[diesel_mercedes] Re: Going off grid- Bill

 

Nickle iron batts are the bomb. Scotties Castle has a bank of them in use that was installed in the 1920's. They are expensive but for stationary applications will last the rest of your life.

--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, briankk <briankk@...> wrote:
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> If you intend to use/store electricity off grid, you might want to look into nickle-iron batteries, (Ni-Fe) as well...
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> --- On Mon, 1/23/12, Alan Millar <grunthos503@...> wrote:
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> From: Alan Millar <grunthos503@...>
> Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Going off grid- Bill
> To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, January 23, 2012, 8:30 PM
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> On Jan 23, 2012, at 6:06 AM, Trish Dougherty wrote:I was always concerned of having a wind turbine because we have a lot of birds out here.  
> You might look into vertical axis wind turbines ("vawt").
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical-axis_wind_turbine
> and google for "diy vawt" for some interesting ideas.
> - Alan
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