So I've mean mean to start building a solar/wind setup for ages now. Starting small & adding as required.
Maybe including a 12V circuit in the house or something along those lines.
I've also noticed that Maplins have adaptors for running Laptops from 12V and that there is a in-car entertainment scene in the US that sells devices for running a non-laptop computer off 12V.
I know about invertors but 12V appeals somehow.
A dodgy set of glow plugs that was misdiagnosed leaves me with a servicable heavy duty battery. We also have a 3 way fridge running off the mains that started out as a camping fridge but has become an extension to an under counter fridge.
So I could walk into Maplins & pick up a panel for little money but.... not well versed in outputs, modulators (if that is right word) etc.
What books/other does anyone recommend to read about how all the components work with each other as a system?
Maybe including a 12V circuit in the house or something along those lines.
I've also noticed that Maplins have adaptors for running Laptops from 12V and that there is a in-car entertainment scene in the US that sells devices for running a non-laptop computer off 12V.
I know about invertors but 12V appeals somehow.
A dodgy set of glow plugs that was misdiagnosed leaves me with a servicable heavy duty battery. We also have a 3 way fridge running off the mains that started out as a camping fridge but has become an extension to an under counter fridge.
So I could walk into Maplins & pick up a panel for little money but.... not well versed in outputs, modulators (if that is right word) etc.
What books/other does anyone recommend to read about how all the components work with each other as a system?