Alternate Energy Part 5, Peak Oil, Food Storage, Survivalist
Posted by Paul Martin · 10 Comments
Part 5 in our series showing some Alternate energy systems. This 2 part set shows a VERY INEXPENSIVE (as far as AE goes) alternate energy setup that’s used at a hunting camp. If you already have a …
Question about battery banks ( or even 2 batts wired in series) When the battery bank is completed and is ready to be hooked up to solar panel/s is it best to hook up the positive lead to one end of the bank and the negative to the opposite end of the bank instead of just hooking the pos-neg leads to just the first battery of the bank?
Kinda hard to explain when not in person but I have laid out the battery bank in this one in a rectangle- 2 batteries wide, six deep for a total of 12. All aligned exactly the same- i.e, pos and neg on same sides. I drew an imaginary X and disregarded one part / and hooked the inputs from the CHARGE CONTROLLER to the ends of that line- one on the pos, one on the neg on the corners. Do NOT wire direct from panel to batteries, you need the charge controller in between. Does that make sense?
Yes of course it makes sense, of course we must use a CHARGE CONTROLLER from panel to batteries. I was asking the question regardless of that and figured that goes without saying. And i guess I was correct in assuming to connect one positive lead of the controller to one side of the battery bank and the neg to the other side of the bank. Thanks for confirming , just wanted to make sure.
Gotcha. Figured we needed to be clear for sake of others reading.
how much dopes the panel cost?
The Kyocera 130’s can be had for less than $600. if you search around.
moonshine can be used as AE.
nice video presentation
Ahh.. it sounded like OBSEC, which was Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation so I thought you were paranoid.Good video – thanks.
LOL, no I didn’t even know what the heck oBsec is!!! Thanks for watching