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In article <498@solar.win.net> jstanley@solar.win.net (John A. Stanley) writes:

>My electrical power comes from 2000 peak watts of photovoltaic
>panels and a 1000 watt wind generator on an 84' tilt-up tower. I
>also get most of my domestic hot water and heating energy from five
>solar thermal panels that heat the water in a 350 gallon insulated
>tank in the basement. Propane provides supplemental heat, cooking
>fuel, and backup electrical power.

Would you mind describing this a little further, and possibly giving
some numbers on typical performance and costs, your typical gain from
the photovoltaic panels, typical consumption, hours of runtime on
the Onan generator, and such? I plan to get out of town eventually,
and would like to have at least a backup system. However, being able
to offset the main requirements would also be nice.

Did you look into, or whoever designed your system, using a DC 
generator that could directly charge your batteries, instead of
making AC and feeding it into a charger? That would be far more
efficient, and is the way one UPS manufacturer does it.


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