I run a Mastodon instance (mammut.gogreenit.net) for myself and friends.
I am interested in IT, Electronic Music, Winter Sports, Renewable Energy, Off-Grid living, Sustainability and The RIght to Repair.
Solar panels between railway tracks?
After long delays, the removable PV system will finally be tested on a western track next spring.
I'm all for putting solar panels all over the place, but won't these get dusty and oily and need loads of cleaning after trains pass over?
Also, costing €623,000 over three years sounds rather expensive for just 100m (although that roughly equates to 11KW).
MorningStar TriStar 60 MPPT Solar Charge Controller Review
Hi everyone,
I thought I would add this as I think it is one of the best Solar Charge Controllers I have tried. It's not cheap, but has been reliable, and I can get stats out of it.
Let me know if you have any questions about it, as I have been using several of them for a few years now.
Yes. There are a few other chat clients that you can run relays for - Tox, SimpleX, Jabber/XMPP etc, which are worth investigating.
I like camping and festivals, and it was fun to get a small solar panel to charge my phone etc. about a decade ago. My parents were in to gardening, and used a lot of water butts to store water at our house. My other half and I watched a lot of Doomsday Prepper episodes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_Preppers) during Covid lockdowns, and while some of them were a bit crazy, others had really good ideas. It felt like a sensible idea to try and be a bit more self-sufficient.
It will all take a long time to pay for itself, but I am learning about DC circuits and it feels good to have a backup for everything, even though we live in a city and are grid-connected to water, electricity and gas.
Still, it would be nice to see. Nothing wrong with second hand hardware - most of my setup is second hand. Here is a rather rubbish diagram and short explanation of how it is set up: https://mammut.gogreenit.net/@chewie/113075530030174991