does anyone here know anything about electricity? Sixwife asked me to help figure out a solar pa el setup for her chicken coop that can power a light and water heater.
I did some reading and it seems like I need solar panels and a regulator kit of some kind, a battery to store the power, and an outlet connected to the battery. Then I could put the light and water heater on timers I think.
What I don't really know is how to size all this and also what's likely to go wrong. I don't want to burn down the chicken coop or electrocute myself probably.
Depends on what you're trying to power with the PV cells. If everything can be run off of DC (LED lights), then you might be able to save money on panels that don't include a power inverter. However, it sounds like you'll need one to run the water heater (probably accepts only AC).
Some initial basics on how not to burn-this-motherfucker-down:
Don't use the wrong gauge wires for the power you'll be generating/drawing.
Don't enclose certain pieces of the system in too tight of an area, but do try to provide some sort of weather protection that will avoid corrosion and rust.
e: Disclaimer: I'm not a licensed electrician, or part of your state's union.
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does anyone here know anything about electricity? Sixwife asked me to help figure out a solar pa el setup for her chicken coop that can power a light and water heater.
I did some reading and it seems like I need solar panels and a regulator kit of some kind, a battery to store the power, and an outlet connected to the battery. Then I could put the light and water heater on timers I think.
What I don't really know is how to size all this and also what's likely to go wrong. I don't want to burn down the chicken coop or electrocute myself probably.
Depends on what you're trying to power with the PV cells. If everything can be run off of DC (LED lights), then you might be able to save money on panels that don't include a power inverter. However, it sounds like you'll need one to run the water heater (probably accepts only AC).
Some initial basics on how not to burn-this-motherfucker-down:
Don't use the wrong gauge wires for the power you'll be generating/drawing.
Don't enclose certain pieces of the system in too tight of an area, but do try to provide some sort of weather protection that will avoid corrosion and rust.
e: Disclaimer: I'm not a licensed electrician, or part of your state's union.
You can probably do this with off-the-shelf stuff for caravans/motorhomes
Plus that means 12V DC which considerably lessens the risk involved
Edit: although that's a good point about the heater. Heating means serious energy which means serious voltages.
It's gonna be like going north of the wall in here, I swear to god. Solar screens and new AC, it's gonna be like opening a freezer door when you come inside.
does anyone here know anything about electricity? Sixwife asked me to help figure out a solar pa el setup for her chicken coop that can power a light and water heater.
I did some reading and it seems like I need solar panels and a regulator kit of some kind, a battery to store the power, and an outlet connected to the battery. Then I could put the light and water heater on timers I think.
What I don't really know is how to size all this and also what's likely to go wrong. I don't want to burn down the chicken coop or electrocute myself probably.
Depends on what you're trying to power with the PV cells. If everything can be run off of DC (LED lights), then you might be able to save money on panels that don't include a power inverter. However, it sounds like you'll need one to run the water heater (probably accepts only AC).
Some initial basics on how not to burn-this-motherfucker-down:
Don't use the wrong gauge wires for the power you'll be generating/drawing.
Don't enclose certain pieces of the system in too tight of an area, but do try to provide some sort of weather protection that will avoid corrosion and rust.
e: Disclaimer: I'm not a licensed electrician, or part of your state's union.
You can probably do this with off-the-shelf stuff for caravans/motorhomes
Plus that means 12V DC which considerably lessens the risk involved
I can start fires p. easy with 12V batteries.
hehehehehe
But yeah, not having a power inverter in the loop makes things a bit less prone to fire, and increases efficiency since Six-Coop would then be going from DC-to-DC instead of DC-to-AC-to-DC (for those of you following along at home: most devices that take AC usually have a rectifier to make it DC again).
Chickens are (generally) flightless birds. They're also fairly dense (in a mass sort of way), as birds go anyway, which helps with the plan I've concocted.
The chickens are gonna generate their own gosh-darned electricity, the lazy ingrates.
Chicken's feet are sharp(ish), y'see? And the standard layout of a chicken coop has those lazy buggers walking up and down a ramp from their interior roosting space to a somewhat more spacious, if still fenced in, chicken run.
The ramp's the thing, okay? Stay with me here:
Chicken treadmill.
Every time a chicken wants to reenter the coop? Gotta climb the chicken treadmill. With a specially-designed track that is easily pierced by their little birdy claws, with every frustrating, backsliding, Sisyphean step that any given bird takes towards their desperately-desired resting roost, the chickens pull a track along which in turn pulls a whatever which spins a generator which generates electricity.
"That's clear animal cruelty, Narwhal," you're probably thinking. And, listen, I'm not a chicken psychologist, I can't pretend to know how they'll be affected mentally or emotionally by the feeling that they've hopped on an escalator going the wrong way several times a day, every day, for the entirety of their short avian lives, but I do know this: You'll have the fittest chickens in the tri-state area, and you'll have free electricity.
You tell me where you find a better net outcome than that.
Oh wait I forgot, I saw the original Evil Dead, but I purposefully watched it at like 11am and brought my most tolerant-of-my-issues friend over to baby me through, still didn't sleep well for like a week tho
does anyone here know anything about electricity? Sixwife asked me to help figure out a solar pa el setup for her chicken coop that can power a light and water heater.
