On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 11:00 AM, koder wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2008-04-24 at 10:47 -0700, Technomage-hawke wrote: > > On Thursday 24 April 2008, Stephen P Rufle wrote: > > > I remember reading about this guy in Wired magazine. > > > http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.03/play.html?pg=9 > > > http://www.siei.org/mainpage.html > > > > > > The cost of his system seem a bit high, but maybe it would be a good > > > place to start for the feasibility of different ideas. > > > > > read that one. and no, I don't have $50,000 to spend. I was hoping for > > something more along the lines of $1,000 or less. > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > Recreational vehicles and yachts use solar panels to power some decently > sized storage batteries. If you put up enough of them you can run a > computer system. > > Naturally the length of time the system will run is a function of the > size of your power source compared to your computer setup. > > Unfortunately the cost of solar is escalating. My original system cost > under a thousand dollars. Today it would probably be twice that. Thats odd, I heard many reports that the per-watt cost of solar power has come down considerably. -jmz > > Of course when I build the next one I will ask it to do more with the > additional expense. > > My wish list consists of more panels, bigger batteries, and a wind > powered generator for cloudy days. > > There are a number of sites in the net dealing with the topic of solar > direct to batteries. They are far from complete. You will have to > supplement with written material. > > This is some different from the fuel cell systems you asked about, but > the fuel cells are using battery and solar and adding in the > inefficiency of the hydrogen. The hydrogen is great for energy > containment and transportation such as powering your car, but the > equipment is a bit pricey. > > Cost will be directly related to how much electric you intend to use and > store. You can start with part of it and expand as budget, knowledge and > goals expand. > > If you want to go further let me know. There are several people in the > area working on this. > > Harold > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- - http://www.joshuazeidner.com/ --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss