Another day using solar

Once again today, I went downstairs and this time I walked over to my inverter and turned on my 110 back up power lights and lit up my whole very nice sized basement for over 1 hour. If we have a bad rain or ice storm I am ready and can at least for a time provide myself with safe and affordable back up power.

By the way the panel has been up over 6 years and the battery going for about 5 years!

Working out under 12 volt light

This morning I went down to the basement and instead of turning on the light, I turned on my emergency 12 volt 10 watt emergency lights and worked out for 1 hour! No juice flowing from our power company, just the power from my battery.

I will admit when I was done, I left the basement and turned on the regular lights upstairs until I reached my office. In my office I turned on my 12 volt light over my desk and then turned on my 110 volt AC inverted light. My office has more than sufficient light to work for hours! Again I must say I am running my computer with wall juice but my laptop could go for about an hour on its own then I can hook it in to my 110 emergency back up system!

This is not fantasy and it does not cost thousands of dollars to do. Look at my products and or call me at 913-244-6132 for more information.

Turn night into day!

This morning on a dreary November day at about 6:00 Am I sat down in my office and did something I often do when I can, I did not turn on the lights in the office. yes let me say that again, I did not turn on the lights in the office , instead I turned on my own solar 12 volt and solar/inverter fed 110 volt lights an worked until about 9 Am with no interruption. I took a break from work, had breakfast and then went back to work and turned my lights back on and here I am. What I am saying is it is possible to have at least to a point your own energy sources. If you have a power outage and do not want to drag out your generator and all the hassles, just push the button on an emergency system that I have working in my office, in my basement and in my barn! I have used little or no power in my barn now for several years! If I have a power outage for any reason I can promise you I will have lights and for more than a few minutes. My 12 volt system 10 watt kit sold on here ran 24/7 for 14 consecutive days until I manually shut it off! I was running three LED lights and I will tell you they will light a path for you easily! Try one of our kits or pay me for my guidance and I will tell you how it can be done! I hope to hear form you soon.

Joe R

A wire guage calculator

In creating or using a solar panel or project I have always wondered about wire sizes. The bottom line people size does matter :) Go follow this link it is a cool web site and it will tell you what size wire you should use: http://www.freesunpower.com/wire_calc.php

testing 12 volt lights

I must admit I have started to change my views on emergency lighting at least on a small scale. I have worked with 120 volt inverters and it has been fun, exciting and also a knowledge expanding experiment. Inverter based emergency lighting works well and provides access to cheap light bulbs. The light generated at times beats the glow from the household AC! The down side is that the inverter really sucks the battery fast. An inverter typically will draw 1 to 2 amps when it is working and unless you wire it correctly will draw a small current even when the system is off. The plus to an inverter is it is multi functional, you can drive lights, a fan, a drill and other appliances that are AC based and this really works especially in short bursts. In a power outage situation it is great. As long as the sun comes out and shines to replenish your battery you are in decent shape. The down side is again is that the inverter draws chunks of juice so you had better have a good solid battery bank and a good sized solar trickle charging solar panel.

With that all said I have been experimenting with 12 volt lighting applications using LED lights and I must say I am impressed. I will write more soon.

See you next time

Joe