All my lights are LED 12 vdc and draw about an amp, but I could run ac lights (Compact Fluorescent) if I wanted to. The LED's give me enough light to navigate around the house and for reading. I also use them outside on a timer. I don't have to turn off the LED lights when not needed because they use so darn little energy, but I do it by habit. My whole house is solar powered:
My system consists of :
1) AIMS 1250-Watts dc to ac Power Inverter.
2) 4-Uni-Solar US 64, 64-Watts @ 16.5 vdc @3.88 amps.
3) 1-Arco 55 Watts @16 vdc @3.4 amps. (I had this one for 20 yrs)
4) 2-40 Watts @17 vdc @ about 2.3 amps (I bought these second hand)
5) For a controller, I have a ASC-12/16 Specialty Concepts 12 Volt 16 Amp and a Lyncom SR-7 7-Amp Charge Controllers (regulates the amps to the batteries so that they don't over charge)
6) 2-L16 6vdc deep cycle batteries. 7) 1-2500 watt Honda generator (for those real cloudy days and washing clothes)
This powers: a small freezer, all my computers, printer, scanner, and other computer stuff. I replaced my old 19-inch tube type TV with a 17-inch LCD TV that is more energy efficient (I save about 100-watts or so).
The idea (for me) is to become energy independent and LED lights help me to acheive this..//bob
I read the artical and I was wondering if this the same Chuck Moore who invented FORTH in 1968 and build a Forth chip? I googled but couldn't find anything conclusive... even went to AMD and did a search..//bob
I had been using solar power since the 70s. My old Arco 55 watt panel is still working after some 25 years. I live in the desert and don't have conventional AC from a power company. So I have 4 Uni-Solar 64 watt panels now, charging 4 L2 batteries (currently 6 yrs old), which supply 12 volts to an AC inverter that I use to power my Laptop, refrigerator, LCD TV, and a few desktops. I use LED lights to light up my home.
It's inexpensive, easy to use, no moving parts, just sits there and produces electric power. Done, end of story? What I am trying to say here is that "IF" solar electric power were invented today... with our energy industry in California such a mess and customers being held hostage by increasing rate hikes... and "IF" you heard about a new energy invention that you could buy and install yourself, that just sat there with no moving parts and could produced enough power to run your home and you wouldn't have to pay or depend on SCE again. What would you do? Now that's end of story! It works, it's here, use it
Thanks for a wonderful walk down memory lane! I still have my TRS PC4 and once in a while I'll plug a new battery into it and do some basic. Had the Atari, had the HP LX95 also. When it first came out I wanted to get a Newton but found it too $$$ so I cannot comment on it but to say, yes it was ahead of its time and could have been more except for the infighting going on at Apple at the time (does anyone remember?). Some of the replies I read, it seem to me that they didn't take the time to read the entire article. Thanks again!//bob
Yup yer right Tim! I've been looking for linux to run on my old compaq 486 laptop. Thought it would be a good way to mess with linux and not screw-up my other machine that run suse.. Thanks for the heads up on this one and will download and check it out..
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All my lights are LED 12 vdc and draw about an amp, but I could run ac lights (Compact Fluorescent) if I wanted to. The LED's give me enough light to navigate around the house and for reading. I also use them outside on a timer. I don't have to turn off the LED lights when not needed because they use so darn little energy, but I do it by habit. My whole house is solar powered: My system consists of : 1) AIMS 1250-Watts dc to ac Power Inverter. 2) 4-Uni-Solar US 64, 64-Watts @ 16.5 vdc @3.88 amps. 3) 1-Arco 55 Watts @16 vdc @3.4 amps. (I had this one for 20 yrs) 4) 2-40 Watts @17 vdc @ about 2.3 amps (I bought these second hand) 5) For a controller, I have a ASC-12/16 Specialty Concepts 12 Volt 16 Amp and a Lyncom SR-7 7-Amp Charge Controllers (regulates the amps to the batteries so that they don't over charge) 6) 2-L16 6vdc deep cycle batteries. 7) 1-2500 watt Honda generator (for those real cloudy days and washing clothes) This powers: a small freezer, all my computers, printer, scanner, and other computer stuff. I replaced my old 19-inch tube type TV with a 17-inch LCD TV that is more energy efficient (I save about 100-watts or so). The idea (for me) is to become energy independent and LED lights help me to acheive this.. //bob
Yeah tell that to Google!!! Gmail been in beta how long? //bob
I read the artical and I was wondering if this the same Chuck Moore who invented FORTH in 1968 and build a Forth chip? I googled but couldn't find anything conclusive... even went to AMD and did a search.. //bob
Well who's dang computer is it anyways? Mine!!! //bob
I had been using solar power since the 70s. My old Arco 55 watt panel is still working after some 25 years. I live in the desert and don't have conventional AC from a power company. So I have 4 Uni-Solar 64 watt panels now, charging 4 L2 batteries (currently 6 yrs old), which supply 12 volts to an AC inverter that I use to power my Laptop, refrigerator, LCD TV, and a few desktops. I use LED lights to light up my home. It's inexpensive, easy to use, no moving parts, just sits there and produces electric power. Done, end of story? What I am trying to say here is that "IF" solar electric power were invented today... with our energy industry in California such a mess and customers being held hostage by increasing rate hikes... and "IF" you heard about a new energy invention that you could buy and install yourself, that just sat there with no moving parts and could produced enough power to run your home and you wouldn't have to pay or depend on SCE again. What would you do? Now that's end of story! It works, it's here, use it
Thanks for a wonderful walk down memory lane! I still have my TRS PC4 and once in a while I'll plug a new battery into it and do some basic. Had the Atari, had the HP LX95 also. When it first came out I wanted to get a Newton but found it too $$$ so I cannot comment on it but to say, yes it was ahead of its time and could have been more except for the infighting going on at Apple at the time (does anyone remember?). Some of the replies I read, it seem to me that they didn't take the time to read the entire article. Thanks again! //bob
Yup yer right Tim! I've been looking for linux to run on my old compaq 486 laptop. Thought it would be a good way to mess with linux and not screw-up my other machine that run suse.. Thanks for the heads up on this one and will download and check it out..