Solar Technology Institute
Learn to design and build state-of-the-art solar homes that are self-reliant, thermally efficient, healthy to live in, and environmentally conscious. consists of the following 'How-to' and 'Hands-on' Workshops Solar Home Design Principals - 2 weeks Learn the fundamentals of solar and energy efficiency Passive Solar Concepts Design Guidelines Construction Techniques Insulation Strategies Remodel Retrofit Opportunities Solar Water and Air Heating Sunpaces and Greenhouses Case Studies and Tours of...
Automagic Battery Watering
WE MAKE WATER FROM YOUR GAS Hydrogen and oxygen battery gas catalytically recombined into pure water and returned to each battery cell. Keeps battery topped off for extended periods of time and reduces maintenance costs. Explosive hydrogen gas is virtually eliminated from the battery area. Corrosive spray and fumes are contained and washed back into each battery cell. Electrolyte kept strong longer, extending the useful power and life of the battery. HYDROCAP Vents simply replace the battery's...
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Analog Multilpier IC Offset Error Trim Procedure The internal errors of the ICL8013 can be trimmed out using R10-R12, use the following procedure 1. Set Xin Yin 0V and adjust potentiometer R12 Zos for zero output. 2. Apply 10V to Yin with Xin 0V and adjust R10 Xos for minimum output. 3. Apply 10V to Xin with Yin 0V and adjust R11 Yos for minimum output. 4. Readjust R12 Zos as in step, if necessary. 5. Apply 10V to Xin and between R1 and R2, adjust R2 so Vout 10.0V. Your WattTester is very...
TM Ixo
Watt-Tester turns any Voltmeter into a Wattmeter The benefits of knowing more about what really runs our electrical world watts of power go largely unknown because of the difficulty in measuring them. Volts and amps are easy, but watts are new territory for many. You can't troubleshoot or search out your system's 'lost watts' if you can't measure them. Knowing actual output power can also help you better select used modules. Low cost becomes high cost if power is lacking, regardless how well...
Seer Nissan Electrathon Challenge
Display of Eco-Cars begins at 10 AM with the Formula E Electrathon Challenge starting at noon at the Ukiah Fairgrounds - FREE ENTRY Eco-Car Parade and Open House at Real Goods Trading Corporation 3 - 6 PM Ridgewood Grade Challenge for Eco-Cars driving from Ukiah to Willits Industry Day at the Willits SEER fairgrounds For exhibitors only Solar Electric Specialties Hospitality Booth informal exhibitor networking Gourmet Catered Mexican Fiesta dinner in Willlits exhibitors only
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Total Energy Consumption in W-hrs. day 7136 Total Energy Consumption in W-hrs. day 7136 Our total systemic power consumption is about 7,000 Watt-hours per average day. One of the problems we have faced in our system is that we rarely have an average day. While our household needs are relatively constant, our business power use is very binge oriented. Just before an issue of Home Power goes to press, the computers run from 16-24 hours per day. After the issue goes to press and its mailing is...
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Maximimum vertical dimension is 9 inches. Maximum horizontal dimension is 7.5 inches. For full four-color rates, spot-color rates, and current subscriber demographics, please call us. Home Power is published bi-monthly. Ad Deadline for the Oct Nov 92 issue HP 31 is 22 August 1992. Call 916-475-3179 for further details. One insertion per customer per issue. We typeset all ads. We do the best we can to make your ad look good. If you send too much copy, then you're bound to be disappointed. Flat...
The MigMaster DC Welder
Tested by Dan Lepinski and Stuart Caruk What do you do when you need a welder and utility power is nowhere around What if you do have commercial power and want an affordable portable welder The MigMaster may be the solution in both cases. So just how does one evaluate welding equipment Use it This Things that Work is based on a MigMaster that has been in use for more than a year in the welding shop of Stuart Caruk in Vancouver, Washington. Until recently, arc welding meant either being...
The Next Generation
Kids definitely knew their place at the Midwest Renewable Energy Fair MREF in Amherst, Wisconsin this year. A look around the fair saw young faces, bright with curiosity and eyes lit with creative energy. The Home Power crew joined the third annual MREF the third weekend in June. I take no credit for the arduous 45 hour drive the rest of the Home Power crew endured to get to the fair I flew out a few days early to visit Minnesota relatives . This was the first MREF for me and I was quite...
Electric Systems
SS THIBAULT PKWY. BURLINGTON, VT Q54Q1 8Q2-8S3-12Q2 UTILITY INDEPENDENT RENEWABLE POWER FOR HOME amp BUSINESS a full line of system components installation distribution hardware energy efficient lighting amp appliances OUR PRODUCTS ARE COMPETITIVELY PRICED WE SUPPORT A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT BY DONATING A PORTION OF ALL SALES TO GREENPEACE. pv micro-hydro hybrid systems design installation sales service Get Out of the Kitchen and into the Sun a Guidebook to Solar Cookers by Joseph Radabaugh Joseph...
Police Car Drag Race
between a Willits police car and an amped up electric car The Sol Train rides the rails from Fort Bragg to Willits Actor Ed Begley Jr. amp Director David Zucker will appear as M.C.'s EV's for kids - Solar Kit Car and Diaper Derby races Doran Electric Scooter Raffle - Win this 2000.00 prize Advanced Biogest Toxic Challenge - the future of toxic waste treatment Electric Stock Car Racing at the 1992 Phoenix Solar and Electric 500 Top left and right Much of the racing was between converted electric...
An End of Innocence
Electric racing was forever changed one hot April Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway. The accident happened just past the grandstands, where a few hundred sat in the available patch of shade. During the final event of the Solar amp Electric 500, the lead car, number 99 from Solectria, began to trail a smear of yellow fluid and vapors. It spun and came to rest not quite off the track. Driver James Worden struggled out of the car and collapsed on the ground. The other cars stopped and soon...