This would explain why we're going flat out at the old coal fired Power Plant. Keep shovelling guys!!. http://transitionculture.org/?p=270#-270 It seems...
Hi all, I have started to install solar heating in to my home here in the area, I intend to bring in more of these systems at cost for the local community. ...
Hi Gang. I've picked up for £41 an old Honda belt drive generator (ebay item 9512515074) and if I can fix and flog the engine with useful pully attached, then...
Yup, It's about time this group was started. Thanks Clive. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one around that thinks this way. Oh yes, I'm an US citizen but I...
Wot, no SUV!??!?!!? The Feds will be after you!!;-)) Like all the ideas, look forward to hearing about them when they're built. So how about starting a group...
Clive, Already been trying to do that actually, only found one person in the neighborhood who has any interest so far but when the hurricane season hits here...
Like a lot of people I'm getting increasingly worried about the future of our planet. And like a lot of people, I'm not doing much about it. I've cut down on...
Hi all, check out http://www.boyndie.coop/ I myself have started to put money in to these sorts of schemes as I think they have a bright future. And, ...
Hi, I have just found and joined this group. I live in Tasmania and have started building my lifeboat. 16X 64watt panels through an inverter into the grid (...
I have bought a Mastervolt grid tie inverter from the Mastervolt UK dealer (via their website), and have it running off 20 watts of solar panel, this little...
Clive, Which model inverter is it that you bought? You're off on a path that I'd like to head down some day. At the moment it's initial cost and lack of...
The Solidin 120. It a 'wall cube' meaning its built in to a plug, about the size of a plug in timer, the panels wire straight to terminals on the front of it....
Clive How much does something like this cost? How much were the solar panels. Have you worked out how long you need to run this set-up for it to pay for...
Hi The solar inverter cost £100 and the 18w panels cost £50 each. The inverter can only handle 150 or so watts, but I'm not having the panels all be facing...
Hooked up the solar panels to the Solidin grid tie inverter this weekend, and with everything off in the house, the electric meter turned the other way. This...
Hi all Just to let you know the current status of the 'ecohome' project. The 'proof of wind resource' small turbine is up and running, and so far, there seems...
Eco Day on 24th June. It is run by a local ecumenical 'Make Poverty History' group, whose emphasis this year is on Climate Change and better use of resources, ...
...Launched to the local community. Hi All, Sunday July the 8th is the village Fete, I'll will have a stand there with various solar panels etc, to take the...
Have installed a Unisolar 12V, 64W solar PV panel under the Navitron water heating one, and have it generating. As the grid intertie inverter is designed for...
Hi all. Have got a second panel on the grid intertie setup, and am now generating enough power to run the electrics for the solar hot water system, plus a bit...
Hi all, I have a 'Windsave' wind turbine on order, and the site inspector, is coming over of the 18th to assess weather the house is suitable for mounting it...
Just had my visit 10:30 this AM. Looks like it’ll sit about 2mtrs above the guttering on a bracket that has two mounts to the pole and two arms out to...
Actually this would be a job for Windsave! They could lend you a house mounted mast for a returnable deposit. I used a Rutland 903 borrowed from a friend. ...
Building a small pole isn’t a problem as I have the tools and materials it was just the data logging anemometer I was short of, Maybe I’ll do as you ...
Hi guys, just discovered the group - I like the idea of this group. I am currently planning / renovating a rural property and will be going totally off grid -...
Hi, I was reading a description on ebay from clive about a wind generator, I learned more in this "For Sale" article than i have managed to find out from most...
