islandgun Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 Would anyone have experience on installing "building" mounted wind turbines along with PV cells to generate enough electricity for lighting in this building please. I don't want to install mains electric. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 12v .....120v.....or 240v.....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted February 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 4 minutes ago, ditchman said: 12v .....120v.....or 240v.....? Ah 😀. All an absolute unknown to me [hence the question] would guess 240 or standard house/strip lighting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 (edited) if you only need lighting or enough for a small tele....go for 12v...LED lights..12v car batteries and hook it up to a photovolaic panel......thats the simplest way... the other thing you need is something to protect the LED lights from excessive voltage of the 12v battereys...something to smooth the electricity flow out ..otherwise it will burn them out....... any more information is beyond my knowledge Edited February 6, 2022 by ditchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted February 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 34 minutes ago, ditchman said: if you only need lighting or enough for a small tele....go for 12v...LED lights..12v car batteries and hook it up to a photovolaic panel......thats the simplest way... the other thing you need is something to protect the LED lights from excessive voltage of the 12v battereys...something to smooth the electricity flow out ..otherwise it will burn them out....... any more information is beyond my knowledge Thats great thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 I have a larger building than that fitted with a single panel (300W or less) feeding into a solar charge controller (Epever is the make) which charges a 12V leisure battery. That feeds a 1600W inverter that can supply 800W of 240V constantly and 1600W for short bursts. Off that inverter I can run some labelling machines, a PC, a couple of printers (labels) and yesterday I fitted a twin batten light unit from Toolstation. It won't run all of those all together for the whole day but it would light your building easy enough. Look up Will Prowse on Youtube, he does some really good vids on what you are wanting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted February 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 5 minutes ago, 39TDS said: I have a larger building than that fitted with a single panel (300W or less) feeding into a solar charge controller (Epever is the make) which charges a 12V leisure battery. That feeds a 1600W inverter that can supply 800W of 240V constantly and 1600W for short bursts. Off that inverter I can run some labelling machines, a PC, a couple of printers (labels) and yesterday I fitted a twin batten light unit from Toolstation. It won't run all of those all together for the whole day but it would light your building easy enough. Look up Will Prowse on Youtube, he does some really good vids on what you are wanting. Brilliant, exactly what i wanted to hear, will do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 11 minutes ago, 39TDS said: I have a larger building than that fitted with a single panel (300W or less) feeding into a solar charge controller (Epever is the make) which charges a 12V leisure battery. That feeds a 1600W inverter that can supply 800W of 240V constantly and 1600W for short bursts. Off that inverter I can run some labelling machines, a PC, a couple of printers (labels) and yesterday I fitted a twin batten light unit from Toolstation. It won't run all of those all together for the whole day but it would light your building easy enough. Look up Will Prowse on Youtube, he does some really good vids on what you are wanting. superb...........inverter off a 12v system........thats excactly it make sure you use low energy bulbs.......well done 39TDS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted February 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 11 minutes ago, 39TDS said: I have a larger building than that fitted with a single panel (300W or less) feeding into a solar charge controller (Epever is the make) which charges a 12V leisure battery. That feeds a 1600W inverter that can supply 800W of 240V constantly and 1600W for short bursts. Off that inverter I can run some labelling machines, a PC, a couple of printers (labels) and yesterday I fitted a twin batten light unit from Toolstation. It won't run all of those all together for the whole day but it would light your building easy enough. Look up Will Prowse on Youtube, he does some really good vids on what you are wanting. Had a very quick look and he seems to be mostly concerned with solar, here in the North of Scotland we get more wind than sun, although I would prefer solar I wondered if a mix wouldn't be preferable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 Suggest that caravan/camping supply outfits might be a place to look? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 27 minutes ago, islandgun said: Had a very quick look and he seems to be mostly concerned with solar, here in the North of Scotland we get more wind than sun, although I would prefer solar I wondered if a mix wouldn't be preferable. I wrote the last reply a little in haste and did think about wind be a more reliable source of energy than solar in your situation. It probably would make sense to include a small wind turbine and I would think the type commonly found on smallish pleasure boats would suffice. Or, add an excess of solar panels as they are pretty cheap and plenty of room on that roof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted February 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 Thanks men.. great info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 I have no experience of solar , except the single panel on the roof of my caravan in my woodland. I can't remember the specs , but the panel is around 18" x 36 " . It runs through a solar charge controller, and charges a large leisure battery . The panel kicks out around 16v on an overcast day, and up to about 24v on a sunny day . I've never really pushed the system to be honest , and it's only used to run two small led strip lights( like you'd find in the back of a van) , and charging vapes , phones , tablet , laptop etc . I also have a 240v pure sinewave inverter , that I plug into the 12v system , and use it to charge power tool batteries . We rarely use the caravan for more than three days , so as I said , the system isn't really pushed too hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted February 7, 2022 Report Share Posted February 7, 2022 On 06/02/2022 at 18:09, ditchman said: superb...........inverter off a 12v system........thats excactly it make sure you use low energy bulbs.......well done 39TDS And maybe a leisure battery not a car job? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted February 7, 2022 Report Share Posted February 7, 2022 20 minutes ago, old man said: And maybe a leisure battery not a car job? good point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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