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FAQ: Homebrewed Electricity FAQ



Batteries -- Can I use car batteries in my solar/wind RE system?
car batteries are not a good choice for this type of an application.
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Batteries -- How can I get the longest life from my Batteries
Maintenance of your Battery Bank
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Batteries -- How do I take care of my Flooded Lead Acid Batteries
Maintenence, care and testing of lead acid batteries
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Batteries -- What voltage should my SLA battery read when fully charged?
This question gets asked allot along with a few other SLA (Sealed Lead Acid) related questions.
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Blade-Carving 101
Detailed
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Can I charge a 12v battery with a 9v power source
no current will flow into the battery until the voltage from the charger exceeds the voltage of the battery
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coils coils coils
for your coil questions look here
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everything you wanted to know about magnetism but were to repulsed to ask
for all those magnetics questions look here
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How can I put a Picture into my Story or Comment ?
Detailed instructions for including pictures into your Postings and Comments
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How is the wild 3-phase AC output of a wind turbine converted to DC for battery charging?
With bridge rectifiers mounted to a heat sink, read on......
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Starting the Listeroid diesel
when it's really cold....
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Systems -- Fuses and Circuit Breakers -- where do I put them in a system?
For safety's sake, there are different places to put them, with different types of fuses and breakers required.
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what happens when I hook a 30v power source to a 12v battery
the battery pulls the source voltege down to its level
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Wind - Can I convert a gas-powered portable generator into a wind turbine by removing the engine?
No. The alternator used on portable gensets just will not work for a wind turbine, because....
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Wind -- Can I use a car alternator to build a wind generator?
You could...but they are poorly-suited for the task, requiring high rpms to make power, and have other problems.
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Wind -- Can I use a car voltage regulator to regulate my wind generator?
No, vehicle voltage regulators are built to perform a completely different function.
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Wind -- How do I regulate voltage from my windmill to my battery bank?
The batteries actually regulate themselves, UNTIL they get full. At that point you must start diverting power to a Dump Load.
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Wind -- How do you get the windmill power down the tower, since the mill yaws into the wind?
Commercial slip rings are expensive...you can build your own, or go with a simple "pendant cable." Read on....
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