I did some reading and it seems like I need solar panels and a regulator kit of some kind, a battery to store the power, and an outlet connected to the battery. Then I could put the light and water heater on timers I think.
What I don't really know is how to size all this and also what's likely to go wrong. I don't want to burn down the chicken coop or electrocute myself probably.
hey @Six
I had good luck googling "solar power for outdoor shed"
Obviously I'm not going to click it but I dearly hope it just leads to a picture of an alien worm
actually she turned into the face of bo
This is how she actually looks like nowadays (2016 Tribeca Film Festival), along with Nana and Rene. Rene has settled into "old guy" roles on a lot of shows, but Nana Visitor and Terry Farrell still look smoking for women in their... 50s, I think? Nana Visitor is almost 60?? Damn.
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does anyone here know anything about electricity? Sixwife asked me to help figure out a solar pa el setup for her chicken coop that can power a light and water heater.
I did some reading and it seems like I need solar panels and a regulator kit of some kind, a battery to store the power, and an outlet connected to the battery. Then I could put the light and water heater on timers I think.
What I don't really know is how to size all this and also what's likely to go wrong. I don't want to burn down the chicken coop or electrocute myself probably.
Depends on what you're trying to power with the PV cells. If everything can be run off of DC (LED lights), then you might be able to save money on panels that don't include a power inverter. However, it sounds like you'll need one to run the water heater (probably accepts only AC).
Some initial basics on how not to burn-this-motherfucker-down:
Don't use the wrong gauge wires for the power you'll be generating/drawing.
Don't enclose certain pieces of the system in too tight of an area, but do try to provide some sort of weather protection that will avoid corrosion and rust.
e: Disclaimer: I'm not a licensed electrician, or part of your state's union.
You can probably do this with off-the-shelf stuff for caravans/motorhomes
Plus that means 12V DC which considerably lessens the risk involved
I can start fires p. easy with 12V batteries.
hehehehehe
But yeah, not having a power inverter in the loop makes things a bit less prone to fire, and increases efficiency since Six-Coop would then be going from DC-to-DC instead of DC-to-AC-to-DC (for those of you following along at home: most devices that take AC usually have a rectifier to make it DC again).
I think the water heater will need AC. Its a specific thing for heating water for chickens. I think my biggest worry is not really knowing where things might go wrong. Also she wants to build this with her students so hopefully no one dies.
does anyone here know anything about electricity? Sixwife asked me to help figure out a solar pa el setup for her chicken coop that can power a light and water heater.
I did some reading and it seems like I need solar panels and a regulator kit of some kind, a battery to store the power, and an outlet connected to the battery. Then I could put the light and water heater on timers I think.
What I don't really know is how to size all this and also what's likely to go wrong. I don't want to burn down the chicken coop or electrocute myself probably.
hey @Six
I had good luck googling "solar power for outdoor shed"
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does anyone here know anything about electricity? Sixwife asked me to help figure out a solar pa el setup for her chicken coop that can power a light and water heater.
I did some reading and it seems like I need solar panels and a regulator kit of some kind, a battery to store the power, and an outlet connected to the battery. Then I could put the light and water heater on timers I think.
What I don't really know is how to size all this and also what's likely to go wrong. I don't want to burn down the chicken coop or electrocute myself probably.
hey Six
I had good luck googling "solar power for outdoor shed"
terry farrell looks specifically like a young actress aged up with CGI
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hahahahahahahaaahahah Roomate is in Amsterdam staying with some family, they're like, her mom's cousin and that lady's husband etc. and she is apparently considering sneaking out even tho they're supposed to go for dinner really soon, since the cousin and her husband were like "let's all go take a nap before dinner" and they went to their room, except instead of napping they started having REALLY loud sex and poor Roomate is just in the kitchen listening to greenday on her headphones awkwardly waiting for them to be done before they go out
does anyone here know anything about electricity? Sixwife asked me to help figure out a solar pa el setup for her chicken coop that can power a light and water heater.
I did some reading and it seems like I need solar panels and a regulator kit of some kind, a battery to store the power, and an outlet connected to the battery. Then I could put the light and water heater on timers I think.
What I don't really know is how to size all this and also what's likely to go wrong. I don't want to burn down the chicken coop or electrocute myself probably.
Depends on what you're trying to power with the PV cells. If everything can be run off of DC (LED lights), then you might be able to save money on panels that don't include a power inverter. However, it sounds like you'll need one to run the water heater (probably accepts only AC).
Some initial basics on how not to burn-this-motherfucker-down:
Don't use the wrong gauge wires for the power you'll be generating/drawing.
Don't enclose certain pieces of the system in too tight of an area, but do try to provide some sort of weather protection that will avoid corrosion and rust.
e: Disclaimer: I'm not a licensed electrician, or part of your state's union.
You can probably do this with off-the-shelf stuff for caravans/motorhomes
Plus that means 12V DC which considerably lessens the risk involved
I can start fires p. easy with 12V batteries.
hehehehehe
But yeah, not having a power inverter in the loop makes things a bit less prone to fire, and increases efficiency since Six-Coop would then be going from DC-to-DC instead of DC-to-AC-to-DC (for those of you following along at home: most devices that take AC usually have a rectifier to make it DC again).
