Solar Empire – Endless War

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   rainbowmixApril 22, 2010 - 11:07 pm #1

   a couple thousdans, about 1500 from B&Q my dads got one in his shop cost him £1653
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   papercutfaintApril 22, 2010 - 11:32 pm #2

   http://www.rain.org/~philfear/how2solar.html

   http://www.thesolarplan.com/articles/your-own-solar-panel-collector.html
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   DIY DocApril 22, 2010 - 11:53 pm #3

   I have no real clue; but have to imagine an array of collector cells large enough to power a home; would have to be large, and expensive. I don’t think we are quite at a point of it being viable and cost effective in a residential sense yet. Beyond that; storage of the power would also have to be considered.

   One analogy of "WEAK" might relate to solar walkway lighting.

   Beyond that Solar water heating creates a pretty decent savings.

   Steven Wolf
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   45 plus years as a contractor

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   micky dApril 23, 2010 - 12:09 am #4

   lol your nuts ffs lol ..yeah get loads of tinfoil and whack it together lol
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   andrew fApril 23, 2010 - 12:49 am #5

   I suppose it is possible, but getting it to produce a reasonable current at 230volts AC, with its waveform synchronised to that of the mains supply, would be very, very hard. I assume it would supplement, rather than replace, the regular mains. And, as others have said, how are you going to store the electricity? You need your lights on after sunset, when the panels won’t be working..
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   John LApril 23, 2010 - 1:31 am #6

   The technology has not got to the stage that would make this a DIY project, and the power that you are asking for is even a bit much for the professionals.
   You could get a book on the subject and experiment, but this will only be for your own education and further your knowledge which is a good thing.
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   Just keeping up to date.

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