Well I finally got to check the load of my oven/stove. It uses just 1.7 watts on standby. Not bad. Then I turned on the oven and what a surprise. 368 watts from the time I set the temp till I shut it off. It never changed. It is 10 years old and I will be changing it out for a battery ignition model. It uses 8 AA batteries. Says Lithium will last 3 yrs with regular use. And you do not have to plug it in. Seems to be a better choice.
That's something I've never thought to check. Although I do have switches for all devices which have a phantom power draw allowing to kill power to those devices. We very rarely use the oven and the burners can be manually lit with a match. However the wife does like and use the clock. We use to use the switch for the Oven/Stove but over the last few years it use has been neglected
I hope this useful. I am uploading my Final Classic 150 Wind Curve. This curve can be used for 1 or 2 turbines. As my 2 turbines hardly get the same wind from the same direction. This is with a 12 volt Battery. Most I ever got with straight to the battery was 45 amps with 40+ MPH winds. Now with this curve at 30 MPH I usually have 96 Amps going into the Battery. Also make sure you go to clipper settings and change MAX voltage to your highest expected voltage for the curve. Or you will have very reduced outputs. (Updated) 11/28/2019
Looking for a 12 volt Electric Blanket. This is one I found and bought. It was at the local Walmart. Was with the Christmas Specials near automotive.
Update we had a really clear day. The panels on the front of the house are doing well. Normally it is around 42-44 amps.
I finally got the battery ignition stove. Had to buy a cheap timer and oven thermometer. Other than that it works as expected. Stove burners light right away do not need 10 seconds. But the oven does need at least 10 seconds to start the pilot.
Today was the day. I removed the Freedom II and replaced it with a DC-12 Avenger. Nothing wrong but I had to change the setup and the Freedom II would not work for it.
Update. All is working well. Winds are changing here. We are now getting more steady winds. Sometimes we now get gusting winds to 55 mph here. Classic pwm is taking it in stride with out any problems. Also took a year to break 100 KWH on the Classic for the two wind turbines.
Well it is a February Update. All is going well haven't had enough anything so I can stay off grid for long. Getting more wind finally. Haven't had much in December and January. Have had 2 days over 3 KWH out of the turbines. Best so far in a long time. Hope to put up the last 5 panels this spring. Have everything since last year. But working too much to put them up.
Another good day. All that wind we just had. In a 24 hr period I had over 8 KWH . Wind started at 7 am and ended around 7 am the next morning.
Just spent 3 hrs on the roof. Doing my semi-annual check-up of the wind turbines and solar panels. Painted over any rust and greased the fittings. Had to add some more silicone to the connections rust is starting to run down the poles. Not good. Last year one almost seized up. Also spent the time to offset my front turbine head as I already did the other one last year.(Hurt Back) We are getting more sustaining winds in the 50-70 mph range. This is just more insurance that they will turn out of the wind if it gets to be too much. Or if for some reason the Classic ever fails along with my dump load. Like maybe the house blows away. LOL. At least I hope not.
This is an update to my Power Supplies. I took a cheap PCB kit and a box and made this. It would not hold .5 amp at 12 vdc. So I added a 24 volt AC 1.5amp Transformer and put in 50vac capacitors. Because the ones that came with it were 25 volts. Why because the 24 volt Transformer unloaded goes up to 30 vac. Ic's will handle up to 35 VDC.
Well one of my Make Sky Blue 60 amp MPPT Charge Controllers was at 9 watts today instead of nearly 400-500 watts. So I have a new one coming soon. After taking it apart I have a few pictures and a modification for the new and other one I have. Seems the Mosfets are screwed to an aluminum plate mounted to the bottom. So I will be attaching that heat sink by heat transfer tape to the back. And including new stand offs so the Heat Sink has clearance. To reduce the heat of the Mosfets. Here is the new setup. With Heat Sinks. (UPDATE) 10/4/2019. Had to put my esmart controller up today. It is rated at 150 VDC .
This is my new controller. So far so good will have more on it later. It is MAX 150 VDC Solar input for 12 VDC battery. (UPDATE) 10/8/2019 The Make Sky Blue Controller input Mosfet is only rated for 100 VDC and the capacitors are 200 VDC. They are HY-3410. So the max of 160 VDC is not right at all for any battery voltage.
Well I have alot more problems than I thought. Not only did I lose a charge controller. But now my 600 watts of panels on the front of the house are putting out alot less. Max together is 85 watts. In direct sun light. Have to pull them all down later. And check them.
I may have gotten lucky. These only have bypass diodes. So I should be able to cut them out. There are only two legs on the outside. Middle one has been removed being the base is soldered to the right side. And then the panels will work ok
It took me two hours on a ladder. I had to unscrew one corner to use the lead cutters. It is a bit cloudy today but we are getting. 216 watts that is better.
With the diodes removed from your panels are you not getting any power leakage when the panels aren't producing?
