What type of battery system do you have/plan? We've been off grid seven years now.
Why buy carbon wotsits?
We have made this entirely from scrap, the only item/s bought was the sand and the cement,
The wheel is a cable drum, recycled.
The paddles made from recycled pallets,
The axles came off an old seed machine,
the pulley wheels came off an old elevator, these cost us nothing.
Although not complete the only items to be attached is the small generator and the cable.
It looks good and will be a working feature, so to speak.
Apologises that the link did not work, I am looking into this.
Last edited by Westward; 29-Oct-13 at 19:28.
Sorry, I am not clever enough, computer wise to put the video online,
suffice to add, that everything can be reused, recycled and made to do the job for next to nothing,
Most of my stuff is made by local artizans..in China.
Although I did consider making my own solar panels out of old bin bags and Tunnocks Caramel Wafer wrappers
Last edited by ducati; 29-Oct-13 at 23:21.
Looked at the systems yesterday, there was a little green light flashing. What the hell is that I thinks to myself reaching for the charge controller manual. Batteries fully charged apparently (but in English translated from Chinese by a Welshman).
Blimey, never seen that before.
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