OT: need some help with fuel cells

[Joshua Zeidner]

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 11:00 AM, koder <hmichels01 at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>  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
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>  > > 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.
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>  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.
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>  Naturally the length of time the system will run is  a function of the
>  size of your power source compared to your computer setup.
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>  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

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>  Of course when I build the next one I will ask it to do more with the
>  additional expense.
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>  My wish list consists of more panels, bigger batteries, and a wind
>  powered generator for cloudy days.
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>  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.
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>  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.
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>  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.
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>  If you want to go further let me know. There are several people in the
>  area working on this.
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>  Harold
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