glenWV Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 greetings; A dabbler in alternative energy, also using PJ inverters connected to LA batteries and solar panels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid Genetry Solar Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 It's a great start, we've probably all started off that way. Great way to catch the off-grid bug, and gotta love it when the neighbors inform you about a power outage you knew nothing about 👍. Welcome to the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenWV Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 Thank you for the welcome, I appreciate it. The earliest dabbling was with a Bedini Simple School Girl, which grew to a 5' diameter wheel with a single 85 lb, 117 strand coil. Moved from wheels to SS pulsing a single IGBT on the large coil. Unused strands from the coil could be used to power LED strands for free. My 'best' battery charger is a 1.5 ohm coil of 14ga wire pulsed SS, with output through an IGBT into LABs. Current efforts are with Don Smith devices, which offer a lot of promise. Inverters save the trouble of reducing frequency to usable levels. Just create DC, dump it into batteries, and let the inverter do the rest. gl. My 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid Genetry Solar Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Ha, see the Type 422 oscilloscope over there on the side ;-). Ben (the other guy in WV) has (or had!) a Tektronix Type 465, though with some serious internal issues. (Turns on fine, but the trace is completely bent up, and the retrace is going down the middle of the screen, can't display any valuable info.) Not sure if you're an old-school 'scope repairperson, but the complete service manual is pretty easily available for it online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterman Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 21 hours ago, glenWV said: Thank you for the welcome, I appreciate it. The earliest dabbling was with a Bedini Simple School Girl, which grew to a 5' diameter wheel with a single 85 lb, 117 strand coil. Moved from wheels to SS pulsing a single IGBT on the large coil. Unused strands from the coil could be used to power LED strands for free. My 'best' battery charger is a 1.5 ohm coil of 14ga wire pulsed SS, with output through an IGBT into LABs. Current efforts are with Don Smith devices, which offer a lot of promise. Inverters save the trouble of reducing frequency to usable levels. Just create DC, dump it into batteries, and let the inverter do the rest. gl. My 117 Strands? If you had more than one coil like that you could have supplied power to the whole State of West Virginia. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted February 23, 2021 Share Posted February 23, 2021 Hello glen looks like some interesting stuff your up to I am from the Ripley ravenswood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenWV Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 I am on Rt. 119 in Roane County, near Clendenin. There are things here that I am getting rid of that you might find useful. 304-ninethreetwo=7threeten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterman Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 11 hours ago, glenWV said: I am on Rt. 119 in Roane County, near Clendenin. There are things here that I am getting rid of that you might find useful. 304-ninethreetwo=7threeten. I thought Clendenin was in Kanawha County.😉 You must be close to Cotton, WV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenWV Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 12 hours ago, Waterman said: I thought Clendenin was in Kanawha County.😉 You must be close to Cotton, WV. Just inside the Roane county line, around a couple of curves from Cotton Tree Rd. call me when you get a chance, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 Hay Glen you are a incredible person Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 I think I have a parts scope like the one in your pic if you need probes or the hole thing there is a few different types of probes maybe filtering probes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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