| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| mrgone |
Posted - Jan 26 2008 : 11:09:42 AM
Some of us have been talking about sun tracking systems for solar panels. Ajmix2 found this website which is very good! This guy has been working in the field a few years and gives alot of details that may be of interrest such as efficiency as opposed to other solar methods like mirrors and so forth. Here is the site:http://www.redrok.com/electron.htm#led3x |
| 15 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| ajmix2 |
Posted - Apr 02 2008 : 6:33:19 PM
Thanks cyclops. Does anyone know what mrgone's up to? |
| cyclopsitis |
Posted - Mar 31 2008 : 12:08:43 PM
YOu will probably want to use LED ligting or something like that with a low power waste. If you want to light an area you'll need to figure out what kind of cd or mcd / lumins you need in the room. If you used LEDs typically rated in about 2500mcd (2.5cd or = to aprox 2.5 candels). TO put it into perspecitve a 100W incandecent light is about 100cd so multiply the number of LEDs to equal a 40, 60, 100, or 120W light bulb accordingly. |
| ajmix2 |
Posted - Mar 30 2008 : 09:52:59 AM
What? Has everyone abandoned this project? |
| ajmix2 |
Posted - Feb 26 2008 : 4:07:21 PM
Well the area that i'm lighting is 90 feet long. I plan on using 1 light about every 10 feet. The light fixtures that i plan to use are http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=176453-251-LT8K&lpage=none I will use whatever is better halogen or florouscent. And i remember reading about deep cycle marine batteries. I'll have to do the math to figure out how many watts i will need. |
| mrgone |
Posted - Feb 23 2008 : 12:10:40 PM
I thought we answered. Don't use LEDs if you can help it. Get a heftier solar panel. Give more specifics. What type of lighting will you use? You don' need a pointing device to drive a single light. But if you actually want to illuminate an area, you will need a good panel and decent batteries. I like the sealed lead acid types myself. |
| ajmix2 |
Posted - Feb 21 2008 : 8:54:14 PM
I almost forgot. I never got an answer for the question that started this all. http://www.aaroncake.net/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7037 I'm starting the project in march and have a few ideas. But, I want to get the input from you guys first. |
| ajmix2 |
Posted - Feb 21 2008 : 3:45:33 PM
as a matter of fact, I am. I'm trying to get as much info as i can. When i'm on trhe computer it's research. I do get on every once in a while and i read the posts. Are we set on the pulley system idea for the panel arrangement? |
| mrgone |
Posted - Feb 16 2008 : 11:05:54 AM
Hey? Where you been stranger? You must be hittin' those books hard. |
| ajmix2 |
Posted - Feb 15 2008 : 2:47:36 PM
yes i remember mrgone trying to email me to no avail. if anyone would like to reach me ajmix2@verizon.net
|
| mrgone |
Posted - Feb 13 2008 : 1:07:47 PM
Here we go....I just made one. mrgone2lunch@gmail.com |
| mrgone |
Posted - Feb 13 2008 : 12:44:01 PM
OK, let me check. Once or twice I tried to Emal some people on here and they didn't get it. I might get one of those free Emails and post it. |
| cyclopsitis |
Posted - Feb 12 2008 : 7:00:44 PM
You said a few responces ago there that you wanted me to elabrouate on my "idea"... I have tried to email a few times from here but I'm guessing you have not gotten them. You can email me if you want. I want to make the idea a little better I think... and there is still a lot of stuff to go through for it yet. Anyway, if you want to bounce ideas back and forth that would be great. |
| ajmix2 |
Posted - Feb 12 2008 : 12:04:55 PM
You can then send these board designs off to the company and then they'll make the board etching and all for you right? |
| mrgone |
Posted - Feb 09 2008 : 11:46:51 AM
Here is a way to do two boards for the cost of one. See, when you go to a board house to run the boards from your Gerbers, they charge by the panel. So, the price you get quoted will be by how many boards they can cut out of how many panels they use. Unstead of running two seperate boards, you can get two for the price of one. The board is scored with a V-groove so you can snap it in half. This is just another example of a view from Eagle Cadsoft. This whole thing was done in Eagle:
Download Attachment:  V-Groove.GIF
42.43 KB
 |
| mrgone |
Posted - Feb 09 2008 : 11:07:26 AM
No, it is just the last board I did for another project. Yeah, do a search for "Viewmate". It is a free Gerber viewer and if you want to pay for it, you can edit your Gerbers. So if say you just need to move a hole or move a trace over because it is uncomfortably close to something else like another trace, it is fast & handy! You don't have to go back through the whole process. |
V-Groove.GIF