Author Archives: stephen

And I was worried about the solar production when the fog rolled in

Posted on Saturday December 3rd, 2011 by stephen

800W from a 2.8kW array in that weather

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Flooring and kitchen cabinets in

Posted on Sunday October 2nd, 2011 by stephen
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Gas and laminate flooring installed

Posted on Wednesday September 21st, 2011 by stephen
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PV install done!

Posted on Sunday June 26th, 2011 by stephen

The PV installation is finally completed and the battery have had their first taste of those juicy solar electrons. The tech details: 12 x Yingli 235W modules for 2.82kW of installed PV wired in 4 strings of 3 panels. 100Vmp … Continue reading →

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Barley

Posted on Friday April 15th, 2011 by stephen

Hello my pretties

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Version 0.1 Battery Monitor

Posted on Sunday February 20th, 2011 by stephen

Basic features working well: Measuring SG and temp and calculating the SoC. Displaying on LCD and working over SMS.

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SG data logger, first steps

Posted on Monday January 31st, 2011 by stephen

The helpful chaps at JSA Photonics sent over a replacement sensor and it’s working rather nicely. Have only run real tests using a single SG value as my battery doesn’t cycle much yet. Got the dimensions of the cell cap … Continue reading →

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SMA Sunny Island installed

Posted on Monday January 31st, 2011 by stephen

Sunny Island 5048 hooked up to the generator and the 800Ah Forklift battery from Sunlight.gr.

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SMS generator control with Arduino

Posted on Tuesday July 20th, 2010 by stephen

Arduino GPRS shield Continue reading →

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Exhaust silencer version 2.0

Posted on Tuesday January 26th, 2010 by stephen

Going to make the expansion chamber smaller, so that it’s deeper underground, then funnel the gases through a maze made out of blocks filled with sand.  There’s a big hole filled with builders sand that forms the center of this … Continue reading →

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