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MSC_promo2 Posted by: Fearlessthinker
Video duration: 215 seconds |
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MSC_Promo Posted by: Fearlessthinker
Video duration: 207 seconds |
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500th Subscriber Celebration and Contest Posted by: Fearlessthinker
Video duration: 106 seconds Please tell me what you've learned by being a subscriber. |
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Using solar power to drive down the Electric Bill - Grid Tied and Off Grid methods Posted by: Fearlessthinker
Video duration: 433 seconds Please see some of my more recent videos on this topic. |
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Spring Solar Tracker Skies - Time Lapse Posted by: Fearlessthinker
Video duration: 146 seconds As the cold front passes. |
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Solar Panel Angle Considerations and performance implications Posted by: Fearlessthinker
Video duration: 418 seconds A basic view of solar panel angles and performance implications. http://i39.tinypi c.com/6p4y69.jpg - Seasons chart http://i40.tinypi c.com/2qx6tdw.jpg - Power chart http://www.spectr alcalc.com/solar_cal culator/solar_positi on.php - Azimuth angle calculator |
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The Effectiveness of Staggering Fixed PV Solar Panels Posted by: Fearlessthinker
Video duration: 647 seconds solar "solar panel" "solar energy" "solar tracker" "solar power" engineering watts minnesota PV panel panels |
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Part 3: Spring Solar PV Shading Study Posted by: Fearlessthinker
Video duration: 267 seconds A test to compare solar tracking to fixed panels. Results were 42% production advantage which will only increase as the days get longer. |
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Part 2: Spring Solar PV Shading Study Posted by: Fearlessthinker
Video duration: 435 seconds A test to compare solar tracking to fixed panels. Results were impressive ... a 50% production advantage which will only increase as the days get longer. Part 1: http://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=GGJvYMt-p nY See my other video on tracking and on the Watts Up Pro meter. |
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Part 1: Spring Solar PV Shading Study Posted by: Fearlessthinker
Video duration: 487 seconds I wanted to correlate the time it took from sunrise until when power would be produced by a fixed set of solar panels. I will then overlay the results from a tracker in part 2. |
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Ode to Solar Posted by: Fearlessthinker
Video duration: 119 seconds A little time-lapse fun of the early Springtime sun being tracked by the Fearless Tracker. Shot with a $30 Nikon S210 at 1 frame every 30 seconds. |
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Using Grid-Tied Solar and batteries to reduce billable kWh Posted by: Fearlessthinker
Video duration: 353 seconds An example of how to use all you produce with solar. The grid tie inverters subtract out the nominal house usage and the excess solar goes into batteries that are used at night to run the furnace. See my prior videos on the furnace power measurements using the Watts Up Pro meter. The goal is to smartly use all we produce and to minimize the electric bill. |
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Windmax HY ARI Wind Turbine tail improvements Posted by: Fearlessthinker
Video duration: 386 seconds The smaller Windmax HY ARI wind turbines have undersized tails. This is true of many other turbines as well. This can cause them to have difficulty tracking turbulent wind conditions, common with rooftop situations or near trees. Some basic time-tested rules of thumb are applied for these turbines. You can also apply them to other turbines. |
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Watts Up Pro used to analyze a Furnace Posted by: Fearlessthinker
Video duration: 326 seconds See my other Watts Up Pro videos. In this one I show the 1-second recording of our home forced air furnace. This is part of an effort to see how much power will be required to run it off-grid eventually. |
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DIY Solar Tracker Printed Circuit Board CAD Posted by: Fearlessthinker
Video duration: 629 seconds Designing and building a simple single-sided circuit board using Eagle PCB software and a UV sensitive copper clad board. |
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Part 2: The Energy Detective TED 5000G 24 hour view Posted by: Fearlessthinker
Video duration: 486 seconds Yet another power monitoring/measuring device for grid connected systems. It can be used to measure home kWh usage a well as grid tied system production. It's very flexible. Love it! |
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Part 1: The Energy Detective TED 5000G Introduction Posted by: Fearlessthinker
Video duration: 348 seconds Yet another power monitoring/measuring device for grid connected systems. It can be used to measure home kWh usage a well as grid tied system production. It's very flexible. See other videos on the TED to see how it is installed. |
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Watts Up Pro for Grid Tied Solar Tracker 2 Posted by: Fearlessthinker
Video duration: 310 seconds Using the Watts up Pro Power meter to log and analyze the power produced into the grid from my tracker of 120 watts of PV Solar. Includes logging, graphing, and some fine accordion playing. See the prior videos on this meter. |
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Watts Up Pro for Grid Tied Fixed PV Solar Posted by: Fearlessthinker
Video duration: 358 seconds Using the Watts up Pro Power meter to log and analyze the power produced into the grid from my fixed array of 550 watts of PV Solar. Includes logging, graphing, and some fine accordion playing. See the prior videos on this meter. |
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Watts Up Pro for Grid Tied Solar Tracker Posted by: Fearlessthinker
Video duration: 412 seconds Using the Watts up Pro Power meter to log and analyze the power produced into the grid from my Fearless Solar Tracker. Includes logging and graphing. See the prior videos on this meter. |




















