Category Archives: Green

Micro PV

Posted on October 25, 2012 by j0n

So, having moved the garden shed and the PV panels in August/September 2011 to a more sun friendly position, I was pretty sure that there would be more output from the system over the next 12 months. Now, that 12 … Continue reading →

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Micro PV two years on.

Posted on May 25, 2012 by j0n

Some changes since last year. Firstly the panels have a different orientation from last year.  I moved the shed last August/September and both panels are now facing South West (220deg), still at the tilt of about 5-10 degrees (which I … Continue reading →

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iPhone and charging

Posted on August 6, 2011 by j0n

I (deliberately) flattened my iPhone today so I could charge it with its own charger. I about 19:00 I plugged it in to my kill a watt meter to see how much power it uses.  I’m assuming the meter isn’t … Continue reading →

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iPhone and PV charging

Posted on August 3, 2011 by j0n

A few weeks ago I was looking around the lab at the remnants of old projects and realised that we probably had enough bits to put together a solar powered charging station for phones. I.e. a 30 Watt PV panel … Continue reading →

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Micro PV, one year on.

Posted on May 31, 2011 by j0n

So, after 12 months, what do the numbers say? Well first a quick reminder of what I have running. A Steca Grid 300 from mysolarshop.co.uk, fed from two Evergreen ES-180RL 180 watt PV panels on the roof of the shed.  … Continue reading →

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Winter

Posted on October 20, 2010 by j0n

Winter is most definitely on the way, slight frost on the car this morning, and the weather station run by the South Eastern Amateur Radio Group showing a significant dip last night, though it was colder on Sunday night. Strangely … Continue reading →

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PV Installation, a different story.

Posted on September 20, 2010 by j0n

From IEEE Spectrum,“My First Year With Solar”. Interesting how subsidies change the game entirely.

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Averages, and another Gorilla update.

Posted on September 18, 2010 by j0n

I was wondering the other day, how accurate the rrdtool graphs are. Currently the average shows is 455 Watts thus far this year (the graph stretches back to last October). So if the average stayed at this value for the … Continue reading →

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Rewiring

Posted on June 13, 2010 by j0n

Been real busy at work with a project proposal. We finally got it submitted last Friday.  Consequently I do not have as much done with the new machine to replace the dell dimension desktop. I started look at it today … Continue reading →

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“Gorilla” Update

Posted on May 22, 2010 by j0n

I’ve not been in the shack all that much recently (being part of the organising team the the Irish IPv6 Summit kept me busy) so I have not been doing much checking up on the PV installation and how it … Continue reading →

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