Gracias!!!, thanks for the details

What is the difference in watts and kilowatt and what is the reason for the two?

Thanks man😁 12 years later DAMN

So what if I charge them for an hour then put them in the freezer

I went to settings on this video and increased the speed to 1 1/2 times faster. Now it's watchable.

On the equinox it is the zenith angle that is your latitude NOT the altitude (ie angle from the horizon). Otherwise on the equinox the north pole would have the sun overhead!

I now watched first and second and still don't know how to set your cost or even set the time??

WELL THAT'S TIME I'LL NEVER GET BACK ! WHEN YOU COME UP WITH SOMETHING BETTER THEN POST IT !

Good Sir Thanks 🙏❤👍👌

Cool! Thanks!

Good contribution. Gets me wondering about machines to help with dynamic positioning of the solar panels

I came here to figure out how to save some money due to the biden regime screwing us financially. So I have figured out how to put an alternator on a bicycle propped up with bricks in my living room which is called central mainframe I have ran about 300 different wires to every electronic in my house as in remotes toys flash lights a decretive waterfall with the rocks in it my watch a book light Xbox controller etc and heck even the wife’s vibrator so the way this works is my four kids each have a 6 hour shift peddling the bike to charge all the battery ran devices oh yeah and the smoke alarms also. This is the most efficient way I’ve found to save money on batteries only thing it cost me was my bicycle and alternator out the junk yard and that’s it I had to feed the kids anyways so not gonna throw that cost in I see it more as an investment return on feeding them.

The speed sheet is blank when I opened it

Because of you my house burned down 😭😭😭

need for sure that drop ... to add that 3rd series panel .. i m 100v 33volts series x3 panels and some more winter sunshines/././/////and need to go under .. thankfully its 80 feet (40 distance) cabling route if i combine 2 strings up that roof 3s2p 6 panels of 100 + a bit volts and send a bigger wire down those amps might lower that voltage a bit more to keep safe my solar charger.. i m i guess 5% voltade above open circuit in numbers and i even count on 10 year old panes be a bit tired and make that nice system im trying!!! thanks for info only way is test and measure everything twice .. hoping i m right and i dont have to make the smaller 2s2p its quiet smaller !!!!!

This calculator/spreadsheet is no good, you would have to severely modify it to get the correct output. Save yourself 12 dollars from scribe or 11 something(some change). Its easier to make your own if you know what your doing. It does not take into account the resistivity for copper or alluminum. There is definitely something wrong with the way they handled the calculation.

Hello, how safe is this method? I found many comments on internet these kind of batteries can cause fire when you try to recharge. Should I be afraid?

This was really helpful

That calculator gives the degrees differently. Most give degrees from horizontal, not vertical

Just discovered your channel and sad to see you vanished early

When you plugged in the "solar tracker" were you consuming electricity or sending electricity back to the grid? I am trying to determine if this Ensupra meter can measure watts or kilowatts from a solar plug n play microinverter that sends electricity back to the grid via a regular wall outlet.

I am researching what is the best angle for solar panels for winter on my latitude in Europe. I am planning to mount 6x190W of solar on the roof of the van, which will be just enough to accommodate it, and live full time in the vehicle, van life. I found the resource describing two methods for the northern hemisphere, I believe. Method one, general - winter, add 15 degrees to your latitude - summer, subtract 15 degrees from your latitude Method two, improved - winter, multiply the latitude by 0.9 and add 29° - summer, multiply the latitude by 0.9 and subtract 23.5° - spring and fall, subtract 2.5° from the latitude

Dont buy alkaline batteries. Buy rechargable ones and there is a well known company that makes the best NiMh ever made. I bought four of them *twelve years ago* and they still go on. Perhaps one of the secrets of their longevity lies to also my charger, which is for slow charging: for a AA NiMh battery it needs 6.5h for a 1,000mAh battery and 11h for a 2,000mAh one.

Excellent

I put my charger with alkaline's in the fridge and charge.

Still the best!

Whats was the chip used in it ?

so ideally, one could build a charger that senses the temperature of the batteries and when it goes too high it turns off and waits till they cool down a lot then turns back on. what v?

Thank you! Can you show a before and after multimeter test on the alkaline batteries, to prove that their charge came back?

What about lithium batteries?

Great video. I see the URL link is not working anymore. Can you please post a working URL link to the spreadsheet again.

I fell asleep 😴 watching thisssssssss

Nicd and nimh only charge to 1.2 v. Current is important but voltage is too.. alk goes to 1.5+ v

on my controller when i hooked for 24 volt, factory had it 29.2 volts. i learnd how to adjust it so brought it down too 28.4 volts, but i can go from 24 to 30 volts. what should i be setting it for lead acid batterys, if i set it at 27 volts, i feel like im wrong because a car charges at 14.3 volts, but a full battery equals 13,5 volts. so im confused

Good diagram! I never really noticed that the sun doesn't get very high in autumn until my panels were in shade! 😎👍❤️

Please, can you send the excel sheet

sound like damhmer

First, thank you for not including music.

