(Greg)
Erik,
A trend I have been noticing in the DIY solar crowd is to salvage the batteries
from wrecked Tesla or Mercedes Hybrids.
The Batteries are series wired for output in the 400VDC range but can be
rewired in parallel for a 50-60VDC output.
Just need to be sure the charge controller has a
A friend of mine recently replaced his aging lead acid battery bank with
a wrecked Tesla battery. He documented the project on YouTube. Good
stuff with lots of great DIY info. It's very interesting if you're a
geek, even if you aren't planning on hacking a battery for your solar
powered hous
On 13.02.19 01:05, Greg Bentzinger via Emc-users wrote:
> A trend I have been noticing in the DIY solar crowd is to salvage the
> batteries from wrecked Tesla or Mercedes Hybrids. The Batteries are
> series wired for output in the 400VDC range but can be rewired in
> parallel for a 50-60VDC output.
Here's a fellow in AU with a test of cheap vs expensive solar panels. Turns out
the $90 panel puts out significantly more amps than the $300 panel he
bought.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-sc4rlV93g
Some commenters note the cheap panel is using the newest thing in PV cells. No
contact wires a
On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 5:07 PM Greg Bentzinger via Emc-users <
emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>
> The shop will always have to be on the grid, the big CNC's have 26Kw or
> higher startup loads. If the house is off grid then my electric bill will
> be a 100% business expense.
> (/Greg)
>
On 13.02.19 12:04, Chris Albertson wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 5:07 PM Greg Bentzinger via Emc-users <
> emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > The shop will always have to be on the grid, the big CNC's have 26Kw or
> > higher startup loads. If the house is off grid then my electri
