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#Post#: 1315--------------------------------------------------
Small home Solar and Wind Power setup
By: ANIMAL Date: June 10, 2019, 6:02 am
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My garden gym is taking shape. Doing some research, it’s going
to cost me between £700 and £1000 to run an armoured Cable from
the house to connect to the mains and then wired it up. Plus
building control will have to be notified.. so that’s a palava
and is eating into my bumper plate budget!
I had a brainwave.. could the gym be run on green energy? I no
nothing about this.
I’ve found home hits that incorporate both solar panels and
small wind turbines.. ! It’s always bloody windy, even when the
sun shines.. energy is collected in battery’s.
Found this kit on amazon for £350 (minus the battery). The roof
is 3.2m x 3.5m so I could have the whole thing covered in solar
panels.
ECO-WORTHY 12 Volts 500 Watts Wind Solar Kit: 12V/24V 400W Wind
Turbine + 12V 100W Monocrystalline Solar Panel + 24cm Cable for
Home
HTML https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01N7MTW3T/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_8lJ.CbZ979HGG
I’d only need to run a lightbulb and stereo.
Would this be a feasible option to keep my gym off grid or am I
dreaming and should just stump up the cash for the sparky? No
extra lecky bills sounds nice
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Re: Small home Solar and Wind Power setup
By: ANIMAL Date: June 10, 2019, 6:05 am
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The lantern wind turbines look quite cool!
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Re: Small home Solar and Wind Power setup
By: H0M3R Date: June 10, 2019, 7:23 am
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I'm currently looking into putting solar panels onto my
campervan, for when we want to not have to rely on electric
hookup.
From what I've read online, you shouldn't need anywhere near
500W for just a stereo and some LED lights. 100W should be more
than adequate. Looks pretty simple to set up as well. The
expensive part will be the battery, a leisure battery should do
the job, however I can't imagine the whole lot being much over
£400. Definitely much better off than hooking up to the mains.
There are calculations to be done, you need to work out how much
energy you will be using on average per day, which will tell you
how big a battery you will need, and then you will be able to
calculate what size panel you will need to keep the battery
topped up. I'm not good with electronics so you are better off
googling that one, but it looked fairly simple from what I've
seen.
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Re: Small home Solar and Wind Power setup
By: PartyBoy Date: June 10, 2019, 7:40 am
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You'd need to know how windy it would need to be to generate
anywhere near 400W.
Regarding solar... a 100W panel S/SW facing with 30 deg pitch
will generate max 90W in unbroken sun. On a brightish but cloudy
day, it will be around 20W
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Re: Small home Solar and Wind Power setup
By: Brett Date: June 10, 2019, 8:19 am
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Another thing to consider is how noisy they may be.
If it's going like the clappers at night when you are trying to
sleep you will not be a very happy animal! Neighbours will hate
you too lol.
Definitely try and find some youtube vids or preferably see one
in action if possible.
I don't know what the regulations are over there but here you
can just run some cable through an orange PVC pipe. Has to be
600mm deep minimum though.
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Re: Small home Solar and Wind Power setup
By: H0M3R Date: June 10, 2019, 8:25 am
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[quote author=PartyBoy link=topic=96.msg1321#msg1321
date=1560170444]
You'd need to know how windy it would need to be to generate
anywhere near 400W.
Regarding solar... a 100W panel S/SW facing with 30 deg pitch
will generate max 90W in unbroken sun. On a brightish but cloudy
day, it will be around 20W
[/quote]
Correct, which is why you need to calculate how much amps/hour
(Ah) you will be using. For a stereo and an LED light, for 2-3
hours training a day a 100W panel might still be sufficient,
even including losses on overcast days. No harm in going
overboard though, although I doubt very much that 400W will be
neeeded.
There are loads of examples online where people have fitted
themselves and included the basic calcs, including this one
HTML https://www.volkscamper.co.uk/campervan-solar-panel-installation/.<br
/>But it seems pretty consistent that 100W is enough for a fridg
e,
lights, and charging phones, so a stereo and single LED light
should be easy.
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Re: Small home Solar and Wind Power setup
By: Toolmonkey Date: June 10, 2019, 9:17 am
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[quote author=H0M3R link=topic=96.msg1317#msg1317
date=1560169387]
I'm currently looking into putting solar panels onto my
campervan, for when we want to not have to rely on electric
hookup.
From what I've read online, you shouldn't need anywhere near
500W for just a stereo and some LED lights. 100W should be more
than adequate. Looks pretty simple to set up as well. The
expensive part will be the battery, a leisure battery should do
the job, however I can't imagine the whole lot being much over
£400. Definitely much better off than hooking up to the mains.
There are calculations to be done, you need to work out how much
energy you will be using on average per day, which will tell you
how big a battery you will need, and then you will be able to
calculate what size panel you will need to keep the battery
topped up. I'm not good with electronics so you are better off
googling that one, but it looked fairly simple from what I've
seen.
[/quote]
I put this on my van, works a treat.
Powers the fridge, lights, charges phones etc.
Even in rubbish british summer this kept us going without any
issues for a week at a time.
HTML https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07KX4GF94/ref=pe_3187911_185740111_TE_item
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Re: Small home Solar and Wind Power setup
By: H0M3R Date: June 10, 2019, 9:45 am
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[quote author=Toolmonkey link=topic=96.msg1344#msg1344
date=1560176264]
[quote author=H0M3R link=topic=96.msg1317#msg1317
date=1560169387]
I'm currently looking into putting solar panels onto my
campervan, for when we want to not have to rely on electric
hookup.
From what I've read online, you shouldn't need anywhere near
500W for just a stereo and some LED lights. 100W should be more
than adequate. Looks pretty simple to set up as well. The
expensive part will be the battery, a leisure battery should do
the job, however I can't imagine the whole lot being much over
£400. Definitely much better off than hooking up to the mains.
There are calculations to be done, you need to work out how much
energy you will be using on average per day, which will tell you
how big a battery you will need, and then you will be able to
calculate what size panel you will need to keep the battery
topped up. I'm not good with electronics so you are better off
googling that one, but it looked fairly simple from what I've
seen.
[/quote]
I put this on my van, works a treat.
Powers the fridge, lights, charges phones etc.
Even in rubbish british summer this kept us going without any
issues for a week at a time.
HTML https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07KX4GF94/ref=pe_3187911_185740111_TE_item
[/quote]
I love being right, If only I was this good at programming my
lifts lol.
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Re: Small home Solar and Wind Power setup
By: dirtyvest Date: June 10, 2019, 10:45 am
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Might have to hook my Mum up with something like that for her
camper as a xmas present
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Re: Small home Solar and Wind Power setup
By: ANIMAL Date: June 11, 2019, 3:07 am
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cheers everyone
so i did some more digging and it appears wind is not as great
on a small scale. if the turbine is 400w, thats its maximum
rating, not what it would it put out. if you take average
sustained wind of 3.6m/s, this would only generate 50w!
homer i have a leisure battery in my camper, but remember these
batteries are always been charged by the alternator when the van
is moving. ive got a dashboard solar charger to keep it topped
up when parked(although i always use hookup now or borrow my
fatherinlaws generator). problem with a static battery is it
wont have that constant charge topping up. im not sure if a
solar set up would work long term, especially in winter.
ive found specific solar shed lights for about £50 on amazon,
which will do the trick in the interim until i can get cable
layed. my wife had a good point that eventually we want to get a
hot tub out back so will need a proper mains point
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