Solar Power

Solar PV and Solar Thermal projects, generating our own energy

Raspberry Pi solar data logger after one year Photo

Raspberry Pi solar data logger after one year

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Twelve months of data from our Raspberry Pi solar data logger

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Solar Air Removal Upgrade SpiroVent RV2 Photo

Solar Air Removal Upgrade SpiroVent RV2

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Adding an automatic air removal vent to our solar thermal system using a SpiroVent RV2

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Low Voltage Cut off using MAX8212 Photo

Low Voltage Cut off using MAX8212

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Using a MAX8212 to add a low voltage cut-off on our off-grid solar PV system

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RF Shielding on a Mains Inverter Photo

RF Shielding on a Mains Inverter

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Our mains solar inverter is causing RF interference on our ham radio transceivers so we put it in a metal case to improve the RF shielding

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The Hackaday Effect Photo

The Hackaday Effect

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What happens when a blog post appears on the Hackaday website?

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Raspberry Pi Solar Data Logger Photo

Raspberry Pi Solar Data Logger

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Building a data logger using a Raspberry Pi to record data from our solar PV system

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Raspberry Pi Fan Controller and Interface Photo

Raspberry Pi Fan Controller and Interface

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Raspberry Pi Fan Controller and Interface

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Raspberry Pi I2C  Analog to Digital Converter Photo

Raspberry Pi I2C Analog to Digital Converter

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Our first Raspberry Pi I2C Analog to Digital Converter with a power supply

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Raspberry Pi I2C Microchip MCP9800123 Temperature Sensor Photo

Raspberry Pi I2C Microchip MCP9800123 Temperature Sensor

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Using a Microchip MCP9800123 temperature sensor with a Raspberry Pi

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IOIO Android I2C Light Levels using TSL2561 Logging Code Photo

IOIO Android I2C Light Levels using TSL2561 Logging Code

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Measuring Light Levels using TSL2561 and IOIO Android board via I2C

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IOIO Android I2C Temperature Logging Code Photo

IOIO Android I2C Temperature Logging Code

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IOIO Android I2C Temperature Logging Code

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Thermal Panel fitting Photo

Thermal Panel fitting

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Fitting solar thermal panels to our house.

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Arduino Solar Logging Installed Photo

Arduino Solar Logging Installed

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Our new Arduino based solar PV data logger is installed

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Arduino Solar Logging Update Photo

Arduino Solar Logging Update

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Arduino solar PV logging system update

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Arduino Mains Water Pump Logging Photo

Arduino Mains Water Pump Logging

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Arduino mains water pump logger

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