Installing Third String of Solar Panel up Inside Skylight
We started the new week by tackling the next phase of installing our green solar capture schemes, this time, the third string of panels, basically almost square shaped ones, measuring…
Installed Second String of Solar Panels Up on P Roof
For this week, since we have built the two battery 50Volt drawers, we decided to get on with installing the second string of Solar Panels, up on the P section…
Third Battery Drawer Assembled, The 12Volt Pack
Our third drawer, the smaller one, had the remaining four battery cells installed and wired up. We swopped out the isolating switch for a heavier duty model, capable of handling…
The Final String of Solar Panels and Equipment Ordered and Delivered
We have been hunting around for a suitable Solar Panels to fit up inside our Skylight for the last couple of months and finally have discovered a particular source that…
Stage One of Mounting of Solar Panels on Roof
We started the new week with a new complete change of project, with the installation of our new Solar Panels on our slate roof. We have seventeen panels to mount,…
We Had Our Delivery of Solar Panels
At 11am this morning, we had our delivery of our new solar panels, all seventeen of them. They came flat on a large pallet, strapped down good and tight. Each…
Taken the Plunge and Ordered Solar Panels and Batteries Plus Supporting Electronics
After considerable discussions, we have decided to take the plunge and invest in some Green Energy solutions. We have ordered seventeen electric solar panels, measuring 2metres by 1metre high, rated…
Deep Analysis and Simulations of Green Solutions using Real Weather Data
As everyone knows, we are facing a future climate of massive energy price increases and we are particularly at a disadvantage with our current setup, with the way our Temporary…
Service trench completed
Thursday 30th Installed all the pipes and conduits into the trench after sliding 2 x 22mm plastic plumbing pipe with foam insulation (25mm on flow and 19mm on return) into…
Solar data from Nasa
I’ve been using satelite data from Nasa to estimate the output of our solar panels. This website gives you more data than you can possibly use ! For my purposes…