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Ligaya Garden
a little garden near Gawler
Tag: diy solar
Let there be light (in the chook house) and other solar shenanigans
An afternoon of fiddling gives the chooks light, fixes a problem in the greenhouse and slows down a fan. A day we’ll spent I reckon!
Solar window heater update
I’ve been fixing the window box heater. It’s been working OK over winter but not to its maximum. I’ll rebuild it over Summer and add a temperature control so that it only comes on when the air temperature in the box is over 20°C.… Continue Reading “Solar window heater update”
Greenhouse/solar update
It may look like a rat’s nest of wiring, but let me assure you that the greenhouse is now connected to the 12V system, so the pump is running on sunshine! Greenhouses are a great way to experiment with different types of solar energy,… Continue Reading “Greenhouse/solar update”
Our first (proper) solar panels.
A couple of 50W solar panels and a regulator, secondhand through the good graces of a friend. Its charging an old motorcycle battery at between 15 and 19V depending on the mood of the sun. Soon, I will have to mount it to the… Continue Reading “Our first (proper) solar panels.”
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