Tag: Solar

• Hanging it out to dry.

  Some extra citrus drying on a 34 degree day. I will try to dry as much stuff as I can over summer, using solar and wind power iinstead of the food dehydrator. I’ll keep that for winter when it can do double duty and heat the house a little. I got the drying rack from…

  ligayagardener

  October 15, 2015

  Gardening

  citrus, drying citrus, food dehydration, food drying, food preservation, Solar, suburban resilience, Sustainability, wind

• Slightly dodgy solar setup

  My dodgy experimental solar setup. Its just pieced together for today to see if the second hand regulator works. It must be working. We’re catching 10.5V of free electricity when its overcast. This jumps up to 11 when the sun shines fully. Of course, thats not enough to charge the battery. Good connections and better…

  ligayagardener

  July 4, 2015

  Gardening

  home solar, Solar, solar energy, solar regulator, solar system, suburban resilience, Sustainability

• Some good news

  theplaidzebra: Solar-powered 3D Printers are giving near-instant disaster relief to underdeveloped communities By organizing a wide selection of printable items—including solar cookers, arm-braces, breast pumps, stethoscopes, waterwheels and irrigation sprinklers—nonprofits and other organizations are able to put his technology towards good use. Continue reading This is good tech!

  ligayagardener

  April 28, 2015

  Gardening

  3d printing, disaster, Solar, Sustainability