Tag: Solar
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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!
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What’s next in 2021?

The big jobs are slowing down but there’s still so much to do at Ligaya Garden.
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Last week in Ligaya Garden #6

Last week we moved a lot of the solar around, moving panels and shifting the batteries inside the house. We made sure the subsoil in the front garden was moist in preparation for Summer. Marlon and I also changed the aquaponics around a little.
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Retrofitting for Summer
Our next door neighbours, Steve and Donna have been having trouble with the heat. We had access to a few extra resources and were sure the community could provide more, so decided to do what we could to retrofit the front of their house to protect it from the Sun. Their place is the same…
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A dodgy bit of electronics for sure.
On the weekend I picked up a whole lot of electronics from a garage sale. Amongst them was a 55 Ah battery, this case and cable. 55 Ah is the size I use in the solar system and its usually best to match sizes to eliminate charging troubles. Luckily this battery has a little bit…

