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To: John Mansfield who wrote (413)	8/5/1998 11:17:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 888

interesting... coin-universe.com

To: John Mansfield who wrote (413)	8/6/1998 9:15:00 AM
From: Lucky Lady	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 888

JOHN, thanks. Your efforts are appreciated and have blessed many. LL

To: John Mansfield who wrote (413)	8/20/1998 10:21:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 888

'$129 Solar Systems amorphous panel ___ From: kiyoinc@ibm.XOUT.net (cory hamasaki) 15:36 Subject: Re: Looking for Hydro Generator info On Thu, 20 Aug 1998 05:40:39, chris mendla <cgmsys@op.net> wrote: > > > Cory, > > I've had bad luck with solar arrays on my boat. For $50 you get something like > 100ma. I was talking with someone today and they mentioned something like 8 > grand to provide any amount of decent power. My guess is that it would be better > to use electricity only when absolutely necessary. I'd imagine that there would > be a lot of techie problems such as load on the roof, keeping the mechanism free > etc. For me, it would eat up too much time. My $129 Solar Systems amorphous panel is spec'ed at about 1 amp but that's face on to the sun at a low latitude. For each degree north and each degree off 90 degrees, they de-rate the output. I don't see why I couldn't rig up a couple $5 mirrors and get the power output of someone at the equator, maybe even overdrive it a little, especially if the airtemp is low. I'm not trying to run a house on it. Here's a budget: budget hours Watthours Runtime Device 14 4 3.5 watt fluorescent lamp 5 1 LCD TV set 5 1 2 meter rig on receive 10 1 HF rig on receive 1 4 AM/FM radio ---------------- 35 watt hours Under ideal conditions, the solar panel would charge the battery enough to run these things. A good measuring device for rules of thumb is your thumb. A 4 watt night-light gets hot. The best power bargains are low power fluorescent lamps. I'm also looking at LED lightsources. I think the LEDs are pretty efficient and I can put up with the odd colors, especially if I make an array of reds, greens, yellows, etc. > I visited the Hancock shaker Village in MA? a while back. They had a leather > belt system driven by wind or water that powered a whole woodworking shop. That > was where they turned out the famed Shaker furniture. Likewise, the 'Amish' farm > in Lancaster Pa. had the water pump rigged with a wire to a windmill. I have > some hand tools from my great-grandfather who was a cabinet maker. A hand drill > can do a lot of odd jobs with a little patience and muscle power. The sad part > is it's hard to find these tools. I was looking for a Yankee screwdriver (Drill) > and haven't found one yet. Is this one of those push-drills? I got one a few years ago because I found I had a lot of small jobs and it took more time to fire up the Makita than to push drill the hole. I wouldn't want to do more than a couple small holes with it. > For any short term failures, I plan on having a small generator and I have a > couple of Dietz kero lanterns. Irregardless of Y2k, it makes sense to be able to > be comfortable without electricity. > > Chris I've pretty much given up on the generator. I'm going low power 12VDC cory hamasaki 498 days.