[Emc-users] Going off-grid [Was: Thinking about going off-line eventually.

2018-04-16 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 15.04.18 19:40, Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings all; > > I see Banggood has a 500 watt wind thingy for under $200 that net folks > are calling professional grade stuff. I am looking to put up an > anerometer to record the wind speeds, one of those 3 cups designs that > isn't direction sensit

Re: [Emc-users] Going off-grid [Was: Thinking about going off-line eventually.

2018-04-16 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 16 April 2018 06:29:12 Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 15.04.18 19:40, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > I see Banggood has a 500 watt wind thingy for under $200 that net > > folks are calling professional grade stuff. I am looking to put up > > an anerometer to record the win

Re: [Emc-users] Going off-grid [Was: Thinking about going off-line eventually.

2018-04-16 Thread Dave Cole
I've had a open loop ground water heat pump in my house for 22 years.   I'm ripping it out soon since they just ran natural gas down the road.  I travel for work, and I need  a system that works very reliably.   Ground water heat pumps can be high maintenance. PM me if you want to discuss. I w

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa choices

2018-04-16 Thread andy pugh
On 15 April 2018 at 04:05, jeremy youngs wrote: > I'm thinking 7i43 ran by epp at > this time. I have a pair of servo motors with renco encoders and an > inexpensive hbridge (36v15a) . I've tried sorting through everything and > just seem to end up confused. I'm looking to get x/y under servo pow

Re: [Emc-users] Going off-grid [Was: Thinking about going off-line eventually.

2018-04-16 Thread Chris Albertson
> > I'm also looking at a camping fridge with phase-change material inside > the insulation. That only needs power for a couple of hours in the > morning, and again in the afternoon, so does not load the batteries if > there's sun. > Not a "camping" fridge but a marine refrigerator. These are ins

Re: [Emc-users] 7i43 Invalid Cookie message

2018-04-16 Thread Peter C. Wallace
On Sat, 14 Apr 2018, Peter C. Wallace wrote: Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2018 09:40:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter C. Wallace Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 7i43 Invalid Cookie message On Sat, 14 Apr 2018, andy pugh wrote:

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa choices

2018-04-16 Thread jeremy youngs
The 5i25 will work with my existing breakout boards if I'm understanding correctly. And a spinx1 will get me to an analog +-10 that I can flip flop for reversal. I'm thinking 5i25 and softdmc should get me where I want to be. And be expandable later on . Can the 5i25 output a 0-5 v analog, it woul

Re: [Emc-users] Going off-grid [Was: Thinking about going off-line eventually.

2018-04-16 Thread Jon Elson
On Monday 16 April 2018 06:29:12 Erik Christiansen wrote: In my new build, lighting will all be LED, run from DC. The inverter won't need to be running for that. The plan is to make some of the light fittings. Yes, I think you can do much better making your own LED setups than buying commerc

Re: [Emc-users] Going off-grid [Was: Thinking about going off-line eventually.

2018-04-16 Thread Jon Elson
On 04/16/2018 10:43 AM, Dave Cole wrote: If you want to get fancy, you can chill water with heat using an ammonia absorption system (chiller). That's what hospitals and many large commerical buildings use for air conditioning.But they get complex and you need to deal with ammonia. Re

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa choices

2018-04-16 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 16 April 2018 20:11:46 jeremy youngs wrote: > The 5i25 will work with my existing breakout boards if I'm > understanding correctly. And a spinx1 will get me to an analog +-10 > that I can flip flop for reversal. I'm thinking 5i25 and softdmc > should get me where I want to be. And be ex

Re: [Emc-users] Mesa choices

2018-04-16 Thread jeremy youngs
I'm controlling+-10 v carotron rcp 205-000 DC brush drive 25 amps, igbt isolated. At 180v . So from mulling this over , I think the 5i90 seems my best choice . I still yet have to get coming a USB wifi adapter , but work in the shop has been steady so time for this project is whenever I can. But I