John Samlex makes small pure sine wave inverters from 12 to 48 volts and down to 150 watts Jerry
On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 5:23 AM, Dana <d...@solarwork.com> wrote: > 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 <(208)%20721-7003> > d...@solarwork.com <d...@solarwork.com>* > > Idaho Contractor - # 028765 Idaho PV # 028374 > > NABCEP # 051112-136 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> 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 > > 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 > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: 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 > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > > >
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