficiency losses...I shouldn't go below 50% battery charge even after a winter all nighter. Hopefully my calculations are ok, at $430 a pop, those big kickass batteries weren't cheap
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Originally Posted by cybereye
Eventually?.... What you talkin' 'bout Willis?! That should've been the first piece of equipment installed....
Hmmm?..I do like a good coffee (or two) around midnight during an all nighter ....leave it with me
I used slotted angle to mount the 160W Solar panel to the shed, this makes it adjustable to allow for the changing Solar altitude throughout the year
Mike, the tilt doesn't matter that much. I'd say set to your latitude and forget. What's more important is how close the panels face to true north. If you're way off you might do better to parallel another panel on another wall.
The panel is pointing about 10deg East of North Andrew so I thought that was close enough ... and is currently angled to point about 60deg up ready for spring and summer (From Canberra Sun altitude at the meridian varies from 32deg in winter to 78deg in Summer) but I can vary my panel from 0 deg (flat against the wall ) to well.. pointing straight up at 90deg if I want and yes wired it all up myself...hence the trepidation
...just thought I'd say 
...hmm, I must be getting excited and impatient huh? 
When you have the money I am sure.
<- (substitute cycling mike)
...the consolation is that it has happened over the full moon period so I don't feel toooo cheated 
...hopefully it doesn't all melt and burn down 
... and is currently angled to point about 60deg up ready for spring and summer (From Canberra Sun altitude at the meridian varies from 32deg in winter to 78deg in Summer) but I can vary my panel from 0 deg (flat against the wall 
