Solar Power Can Run a Range of Household Items
If you have pond pumps that run on a normal power supply, you may be surprised to find that the transition to using solar energy may not be so difficult. Almost all pond pumps that operate with AC power can be modified to use DC (solar) power. Solar chargers are ideal for trickle charging batteries on infrequently used vehicles such as vintage cars, sports cars, motorbikes, mowers, tractors and boats. With the help of a solar trickle charger you can return to your machine with the peace of mind that the battery will be charged and ready for starting duties. Recreational vehicles such as camper vans, caravans and boats that run on board lighting and appliances from 12V leisure batteries can also greatly benefit from the addition of a solar panel to help with charging duties. Batteries can be topped up silently throughout the day with energy from the sun, which has to be preferable to running a noisy diesel engine or generator to do the same job. The two most popular are solar and wind energy as the source is almost always at reach and inexhaustible. As long as there are adequate sunshine and strong winds, there is energy using these two. Solar energy comes from the sun’s rays or solar radiation that reach the earth. It can be converted into heat or thermal and electric energy. Heat energy can be used for heating water in homes, buildings or swimming pools. We have seen many buildings that utilize photovoltaic cells as walls, window covers and roofing, but integrating a wind-powered turbine into the building design is yet to come out from the drawing board. A building shaped like two triangles, with pointed edges facing each other, is an ideal setup to integrate both solar and wind as energy sources. Why would this design be ideal? Conceptually, wind turbines placed in the middle of the intersection, between the pointed edges made by the two triangles, would work much more efficiently than a conventional windmill.
