Comments on: DIY SOLAR POWER SOLAR PANEL PV PHOTOVOLTAIC HARBOR FREIGHT SOLAR ENERGY SOLAR PANELS

By: squire111squire

squire111squire — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:38:57 +0000

hi, when will you …
hi, when will you start part two of your solar trials, i.e doubling up your panels, ps great informational videos.

By: 0MrENigma0

0MrENigma0 — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:38:57 +0000

Thank you for …
Thank you for passing on knowledge…

By: GREENPOWERSCIENCE

GREENPOWERSCIENCE — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:38:57 +0000

Thank you very much …
Thank you very much!!! That helps a ton.

Thank You thoxbui:-)

By: thoxbui

thoxbui — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:38:57 +0000

(part two) because …
(part two) because the solar panel is limited how fast it can generate energy (wattage), it can’t quite instantaneously fill the energy storage component–which result in a bit of flickering until there is enough energy stored. If you wikipedia “electrical ballast” and scroll to the “electronic ballast” entry, there’d be a picture of one of these circuits, which has both a good sized capacitor and a wound coil inductor. Hope that helps.

By: thoxbui

thoxbui — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:38:57 +0000

These compact …
These compact fluorescent lights have electronic ballasts that changes the low frequency or DC voltages to high frequency AC voltages. For efficiency reasons, they tend to have Pulse Width Modulation circuits, which usually contain some sort of energy storage device such as an inductor coil or a big capacitor. For the PWM circuit to work smoothly, the storage component must have enough energy stored in it. (part one)

By: 99rhetbaboons

99rhetbaboons — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:38:57 +0000

2:52 Nice safety …
2:52 Nice safety glasses, sheesh. Kids today… Now, I wonder if you could run a washing machine from a generator you ran from an exercise bike.

By: GREENPOWERSCIENCE

GREENPOWERSCIENCE — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:38:57 +0000

Hi,

Yes I do. They …
Hi,

Yes I do. They are small right now but I am working on a larger concept. How much power are you looking for?

By: bg0821

bg0821 — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:38:57 +0000

I should say I …
I should say I bought my silicon panel from JC Whitney automotive.

By: bg0821

bg0821 — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:38:57 +0000

Also, when I bought …
Also, when I bought my 15 watt like that I paid 160 bucks for it! Geez…. today everything is a bit less. Harbor freight also had 50 watt mono panels for a good price as well. I also liked to charge up marine batteries and then with my 1500 watt inverter run my tv off it for a while. But all together I only have right now like 5 amps of charging power so its quite slow. I used to think of a car alternator charging at 50 amps lets say an hour would kick if you swapped batteries out in car

By: bg0821

bg0821 — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:38:57 +0000

This video is right …
This video is right up my alley. I love solar panels! I have a 50 watt monocrystalline along 2 silicon amorphous panels like you have there as well as a few other small ones. My input on panels that I found out its better to invest in the monocrystalline the blue colored type, they last from 25 to 40 years I was told by a company that makes panels. The silicon amorphous lasts like 10 years in sunlight and they don’t put out the same amps that the mono type does in low light conditions.