Topic: Solar Panel Porn (Read 7063 times)
the solar panels come with a 25 year warranty and power guarantee. no, that doesn't cover baseballs or tree branches, but insurance will. so i can say with confidence that they'll still be going strong in at least 25 years.
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The king and the pawn go in the same box @ endgame
Hell with the solar cells. Let's just boil some water with a fresnel lens and build a steampunk mining rig.
How many hash's there ?
So many, that it melts all that try to handle its raw power
Hell with the solar cells. Let's just boil some water with a fresnel lens and build a steampunk mining rig.
How many hash's there ?
Also people tend to forget: a solar panel still works in 20 years+++
Not necessarily. There's always the possibility of the panel breaking (neighborhood kid's baseball going through it, tree branch falling on it, etc), or rust/corrosion turning it into a pile of scrap, or some other unrepairable damage happening. Solar panels aren't going to last forever, and I wouldn't even expect one to last 20 years on average. I could be wrong though.Yea, some of the first solar panels built are still running 25+ years
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Man, that is EPIC!!!!
People attending the CCC summercamp in Finowfurth last summer 2011 might have spotted this Money Tree:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/117667596272309394278/albums/5707410803593713825/5707410803104879938
A single Atom + GPU based machine on a solar power pannel. Granted, small but off the grid ;-)
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/117667596272309394278/albums/5707410803593713825/5707410803104879938
A single Atom + GPU based machine on a solar power pannel. Granted, small but off the grid ;-)
That is awesome.
Hell with the solar cells. Let's just boil some water with a fresnel lens and build a steampunk mining rig.
That's pretty badassYep! They melt solid steel and iron, and you can get one from one an old discarded big screen TV's.
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The king and the pawn go in the same box @ endgame
Hell with the solar cells. Let's just boil some water with a fresnel lens and build a steampunk mining rig.
That's pretty badass Also people tend to forget: a solar panel still works in 20 years+++
Not necessarily. There's always the possibility of the panel breaking (neighborhood kid's baseball going through it, tree branch falling on it, etc), or rust/corrosion turning it into a pile of scrap, or some other unrepairable damage happening. Solar panels aren't going to last forever, and I wouldn't even expect one to last 20 years on average. I could be wrong though.http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080911082656AAmOnYD
What's amazing to me is that I've gone from reading that original tree post to this: http://inventorspot.com/articles/electricity_dirt_is_it_possible_17670
Then this: http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/nota.asp?idnews=42320
Then this: http://www.lightingafrica.org/component/k2/itemlist/filter.html?all_langs=yes&searchword=donate
To finally this: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/peterdicampo/life-without-lights
What a journey!
~Bruno~
Also people tend to forget: a solar panel still works in 20 years+++
Not necessarily. There's always the possibility of the panel breaking (neighborhood kid's baseball going through it, tree branch falling on it, etc), or rust/corrosion turning it into a pile of scrap, or some other unrepairable damage happening. Solar panels aren't going to last forever, and I wouldn't even expect one to last 20 years on average. I could be wrong though.
Also people tend to forget: a solar panel still works in 20 years+++
Not necessarily. There's always the possibility of the panel breaking (neighborhood kid's baseball going through it, tree branch falling on it, etc), or rust/corrosion turning it into a pile of scrap, or some other unrepairable damage happening. Solar panels aren't going to last forever, and I wouldn't even expect one to last 20 years on average. I could be wrong though.
Hell with the solar cells. Let's just boil some water with a fresnel lens and build a steampunk mining rig.
your system also cost in the 1-10k range
ha! now you're dreaming. the total cost (panels, inverter, installation) cost approximately $70k AUD, then there was a $10k government rebate. The solar scheme we're on allows us to draw at 0.2069/kWh, and feed in at 0.44/kWh. my initial calculations give it about a 28 year payback period, although there's really not enough data yet, i expect it's a bit less than that. if we add another 10 panels (bringing it up to a 7kW system) that'll drop the total payback period down to around 24 years (any panels added on top now have a payback period of roughly 11 years). unfortunately, 40 panels is the max that the inverter can handle before another one has to be installed (expensive).
Sunny QLD.
My calculations put payback at a much lower 19.75 years, assuming you sell all the electricity back to the power co, rather than using a portion... obviously there's not much data to go by (only 18 days in your picture, and there was a lot of guessing at what the exact numbers were)
Though, I forgot to subtract the 10k rebate...
Oh shit, and I forgot it was currently summer there.... >.> which means during the winter months you'll get less power than that... >.>
People attending the CCC summercamp in Finowfurth last summer 2011 might have spotted this Money Tree:
that's pretty awesome!
People attending the CCC summercamp in Finowfurth last summer 2011 might have spotted this Money Tree:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/117667596272309394278/albums/5707410803593713825/5707410803104879938
A single Atom + GPU based machine on a solar power pannel. Granted, small but off the grid ;-)
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/117667596272309394278/albums/5707410803593713825/5707410803104879938
A single Atom + GPU based machine on a solar power pannel. Granted, small but off the grid ;-)
Your post, SolarSilver, inspired this thread: The Money Tree https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/the-money-tree-63356
~Bruno~
People attending the CCC summercamp in Finowfurth last summer 2011 might have spotted this Money Tree:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/117667596272309394278/albums/5707410803593713825/5707410803104879938
A single Atom + GPU based machine on a solar power pannel. Granted, small but off the grid ;-)
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/117667596272309394278/albums/5707410803593713825/5707410803104879938
A single Atom + GPU based machine on a solar power pannel. Granted, small but off the grid ;-)
Let's now add some sound to those solar powered mining rigs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93brSy--nyg
i like to think of them as a long term investment, like shares/securities. but there's pretty much no way they can lose value, (the sun ain't going to stop shining in Australia any time soon, and energy prices sure ain't going down), and they're good on the environment. works for me.
i also really enjoy looking at the data it provides, and the constant battle to minimise power consumption during the day to improve benefits. i love my wattsclever (kill-a-watt)!
i also really enjoy looking at the data it provides, and the constant battle to minimise power consumption during the day to improve benefits. i love my wattsclever (kill-a-watt)!
Solar rulz. Sun mostly shines the most when demand is highest (noon). Solar panels are already without subsidies competitive in high price markets. For the people with 5cent/kwh: It still will take sometime to be useful. For the 15 cent/kwh people: up to 5 years, definitely not longer for you people. Also people tend to forget: a solar panel still works in 20 years+++
But its not "the solution" for the energy problem: just another piece of the puzzle
But its not "the solution" for the energy problem: just another piece of the puzzle
Nice setup. The PV systems are almost as bad as those huge 3-blade wind turbines. The price is too high. It's more about feeling good to be doing something for the enviro. They just cost too much and that cost is too slow to recoup. You end up paying to maintain them too.
The real free energy is all around us. Check out the guy that heated his big, old midwest home using a $200 digester. He was getting 90,000 BTU.
The real free energy is all around us. Check out the guy that heated his big, old midwest home using a $200 digester. He was getting 90,000 BTU.
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