I think the water heater will need AC. Its a specific thing for heating water for chickens. I think my biggest worry is not really knowing where things might go wrong. Also she wants to build this with her students so hopefully no one dies.
If the school has an industrial tech/electrical teacher, ask them if they'll prepare a one, or two, day lesson plan on being safe and responsible around DC and AC, 1 amp can kill, so being responsible in knowing what's connected, what's grounded, if you're grounded, etc, can go a long way. If the school has a chemistry teacher, ask to borrow their safety materials because deep cycle batteries, while often safely sealed, can contain chemicals that are harmful if splashed/leaked onto skin/in-eyes.
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Depends on what you're trying to power with the PV cells. If everything can be run off of DC (LED lights), then you might be able to save money on panels that don't include a power inverter. However, it sounds like you'll need one to run the water heater (probably accepts only AC).
Some initial basics on how not to burn-this-motherfucker-down:
e: Disclaimer: I'm not a licensed electrician, or part of your state's union.
Dr. Bugman, how long you gonna be in the austin area?
Absolutely
@Atomika until Friday but it's conference times. I'll throw my schedule your way when I send it to everyone else
That's the BDSM I'm into.
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You can probably do this with off-the-shelf stuff for caravans/motorhomes
Plus that means 12V DC which considerably lessens the risk involved
Edit: although that's a good point about the heater. Heating means serious energy which means serious voltages.
It's gonna be like going north of the wall in here, I swear to god. Solar screens and new AC, it's gonna be like opening a freezer door when you come inside.
*Shrug*
If I get a CDC job maybe then???
I can start fires p. easy with 12V batteries.
But yeah, not having a power inverter in the loop makes things a bit less prone to fire, and increases efficiency since Six-Coop would then be going from DC-to-DC instead of DC-to-AC-to-DC (for those of you following along at home: most devices that take AC usually have a rectifier to make it DC again).
some scientist read the Three Body Problem and was like woah let me try this shit
Chickens are (generally) flightless birds. They're also fairly dense (in a mass sort of way), as birds go anyway, which helps with the plan I've concocted.
The chickens are gonna generate their own gosh-darned electricity, the lazy ingrates.
Chicken's feet are sharp(ish), y'see? And the standard layout of a chicken coop has those lazy buggers walking up and down a ramp from their interior roosting space to a somewhat more spacious, if still fenced in, chicken run.
The ramp's the thing, okay? Stay with me here:
Chicken treadmill.
Every time a chicken wants to reenter the coop? Gotta climb the chicken treadmill. With a specially-designed track that is easily pierced by their little birdy claws, with every frustrating, backsliding, Sisyphean step that any given bird takes towards their desperately-desired resting roost, the chickens pull a track along which in turn pulls a whatever which spins a generator which generates electricity.
"That's clear animal cruelty, Narwhal," you're probably thinking. And, listen, I'm not a chicken psychologist, I can't pretend to know how they'll be affected mentally or emotionally by the feeling that they've hopped on an escalator going the wrong way several times a day, every day, for the entirety of their short avian lives, but I do know this: You'll have the fittest chickens in the tri-state area, and you'll have free electricity.
You tell me where you find a better net outcome than that.
and the least fun is motherfuckin Time Trial mode in Mario Kart
the original
I'd love it if you took a look at my art and my PATREON!
i need to explore and take my time
hey @Six
I had good luck googling "solar power for outdoor shed"
A really big project: http://makezine.com/2016/08/04/upgrading-a-basic-shed-into-a-solar-powered-workshop/
Here's a basic kit: https://suninone.com/product-category/solar-powered-shed-kits/
army of darkness wishes it was as cool as evil dead 2
This is how she actually looks like nowadays (2016 Tribeca Film Festival), along with Nana and Rene. Rene has settled into "old guy" roles on a lot of shows, but Nana Visitor and Terry Farrell still look smoking for women in their... 50s, I think? Nana Visitor is almost 60?? Damn.
I think the water heater will need AC. Its a specific thing for heating water for chickens. I think my biggest worry is not really knowing where things might go wrong. Also she wants to build this with her students so hopefully no one dies.
This is really helpful, thanks! Did you build something like these?
no actually i liked ezri dax
I thought this was America!
*reads someone's 2h crit build*
i am going to chop a tank in half for sure
I haven't done one but we were thinking about something of the sort at the ranch out west of town, so I'd poked around before.
I'd love it if you took a look at my art and my PATREON!
If the school has an industrial tech/electrical teacher, ask them if they'll prepare a one, or two, day lesson plan on being safe and responsible around DC and AC, 1 amp can kill, so being responsible in knowing what's connected, what's grounded, if you're grounded, etc, can go a long way. If the school has a chemistry teacher, ask to borrow their safety materials because deep cycle batteries, while often safely sealed, can contain chemicals that are harmful if splashed/leaked onto skin/in-eyes.
dandy
my schedule is tight but if I can manage I will poke at ya