Energy for the New AgeAt least consider it!

i finally got the light to go on without using myself as Ground/Earth the things was i had to connect 1 wire to the bulb/ligt glass itself and then it goes on without ground/earth i also made a switch so i can boost the light power. i connected 4 wires to each leg of the light, instead of 2 as i have seen on some site on the net i placed the camera circuit inside a small box, and then i used speaker connectors to connect the light up to it, i made it like this so i can always reuse my inverter for other projects sofare this proof of concept works 100%

Just a test to see if a solar panel could run a very simple counter top Newman motor. It did.

I was able to purchase this “Lawn and Garden” Lead-Acid battery for less than $20 at Wal*Mart. So, I thought it would be worth experimenting with since its size and capacity will probably reduce the number of times I need to charge it (compared to the smaller gel cells I featured in my previous video: www.youtube.com The battery is rated at 275 “Cold-cranking” amps, which isn’t of much value to me since I’m not starting a motor or anything. Although it doesn’t say, a quick internet search suggests this battery is rated at about 18 amp-hours – which puts it at about one third the cost of a comparable gel cell. Problem is, it’s probably not rated for much of a deep discharge since lawn equipment provides a continuous trickle charge. Nevertheless, I’ll keep experimenting with it to see if it’s cost-effective. I use an in-line “Watts Up” meter to monitor the voltage. So far, I’ve allowed it to drop below 12 volts (the QRP radio gear I power with it is very voltage tolerant). With a half day of full sunlight I’m able to bring it back up to well over 13 volts – which last many days of lower power communications on my amateur radio station. In the video I also mention that I’m now using Anderson “Power-Pole” connectors to eliminate a lot of the clip leads I’ve been using. Actually, I’ve been using these connectors for over a year now but just got around to introducing them to my simple solar stuff. They’re great connectors and seem to be growing in popularity as a low voltage …

Battery maintenance and care; Myths about putting batteries onto cement; Tpes of batteries and tips on long life for solar and wind power battery bank.

This is the turbine we built here in May see www.scoraigwind.com It has 2 magnet rotors instead of using one magnet rotor with a plain disk on the outside. Air gap is large. Blades are coated with linseed oil as is tail vane. thanks to Lawrence Glass.