Nature causes power outages. Politics causes power to go out during 100 degree days.

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  • Dave Angelini
    Dave Angelini Solar Expert Posts: 6,746 ✭✭✭✭✭✭
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    You might be good at politics here Mike. If you can figure out how to charge the fire trucks and police during major calamities,
     then you could have time to work on Solar aircraft.   What about electric powered  gensets? 
    "we go where power lines don't" Sierra Nevada mountain area
       htps://offgridsolar1.com/
    E-mail offgridsolar@sti.net

  • mike95490
    mike95490 Solar Expert Posts: 9,583 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    You might be good at politics here Mike. If you can figure out how to charge the fire trucks and police during major calamities,
     then you could have time to work on Solar aircraft.   What about electric powered  gensets? 
    Today, someone asked me about using a Tesla battery to spin a motor, driving a generator, for use in outages.
      I could not compose any sort of reply !!!
    Powerfab top of pole PV mount | Listeroid 6/1 w/st5 gen head | XW6048 inverter/chgr | Iota 48V/15A charger | Morningstar 60A MPPT | 48V, 800A NiFe Battery (in series)| 15, Evergreen 205w "12V" PV array on pole | Midnight ePanel | Grundfos 10 SO5-9 with 3 wire Franklin Electric motor (1/2hp 240V 1ph ) on a timer for 3 hr noontime run - Runs off PV ||
    || Midnight Classic 200 | 10, Evergreen 200w in a 160VOC array ||
    || VEC1093 12V Charger | Maha C401 aa/aaa Charger | SureSine | Sunsaver MPPT 15A

    solar: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Solar
    gen: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Lister ,

  • Dave Angelini
    Dave Angelini Solar Expert Posts: 6,746 ✭✭✭✭✭✭
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    Yes that one keeps coming up. The other one is for DISH network to provide emergency power. I just looked at you on Windy and looks like we both stayed below 20 knots. Up above me in the high country it is still gusting over 50 knots.

    It did blow the smoke out from Creek Fire.  :) Been burning for 6 weeks. They are keeping it at 60% contained to let it burn the dead ponderosa from the drought/bark beetle.
    "we go where power lines don't" Sierra Nevada mountain area
       htps://offgridsolar1.com/
    E-mail offgridsolar@sti.net

  • Marc Kurth
    Marc Kurth Solar Expert Posts: 1,144 ✭✭✭✭
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    mike95490 said:
    You might be good at politics here Mike. If you can figure out how to charge the fire trucks and police during major calamities,
     then you could have time to work on Solar aircraft.   What about electric powered  gensets? 
    Today, someone asked me about using a Tesla battery to spin a motor, driving a generator, for use in outages.
      I could not compose any sort of reply !!!

    Don't forget to add a charging circuit on the generator to charge the Tesla battery, thus allowing continuous operation.
    I always have more questions than answers. That's the nature of life.
  • softdown
    softdown Solar Expert Posts: 3,821 ✭✭✭✭
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    mike95490 said:
    You might be good at politics here Mike. If you can figure out how to charge the fire trucks and police during major calamities,
     then you could have time to work on Solar aircraft.   What about electric powered  gensets? 
    Today, someone asked me about using a Tesla battery to spin a motor, driving a generator, for use in outages.
      I could not compose any sort of reply !!!

    Don't forget to add a charging circuit on the generator to charge the Tesla battery, thus allowing continuous operation.
    Perpetual motion = Free energy! = Millennial Solutions
    First Bank:16 180 watt Grape Solar with  FM80 controller and 3648 Inverter....Fullriver 8D AGM solar batteries. Second Bank/MacGyver Special: 10 165(?) watt BP Solar with Renogy MPPT 40A controller/ and Xantrex C-35 PWM controller/ and Morningstar PWM controller...Cotek 24V PSW inverter....forklift and diesel locomotive batteries
  • mike95490
    mike95490 Solar Expert Posts: 9,583 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    softdown said:
    Perpetual motion = Free energy! = Millennial Solutions
    See, you just have to want hard enough to do it.
    Powerfab top of pole PV mount | Listeroid 6/1 w/st5 gen head | XW6048 inverter/chgr | Iota 48V/15A charger | Morningstar 60A MPPT | 48V, 800A NiFe Battery (in series)| 15, Evergreen 205w "12V" PV array on pole | Midnight ePanel | Grundfos 10 SO5-9 with 3 wire Franklin Electric motor (1/2hp 240V 1ph ) on a timer for 3 hr noontime run - Runs off PV ||
    || Midnight Classic 200 | 10, Evergreen 200w in a 160VOC array ||
    || VEC1093 12V Charger | Maha C401 aa/aaa Charger | SureSine | Sunsaver MPPT 15A

    solar: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Solar
    gen: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Lister ,

  • Marc Kurth
    Marc Kurth Solar Expert Posts: 1,144 ✭✭✭✭
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    :D:D
    I always have more questions than answers. That's the nature of life.
  • softdown
    softdown Solar Expert Posts: 3,821 ✭✭✭✭
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    mike95490 said:
    softdown said:
    Perpetual motion = Free energy! = Millennial Solutions
    See, you just have to want hard enough to do it.
    Here I thought they just had to identify with it to make it fact. 
    First Bank:16 180 watt Grape Solar with  FM80 controller and 3648 Inverter....Fullriver 8D AGM solar batteries. Second Bank/MacGyver Special: 10 165(?) watt BP Solar with Renogy MPPT 40A controller/ and Xantrex C-35 PWM controller/ and Morningstar PWM controller...Cotek 24V PSW inverter....forklift and diesel locomotive batteries