Hey, it’s fall again! That means it’s time for EcoRenovator’s giveaway for its readers and forum users. You guys provide us with cool things to post on the blog, find and share tons of information on the forum, and really make this site what it is. This is our chance to give something back, and […]
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First, we found a clock that we wanted to use, then we selected the solar components, and then we tested the clocks power consumption. Next, we are going to start modifying the clock to make it solar powered. Thankfully, this is really quite simple. We have no charge controller since we aren’t going to charge […]
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At the end of the last article, we had chosen an Elgin 3350E alarm clock, picked out some rechargeable nimh batteries, and selected a solar panel and diode. Now, we dive into some testing that really isn’t totally necessary, but it is fun for us electronic geeks out there, and it will give us an […]
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In our last article, Hv23t took a scrap electric water heater and dehumidifier and put together a DIY heat pump water heater. However, there are some issues to work out. Mainly, the cold side heat exchangers were freezing up like bricks of ice which decreases efficiency quite a bit. There were also some other features […]
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Forum user BenNelson is up to another project. This time he is doing the two birds, one stone deal. He got his daughter a swing set, but also slapped 400W solar panel on the roof of it! Nice idea Ben. Ben also runs a site called EcoProjecteer, so I’m just going to point you to […]
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