I've tried that first calculator, but it's angles for vertical, using posts

Ok people ignore this video my advice will cost you some money but 1 buy a top of the line smart charger and 2 go buy your selves Panasonic eneloop rechargeable batteries I still have some from over 8 plus years that the kids did not loose still going strong to this day I just ordered a few hundred dollars worth of Panasonic AA and AAA batteries as well as 8 c and D expanders thst the AAs will now work in aa devices c devices and d devices all off of just the AAs I now have I was done with rechargeable batteries after using duracell and energizers brands they worked great at first but after a year maybe 2 both brands shit the bucket eneloops r the top notch kings of the rechargeable brands on the market they don’t have the highest mah like others but they will actually last for years and years I can’t say how long as I’ve only owned them and still using mine thst are almost 9 years old and still going as strong as the day I bought em

Stop giving people horrible info and throw away all those cheap ass garbage rechargeables you got in the dam trash spend some money on eneloops and stick with those also get rid of those cheap ass chargers and get a top line smart charger ya cheap prick.

Mini (Winter) Solar Tip: You can gradually turn down a boiler and all other hungry electricity consumers with the "5000W dimmer". Ebay €7. I run 5 dimmers in parallel on an 850W inverter. Kettle 2.2KW at 150W runs 12 hours a day, so the water is always hot. The room is also nicely heated. 2.5KW washing machine runs in parallel with dimmed to 200...400W. Iron, dishwasher, oven, electric heater, coffee machine, all internal heating are throttled with me. Videos about it on my channel kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m6lios-TqKjMmGQ.html The inverter stays cool, quiet and the MOSFETs remain intact because extreme current peaks no longer arrive at the inverter. Now every Mini PV Inverter is enough to sell large devices. So, with the dimmer, all internal heaters/devices can be converted into base load devices that stay almost permanently ON, drawing very little current directly from the PV. With a wattmeter / energy cost measuring device you can then measure this perfectly in order to set the dimmer optimally. A little hint (for everyone else): Energy cannot be saved. So if I want to boil my water, I always have to use the same amount of energy for one liter. Christian's method relies on a longer period of time with less power in order to be able to use the power provided by the PV as efficiently as possible - so consumption peaks are intercepted. In the end, the energy consumption should even be (slightly) higher due to the interposition of the dimmer, but it doesn't matter, since more efficient coverage by the PV system and therefore better use of the self-generated energy.............................🌞........

Mini (Winter) Solar Tip: A boiler and all other hungry electricity consumers can be infinitely dimmed with the "5000W dimmer". Ebay €7. I run 5 dimmers in parallel on an 850W inverter. Kettle 2.2KW at 150W runs 12 hours a day, so the water is always hot. The room is also nicely heated. 2.5KW washing machine runs in parallel with dimmed to 200...400W. Iron, dishwasher, oven, electric heater, coffee machine, all internal heating are throttled with me. Videos on my channel kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m6lios-TqKjMmGQ.html The inverter stays cool, quiet and the MOSFETs remain intact because no extreme current peaks arrive at the inverter. Now every Mini PV Inverter is enough to sell large devices. So, with the dimmer, all internal heaters/devices can be converted into base load devices that stay almost permanently ON, drawing very little current directly from the PV. With a wattmeter / energy cost measuring device you can then measure this perfectly in order to set the dimmer optimally. A little hint (for everyone else): Energy cannot be saved. So if I want to boil my water, I always have to use the same amount of energy for one liter. Christian's method relies on a longer period of time with less power in order to be able to use the power provided by the PV as efficiently as possible - so consumption peaks are intercepted. In the end, the energy consumption should even be (slightly) higher due to the interposition of the dimmer, but it doesn't matter, since more efficient coverage by the PV system and therefore better use of the self-generated energy....

hi, nice job,but the link is not working

🤣 It seemed worth it to adjust it to the season, but when I run this as you did, the increased performance adjusting perfectly to every month would only save me $11 per year. Adjusting to the season would be pointless.

Do you sell this spreadsheet? I would love to be able to use it.

could you have a louder voice maybe?

It occurs to me you're still measuring the power draw of these meters with the efergy which is what you suspected to be inaccurate in the first place. 5W per meter seems excessive to me suggesting it's grossly over-reporting the draw of the meters. Why not test the power draw of one of the meters using another meter to see what that says.

I made a charger for alkaline batteries using a Raspberry Pi. One hour on at low current, one hour off. Takes a day to recharge them but they don't charge back to 100%. I only recharge them a few times and then toss them. Works great and reduces the expense of buying new batteries every time the remote stops working. Never had an issue with them leaking, but I only recharge them a max of 3-5 times before tossing them. There are methods to safely charge them if you toss them after a max of 5 recharges -- really does help lower your battery expenses for remotes, toys, etc. You don't get 100% back but you do get something like 75-80% but it falls quickly so after five charges, it isn't worth it.