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RENEWABLE POWER FOR AMATEUR RADIO (and other electronic devices) by Larry D. Barr, K5WLF About the author: Larry D. Barr is an Amateur Extra class amateur radio operator, first licensed in 1966. He is uniquely qualified to write on this subject, having lived offgrid for 19 months with the majority of his electricity provided by [...]
We do not sell these batteries, or gain any monetary value from promoting this technology, other than the satisfaction of seeing folks get a superior off grid storage system. Tonight we had a nice chat with Stephen Ellis, of Zappworks. They take original Edison NiFe batteries, and re-manufacture them with improvements, and make a battery [...]
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Power outages are bad for those with medicines that need refrigeration. An extended outage for folks with Type 1 diabetes and other conditions requires a good generator, a long term fuel source, or other option. Here is one we recommend. A Stirling powered cooler (4 amps @ 12v) can run well off 300 watts of [...]
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Did you know you can make a inexpensive wind turbine by modifying an existing 1.5 kw ac motor by replacing the rotor coils with magnets, and making blades out of pvc pipe? Have you ever wanted to learn how to build a solar panel from scratch? Alex Hughes makes it easy with these very descriptive [...]
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The final connections were made yesterday, and on a mixed clouds and sunny day, we generated 2.1 kWh’s in the afternoon. The new Mate came back from Outback, and the Pallet Mounts are working fine. Today is grey and rainy, so we don’t expect much production today. The Mate is getting information from two MX-60 [...]