Hi Dan, the application is for a small municipality that wants to light up trees on a street. Running low voltage DC lines would be a good solution except for the cost of running/hiding the wires. I don’t really see a good option here.
Ron Young earthRight Solar > On Jun 3, 2017, at 9:06 AM, Dan Fink <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is this lighting the tree itself as a landscaping highlight, or stringing > Xmas lights in it? > For the latter, all I've seen is cheap Costco stuff. > For the former, I'd go with a central PV/battery location and run low-voltage > lines to each tree, with a commercial-grade LED light. The placement of > individual PV for each tree would be problematic and likely more intrusive > visually than a nicely-sited PV/battery box, and all the individual tree > systems I've seen were low quality. > And your client could still tell everyone that his accent landscape lights > are solar... > > > Dan Fink > Professor of Solar Energy Technology, Ecotech Institute > IREC Certified Instructor™ for: > ~ PV Installation Professional > ~ Small Wind Installer > Executive Director, Buckville Energy > NABCEP Registered Continuing Education Providers™ > 970.672.4342 <tel:970.672.4342> > > > On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 10:12 AM, Ron Young <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Hi Wrenches, I have a client that wants to light up trees in his yard using > solar packages in each tree. Haven’t seen this except for novelty lights. > This client wants something sturdy & long lasting. Has anyone done this or > have suggestions other than parting together the individual components? > Thanks! > > Ron Young > earthRight Solar > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > <http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org> > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm <http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm> > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org <http://www.members.re-wrenches.org/> > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: [email protected] > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org >
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