Forum: Solar Power
04-03-11, 10:20 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 7,589
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Forum: Solar Power
03-29-11, 04:53 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 7,589
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Forum: Solar Power
03-27-11, 10:53 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 7,589
I got the tracker finished, got it working the...
I got the tracker finished, got it working the night before the tradeshow. I managed to show it to the person at the show that we are trying to make the sale to.
I have got it out in my backyard...
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Forum: Solar Power
03-24-11, 09:26 PM
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Replies: 79
Views: 50,079
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Forum: Solar Power
03-24-11, 08:18 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 7,589
missed a picture!
See what I did, there is...
missed a picture!
See what I did, there is going to be a Candidate for the Green Party at the tradeshow I am taking it to so I made a tray for the battery out of an old Green Party sign! ...
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Forum: Solar Power
03-24-11, 08:17 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 7,589
More progress pictures
A close-up of the...
More progress pictures
A close-up of the sensor
The front with the sensor covered by an outdoor light fixture and the back. I am still waiting for the linear actuator to make it work. I need...
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Forum: Solar Power
03-20-11, 09:29 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 7,589
Small tracker project
I am building a scale model of a single axis Deger 8.5 Toptracker. I am an installer and we do a lot of trade shows and demonstrations so I wanted a working model so people would have something to...
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Forum: Solar Power
03-20-11, 08:46 PM
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Replies: 79
Views: 50,079
Thats my House!, back in post #8.
If you...
Thats my House!, back in post #8.
If you have any questions ask away. I built it out of galvanised steel tube and clamps. The common name for them is Kee clamps but I used a knock-off made by...
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Forum: Solar Power
09-21-10, 02:30 PM
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Replies: 132
Views: 93,627
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Forum: Solar Power
09-19-10, 07:37 PM
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Replies: 132
Views: 93,627
At the latitude of Toronto (43 degrees) the...
At the latitude of Toronto (43 degrees) the optimum angle for highest year round production is from 29 to 34 degrees. This would be he angle you would want for a MicroFIT system as it will give you...
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Forum: Conservation
02-24-10, 08:08 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 17,601
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Forum: Solar Heating
02-23-10, 06:47 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 23,401
Do you want to build everything yourself?
If...
Do you want to build everything yourself?
If it were me, I would use off the shelf hardware and just piece it together. I would use a Viessman collector, grundfos pump, flat plate heat exchanger...
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Forum: Solar Heating
02-23-10, 06:18 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 4,548
Velux solar hot water system
I was at the Home Show in Toronto and I saw a SDHW system made by Velux. They make skylights, so the collector is made in a skylight frame. The flat plate collector is black and I think it would...
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Forum: Conservation
02-21-10, 09:12 PM
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Replies: 575
Views: 1,193,242
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Forum: Solar Heating
02-19-10, 06:54 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 7,012
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Forum: Solar Heating
02-19-10, 08:45 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 7,012
Solar hot water and electric tankless
HI
I install solar pool heaters, solar domestic hot water and PV
I don't have a lot of practical experience with domestic hot water, I have only installed 4 systems, but one of the systems is...
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