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| Hi,
I have a solar panel, and an 85Amp-Hour battery. So far in doing tests
(extension cord run to a few lights) it seems to be capable of running
my lights downstairs in my house.
Since my lights are mostly all plug in, I was thinking I could run some
roam ex cord up through the floor at several places on the wall, put an
outlet in, and then run those cords in an inverter.
The inverter has a breaker on it, so in theory if something shorted the
inverter should trip. What are other people's thoughts on this?
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| Vaughn Simon 2005-09-13, 2:25 pm |
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"Matt" <matth@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I have a solar panel, and an 85Amp-Hour battery. So far in doing tests
> (extension cord run to a few lights) it seems to be capable of running
> my lights downstairs in my house.
You did not mention the size of your solar panel; important
information!. I hope your system includes a charge controller or your nice
battery will eventually be toast.
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> Since my lights are mostly all plug in, I was thinking I could run some
> roam ex cord up through the floor at several places on the wall, put an
> outlet in, and then run those cords in an inverter.
You could do that, or you could install one of these
http://www.nbmc.com/emergen/6-5001.html and save yourself a bunch of
trouble. It will also allow you too connect an emergencey generator
directly to your house wiring.
Good luck
Vaughn
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> The inverter has a breaker on it, so in theory if something shorted the
> inverter should trip. What are other people's thoughts on this?
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| Vaughn Simon wrote:
> "Matt" <matth@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:dg3sve0oa2@enews3.newsguy.com...
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> You did not mention the size of your solar panel; important
> information!. I hope your system includes a charge controller or your nice
> battery will eventually be toast.
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Solar panel is a 20Watt...so far charging battery fine.. but I may need
to get another one as I hook more lights to it. (Using CFB's now). And
yes.. there is a charge controller!!!! 
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> You could do that, or you could install one of these
> http://www.nbmc.com/emergen/6-5001.html and save yourself a bunch of
> trouble. It will also allow you too connect an emergencey generator
> directly to your house wiring.
Ok.. quick question on this. Am I reading this right in that you would
run your circuits through this instead of through your main breaker?
This would allow you to (in this case) hook the solar power up to it....
or run off generator (not much use to me for just lights.. especially if
the system is solar :P)
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| Ok, after watching the video that's honkin' awesome! Now the question
is... can I wire my solar system into that.. as the solar system puts
out 120 but it looks like the plug for that is a hubbel lock 240?
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| GeekBoy 2005-09-13, 2:25 pm |
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"Matt" <matth@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Ok, after watching the video that's honkin' awesome! Now the question
> is... can I wire my solar system into that.. as the solar system puts out
> 120 but it looks like the plug for that is a hubbel lock 240?
You can put out any voltage you want on the plug(within its limits) . It
just locks for safety and the cord is ripped accidently unplugged
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| GeekBoy wrote:
> "Matt" <matth@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:dg47ba01u1h@enews1.newsguy.com...
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> You can put out any voltage you want on the plug(within its limits) . It
> just locks for safety and the cord is ripped accidently unplugged
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Right... but here's the question.
It looks like it accepts 220.. and then load balances (3 on one, 3 on
the other). The PV system gives off 120volts. So I either have to
only power 3, or figure out some unique way to power all 6 (I don't need
220 for what I'll be running)...
Thoughts?
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| Bill Kaszeta / Photovoltaic Resources 2005-09-13, 2:25 pm |
| You do not specify the inverter.
Many of the smaller inverters are not UL listed for a good reason: The
neutral is not grounded and grounding the neutral to the battery (either
polarity) will destroy the inverter. Most of these state "Not to be
connected to building electrical systems".
On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 08:40:14 -0400, Matt <matth@nowhere.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>I have a solar panel, and an 85Amp-Hour battery. So far in doing tests
>(extension cord run to a few lights) it seems to be capable of running
>my lights downstairs in my house.
>
>Since my lights are mostly all plug in, I was thinking I could run some
>roam ex cord up through the floor at several places on the wall, put an
>outlet in, and then run those cords in an inverter.
>
>The inverter has a breaker on it, so in theory if something shorted the
>inverter should trip. What are other people's thoughts on this?
Bill Kaszeta
Photovoltaic Resources Int'l
Tempe Arizona USA
bill@pvri-removethis.biz
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> I have been running mine off of 120 volts for years, both from my
> inverter and from my generator. The L14-20 is actually designated for
> 125/250 volts. Contact me directly for more info if you wish to go further.
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> Vaughn
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Vaghn,
I e-mailed you off newsgroup yesterday.. did you get it?
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| Vaughn 2005-09-13, 7:21 pm |
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"Matt" <matth@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Vaghn,
> I e-mailed you off newsgroup yesterday.. did you get it?
Yes, but you must be sending me a bad e-mail address. It is this one:
matth@nowhere.com . My responses to you bounce.
Vaughn
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