Wow, this is flash from the past… I had almost forgotten about running DC in a house or garage.
With todays inverter efficiency’s & costs VS. the cost of proper DC wire sizing, garage lighting?, & having to modify a reliable lift system, etc. Is there really a cost savings in the longs run? It’s a garage, are you going to need to run any AC tools, battery chargers? I mean it is a potential man cave, really now…. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dana Orzel Great Solar Works, Inc. C - 208.721.7003 d...@solarwork.com Idaho Contractor - # 028765 Idaho PV # 028374 NABCEP # 051112-136 <http://www.solarwork.biz> www.solarwork.biz "Responsible Technologies for Responsible People since 1988" P Please consider the environment before printing this email. From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Darryl Thayer Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 3:46 AM To: newrewrenches <RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] 12/24v garage door opener..... I have measured the energy used by a garage door opener on more than one occasion. they draw a fair amount of power while operating, however. they don't draw power otherwise so the total energy is very low. I am wondering if a low cost non pure sine inverter to AC operated off the switches which would be low voltage would not serve the same low energy use and reliability of a DC garage door opener On Jan 31, 2018 2:39 AM, "John" <j...@gosolar.co.nz <mailto:j...@gosolar.co.nz> > wrote: Hi all, any recommendations where to find 12 or 24v garage door openers. Can’t remember this coming up on the list beforehand. It is just for a single car garage door. Don’t want to use an inverter, usually better to go direct to a dc motor. Once I have a suitable opener, I can design the rest of the system around it. Thanks for any/all input. John Veix, GoSolar Ltd, N.Z. _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org <mailto:RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/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>
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