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03-08-2008, 12:00 AM
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$5500 for 1750 watts seems a little pricey to me, I'll have to do more looking though. Three big panels 4 deep cycle batteries and an inverter/charge controller, with some screws and mounting equipment. Shouldn't be too much trouble to pick your own parts off the shelf. I don't see anywhere the output of the panels. 1750 watt will be the inverter output, there is no mention of how long it'll maintain 1750 watts.
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03-08-2008, 03:46 AM
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im all for alt energy. It costs a little more but my house is heated by goethermal and i dont know the exact number but a good majority of my tank is run off a wind turbine unit i got from canadian tire but is made by a diffrent manufacterer. The only one you can get at canadian tire. it is made in utah i think. it cost 2100.00 bucks in the end ( you need a place to store the "energy" and i have a real big unit). you can get a smaller one for around 1000.00
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03-08-2008, 04:12 AM
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Very interesting thread. As an environmental economist (by degree), I have a hard time justifying the environmental impacts of having a large reef tank. In the future I would like to have a carbon neutral tank, by using alternative energy and by purchasing carbon credits (offsets) - once some of the kinks of these have been ironed out.
Keep us informed as to how your project goes!
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03-08-2008, 04:42 AM
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Okay, this is what we all really need to drive the MH lights and pumps. Why go green when you can have free power for the next hundreds years or so.....
http://www.nextenergynews.com/news1/...ar-12.17b.html
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