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Travis Kelcee

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It uses the sun to boil water, which shoots a jet of steam like an esspresso machine milk frother, that spins a wheel that has 2 DC motors on it, that sends that current down to be amplified and used to spin 2 much better motors that actually supply usable household electricity. The steam driver may be changed once i get the advanced people involved....but that's it...if sun is shinning enough, i won't pay for electricity.

I have a solar system so I'm genuinely interested in how many Kwh it's capable of?
 

Travis Kelcee

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Im not sure yet...i have all the math yeah...but there's all these nuances that will determine final specs..."how much can we get out of this".. "ok, then this has to do this"
I DIYed a solar backup generator that moonlights as off grid power for most of the critical loads in my house.

25Kwh of battery power, split phase 6K all in one inverter and 4 - 500 watt solar arrays for the cost of Generac whole house genny + 1000 gallon propane tank + installation.
 

mudballs

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I DIYed a solar backup generator that moonlights as off grid power for most of the critical loads in my house.

25Kwh of battery power, split phase 6K all in one inverter and 4 - 500 watt solar arrays for the cost of Generac whole house genny + 1000 gallon propane tank + installation.
Im shooting for, and feel confident i can realistically achieve, 120v 41a while running...if sun stops boiling water, it's back to grid draw.
 

jokerman

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It uses the sun to boil water, which shoots a jet of steam like an esspresso machine milk frother, that spins a wheel that has 2 DC motors on it, that sends that current down to be amplified and used to spin 2 much better motors that actually supply usable household electricity. The steam driver may be changed once i get the advanced people involved....but that's it...if sun is shinning enough, i won't pay for electricity.
I thought it was a new bong.
 

Travis Kelcee

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Im shooting for, and feel confident i can realistically achieve, 120v 41a while running...if sun stops boiling water, it's back to grid draw.
I avoided the grid tie, that's why I bit the bullet and bought the batteries. In full sun it runs 1/2 my house while having enough power to recharge whatever the batteries used at night. Full sun is considered 3.5 hrs where I live but I'm getting 4.5 hrs. = approx. 10Kwh a day.

Grid tie gets messy with regulations and building codes. Professionally installed Grid tied solar systems are a complete rip off

My system is in a gray area where electrical codes are concerned.
 

mudballs

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I avoided the grid tie, that's why I bit the bullet and bought the batteries. In full sun it runs 1/2 my house while having enough power to recharge whatever the batteries used at night. Full sun is considered 3.5 hrs where I live but I'm getting 4.5 hrs. = approx. 10Kwh a day.

Grid tie gets messy with regulations and building codes. Professionally installed Grid tied solar systems are a complete rip off

My system is in a gray area where electrical codes are concerned.
I already anticipate massive pushback from grid tie-in because of the erratic nature of my apparatus...theres an answer somewhere for the problem...just not caring enough right now
 

mudballs

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You can feed the DC power direct to a grid tied inverter and the output shouldn't be any more erratic than solar.
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Here this is ur V.I.P. membership card...if anyone gives you flack, just flash this
 

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