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Solar Monitor II
Installed and working. I designed and printed the case. Installed and started monitoring via Adafruit IO I have a few software enhancements in mind. Ability to turn the boost charger on from the web for example. Also there is a strange phenomenon happening each morning. The voltage goes low enough to trigger the boost charger. […]
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Solar Panel Monitor
It’s been cloudy enough this winter that the solar plant charging has not been able to keep up with demand. Short days and new consuming devices contribute to the problem. I have had to use a trickle charger to keep up. I’d like to automate this process so that the back-up charger comes on when […]
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Tagged as: controller, Electronics, solar plant
Solar Control Panel
This is the control panel for my solar plant. It’s got a lot of exposed wiring, knife switches and analog meters to give it a bit of a steampunk look. We’ll go through the top and bottom panels to explain the functions. The lower panel – starting top center and going counter clockwise. The solar […]
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The Banner Pictures
The banner pictures involve three of my projects: The Annunciator – this is an old annunciator from my grandfathers’s electrical workshop at the American Fabrics Company in Bridgeport, CT. It’s being activated by the Raspberry Pi that’s housing this blog. The Pi scans for emails (and texts routed thorough email via ITTT) and triggers a […]
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Tagged as: annunciator, solar plant, steampunk