Solar Power

We have been living off the power grid for 11 years. We mostly uses solar power and a little wind power. We have 15 kw of solar panels up right now, about 65-75 kwh per day in the summer and 10-15 kwh in winter. We are running on 48 vdc the power comes off the solar panels at around 80-110 vdc we run it though a charge controller to step it down to 61 vdc and charges the batters.   we are unseeing a 48vdc to 220vac inverter.

solar panels. this is a 4KW rack 

 more solar panels

 inverter

 bus bar. all the batters hock up here  

 batters

 charge controller

charge controller output screen. PV is the panel output voltage it is at 92vdc. Bat is the battery voltage it is at 57.6vdc.  7.7 KWHrs for today    

This and That

A while a ago Mr. Rex showed us how to go repelling we went over 

to our neighbors they have some big clefs (about 60 feet) in there woods  

at the bottom

 from the top he looks small

 when you go repelling you go down backwards sounds creepy but its a lot of fun

the ducks are getting bigger

Toothpick Art

 What can you do with a toothpick? The most obvious answer is to pick at your teeth, but these little wooden sticks can do so much more. Meet Stan Munro, a 38-year-old man from Syracuse, New York, USA who has been turning toothpicks into fantastic works of art. Stan has been using toothpicks for his art since his fifth year in school, and has turned that passion into his profession.

This exhibit has taken him 6 years to complete, using over 6 million toothpicks and 170 liters of glue. Stan creates all his sculptures to scale and then signs and dedicates each one to his wife, Suzi.

 isnt this good

this is a lot of toothpicks.

This is all for now i will post again  tomorrow