working toward off-grid
Fellow EcoRenovators
Winter has begun here in southwestern Ontario. Days of overcast and wind. The 14 kws of solar only produce on the average 15 kwhs of stored energy. So not near enough for operating consecutive days off grid.
The next facet was to investigate wind. I purchased a small turbine and have mounted it on a steel pole. I want to study this a little bit to possibly expand this in the coming summer.
We have built a voltage boost circuit to increase the wild AC output to 390 VDC to charge the lithium pack. Yet to design and incorporate a proper dump load and redundant charge controls.
Oh well I have the whole winter
Randen
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