Please bear in mind that the umbilical would only be a step on the way
toward electrical independence via solar. If I were freewheeling all over
the country the pullers altenator would just do the job. But since I'm
landlocked for the moment I thought I could start adding to the charge of
the batts via the umbilical B4 I began buying solar mats.
Bob
At 09:05 PM 5/6/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Bob:
>There are some articles on the web about using a lawnmower type engine
>with a automotive style alternator to charge batteries and
>to drive an inverter for some fairly reasonable cost 110 vac.... at 2.00
>to 3.00 per gal... I think you might be better off with the small
>engine... There are even kits available to take the misery out of
>building the device....
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