3 ms·
Nice hack. Can it power a fan for a night? That might save you some money in cooling, which would help with payback. I won't be using it for my apartment but i
by WheelsAtLarge 9y ago
Nice hack. Can it power a fan for a night? That might save you some money in cooling, which would help with payback.
I won't be using it for my apartment but it has great potential for an off the grid light power use workshop. Good job, thanks for showing.
Just a note, the biggest expense these days in solar power installations, home, is the manpower and incidentals needed to install it. Reduce that and solar power replacement begins to look good. As we saw here, where there were no installation costs.
- nikodunk 9y agoHey! It can power a fan overnight no problem. A large box fan uses around 45W, so this could run it for 10hours on a day's charge. Good point! To your point of expense – the installation cost is what bummed me out, too. That's exactly why the hack is so effective if someone in your family can self-install it! I agree. Similar to an AC unit or a satellite dish that most people just install themselves...
- c8g 9y agowe have a table fan specially made for solar is 11.5W, costs about $14.7