--- In [email protected], Trevor <listsandst...@...> wrote: > > Hi Tony, > > Ooops, well I said at the time that it *was* a late evening / early > morning post, so it very well might well be rubbish info .. LOL! > > I'll pop along to your website again (if I can find the link again as I > am also part way into upgrading my OS to W7) and I'll work through as > you have suggested - but it will possibly be a while before I actually > get back to you as the Mobile Internet connection (with '3 Mobile', at > least) on most of the K&A appears to be rubbish as well. > > Cheers for the comments though - especially those figures concerning > your own 60 watt panel; it is exactly *that* sort of data which is going > to be so very useful when decision time comes along, although I have to > admit that I'd certainly not anticipated such a significant loss of > charge (90+%?) capacity as you have experienced :( > > Winter 'wind power' is something else which I have been considering; > unfortunately, it seems that there is a problem when using many of these > devices on a nb, i.e. when the winds pick up and power has to be dumped > rather than usefully employed - right at the time when it could be most > useful. I gather that there can also be considerable vibration > transmitted to the hull under some circumstances. Just recently I've > actually started building a home made wind generator, from a basic > design I'd seen on an American website during the summer, but it is > still a long way away from being put 'on-line' for mechanical testing, > let alone discovering whether it is capable of actually producing usable > electrical power.... but even so it should stop me getting too bored of > a long winter's evening <grin>! > > Trevor > > ap4098 wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Trevor Sheppard <listsandstuff@> wrote: > > > > I am afraid that your description of electrical use can in no way be used > > as a basis of any recommendations.......... > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
XXXXXXXXX Hi Trevor, I have just bought a couple of Solar panels. They are rated at 130-watts and cost me about £700.00. Size aprox 1.250mm x 975mm. At the present time, I'm not gaining any benefit from these, because of the short daylight hours, but they are charging from early light almost until twilight, (According to my 1 to 4-led scale). I have no idea what they are producing though. When you are ready to purchase Solar Panels, put on your list: (sales @ grantsolarpanels dot co dot uk) and have a look at this company website. These people are in Stroud, Wilts and are very helpful. I found their prices to be best of all in my searches. I noted that Tony Brooks, (Thank you Tony) said that a wind generator was probably the best during the winter months. There is a firm in Weston-Super-Mare that sell a wind generator which is 3 x the output of the 913 that so many people purchase. It is also larger and it costs about £1000. instead of the £450.00 aprox., that the 913 costs. I am seriously thinking about this, so if anyone has Wind Generator experience or knowledge, I too, would like to learn a bit more before parting with some serious money! ~Allan~
