End of the second sunless day. Not one ray of sunshine all day long!
However, even when it's very overcast, the two LEDs light up. (Red & Orange, it thinks it's really charging)!
The two car batteries don't seem to have discharged much (if any).
I've done a related post here,
http://ecorenovator.org/forum/applia...ad-heater.html
after finding a cheap way to run some tests that will allow me to see just
how well a Solar-assist Oil burner will work..
If it does work, I'll have the first Hybrid Oil-PV hot water source on the block.
I went ahead and ordered the 250 watt
Boiler heater and will install it sometimes next week.
In the meantime, I need to figure how to log the run-time of my burner..
Haha! Just found my timer. I can stick an AC outlet on my burner, that is parallel with the blower/oil pump motor,
and plug in my Kilo-a-Watt. It's got a 100 hour timer built in..
Edit Friday 20:07
I looked at the job and it seemed like too much work. Plus, I needed a double wide box.
Then, I realized that my power monitor wasn't being used!
I just popped open the breaker panel, moved the probe over to the Burner relay,
changed the voltage setting in the display unit to 120 and I've got instant logging!
In Standby, the burner is using 10 watts. When the upstairs circulator pump is on, 80 watts.
When it's burning oil 290 watts, burning oil & circulating, 350 watts are used..
So, All I have to do is keep the same kind of log I had for the heatpump,
and I'll have a kWh number that equates to the amount of oil burned per-day..