Re: News from Oz

In article <dfa9ep$vqs$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jim Webster
<URL:mailto:Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> "Mary Fisher" <mary.fisher@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:4318a5a2$0$28628$4c56ba96@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
>
> > > There was some interesting ideas, they had a roof done with solar panels
> > > rather than Slate. Just looking at the extra costs and the output we
> could
> > > work out from our bills that the set up cost four times what it should
> to
> > > be
> > > economically viable (like at the moment you could bank the money and the
> > > interest would more than pay your electric bill.) However down the line

> I have wondered whether we could put in a couple of panels, we have plenty
> of room to set them up and they wouldn't need to adversely effect a roof.
> Certainly they could supply basic background heating or similar

In your case photovoltaics -might- have a use trickle charging batteries in
places remote from your power supply. They do remarkably well on boats
where the batteries last years longer if they're kept topped up - the duty
cycle on leisure boat batteries are very skewed compared to most ag
machinery but might compare to use-once-a-year kit like harvesters.

Or: to maintain power to remote electric fencing. There's a picture of a
solar powered remote energiser unit with enough zap to keep elephants out of
teak plantations on:

http://www.topguardfencing.com/fence/fen31.html (bottom)

Cheerio,

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