[Soekris] solar power

[Joel Jaeggli]

On Sat, 27 Mar 2004, Wesley Allison wrote:

> I would like to say every day I find something else to use my soekris board
> for and I am wondering if anybody has done any solar projects? I am looking
> for some advice because I contacted a solar vender and he said to power 10
> watts 24/7 with two days of battery life incase of bad weather, would cost
> 1699.00$ for each unit!!!! I about fell out of my chair; I was thinking it
> would be around 300 to 400 buck max.

$400 buys you one 80 watt panel depending on youe latitude and actual 
solar gain you might need two plus a charge controller and a set of deep 
cycle-batteries to run the thing all day every day.

> Anybody have some real life experience
> and is the 1600 buck price tag right?
> 
> 
> 
> Wes
> 
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