SOLAR POWER

[Boer]

I bought a cheap 10W solar panel, hooked it to one of my old 7Ah trike batteries, disconnected the downlighters in my passage and connected the battery to the circuit. I replaced the globes with four LED globes. Now I have emergency lighting for the Power Sharing thing. The globes in the passage give enough light throughout the house so we dont run into stuff when we walk around. The cost of all this amounts to about R 450.00 not including the used trike battery. 'N BOER MAAK 'N PLAN

[Ranger]

dont run into stuff when we walk around

Like an Afrikaans joke i heard. Die Karoo is so warm ,die hond jaag die kat maar altwee stap.

Good idea you have there. How long does the battery power last.

[Boer]

I had one globe on for four days and the battery went down to 11V so I assume four globes will take at least 24Hrs to run the battery down. The battery also is not 100% as it ran down when it was in my trike. A new battery should last longer.

[Duck Rogers]

I had one globe on for four days and the battery went down to 11V so I assume four globes will take at least 24Hrs to run the battery down. The battery also is not 100% as it ran down when it was in my trike. A new battery should last longer.

For what it's worth........

A battery going down to about 11.7, 11.6V is already considered "flat" even though it may still be able to deliver quite a bit of current but the voltage will go down fast after that.
Run the battery down to 11.6v often and she ain't gonna last very long .......even a new one.

A fully charged 12-volt lead-acid battery has a voltage of 12.6...12.8 V at 20 °C. The exact terminal value will depend on the individual construction, in particular the alloy of the electrodes - Pb, Sb, Sn, Ca - and the concentration of the acid used. The voltage for sealed lead-acid batteries - SLA - is usually at the upper end of this range.

[Boer]

Dankie Duckie
Soos ek gese het die battery is 'n bietjie vrot maar ek het nog nie 'n kans gehad om 'n nuwe een te koop nie. Sal seker ook nie een koop totdat hierdie een sy kop neerle nie.

Hoe de donner kry 'n mens 'n kappie op "e" het voorheen dit gedoen maar kannie onthou hoe nie - altzheimers!

[Tracer]

Hou die Alt knoppie in en tik dan die nommers 136, los die Alt knoppie en siedaar

[Tower]

Hi Boer,

I have been looking for low voltage LED's, the type weth the two small push in pins at the back.

I found hi voltage led's and CFL's but not LV.

Where did you get yours.

[Boer]

Ideal electrical, Malvern 011 616 8272. R60.00 each