There are two parts to this tool. The first, seen directly below, is the randomizing version. Simply click the 'Randomize solar system' button, and it'll automatically generate a randomized solar system.
Click any of the planets in it, and you'll be presented with basic information in the fields below the button. All this info can be edited if you'd like, but if you really want to customize everything, I recommend the fully customizable part further down below. The randomized version also allows for the inclusion of blue stars, the exclusive use of blue stars, and for a specific amount of planets up to 10 to be used.
I will probably add more colored stars in the future, especially if there's a demand for it. I stuck to relative realism initially, but I imagine more colors would be useful for non-realistic purposes as well. Besides, it's not like these randomized models are accurate to begin with. It needs a lot of manual data entry and is not very user friendly. It does not offer shading analysis but can import this data from PVsyst.
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Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Leave this field empty. Support Solutions Gallery Blog. Privacy Policy Careers Hiring. It is also true that many battery chargers for recharging power tools will have very poor charging performance when connected to a low-cost modified-wave volt AC inverter.
Most of these low-cost inverters also have a low power conversion efficiency, and can quickly drain your car or truck battery if the engine is off while powering any volt AC device. Here are some examples from Bosch and DeWalt. There are many advantages to using portable volt power without the need for an AC inverter. Not only will this make all wiring easier and safer than dealing with volts AC, but powering volt DC devices directly from a volt battery is much more efficient. This can be a real advantage if your construction project or weekend retreat is located in an area where hauling generator fuel and equipment up a mountain trail is a major effort.
Although this project was intended primarily for powering tools at a remote job site, you can also use this portable solar-power system during a power outage or when camping to recharge your cell phone or power a laptop computer, since most of these devices include charging adapters to fit a volt DC vehicle auxiliary outlet.
I designed this project to require a minimum number of parts and very few wiring connections. I also found an inexpensive plastic battery box , 10 amp in-line DC fuse , and female cigarette lighter receptacle Here's one with battery terminal attachments and fuse built in.
I decided to use this type of power receptacle for this project since so many portable tools and electronic devices have charging adapters that fit this type of volt DC receptacle.
As shown in the photo, I mounted the cigarette lighter receptacle in the box cover and wired it through the fuse to the battery using 10 standard copper wire and crimp on ring terminals. The Solar-Tech watt solar module I selected for this project includes a full-size conduit box mounted on the back.
Note, we had trouble finding a model with attached conduit box, so you may have to improvise when attaching the charge controller. One option is to mount it inside the battery box, and purchase a cable that ends with male and female MC4 connectors typical of most solar panels.
Wire the bare end of the cable directly to the charge controller, and you can use a short, 2-conductor cable with ring terminal ends for quick connect and disconnect to the battery terminals using wing nuts.
This also allows for quick disconnect near the panel. Also make sure the solar module is advertised for a nominal 12 volt charging voltage 17 volts peak , as manufacturers are increasing the physical size and wattage of their modules so fewer modules and wiring connections are needed for the same array total wattage. However, this increased module size also requires increasing the nominal voltage to 24 volts 35 volts peak to keep current and wire size as small as possible, and this is too high for directly charging a volt battery.
While solar charge controllers are available to allow a mismatch between the solar array voltage and battery voltage so you could use a higher voltage solar module, these solar controllers tend to have a much higher cost and are too large to use in this very basic portable solar charging system.
You can locate the solar charge controller on the conduit box attached to the back of the solar module, if you can find one with a conduit, or follow the MC4 instructions detailed above. Each tool charging cycle consumes an average of 7 amp-hours of battery capacity 7 amp charge rate for 1 hour. Of course, the actual number of tool recharges will depend on ambient temperature, battery age, and depth-of-discharge of the tool battery.
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