Thanks to the generosity of Steve Britten, owner of Capco powder coating in Coquille, Ore, I have a set of two good used, large, deep cycle six volt batteries. I hooked them in series and put them in the alternative energy powerhouse. It has been very dark and wet until the last couple of days so the poor little fifty watt solar panel was having a struggle charging them. They had sat for awhile and partially discharged and have been on the solar for more than a week. But the last two days have been very sunny and they are now almost fully charged. Hooray! Plenty of storage now for the one panel I have. I will be going a-begging for more panels. I have a three hundred watt controller and my calculations show that if I get three hundred watts of panels total, I will be able to run everything but the refrigerator and water heater, although I will be able to run the refrigerator for about fifty percent of the time on the solar. Since I have most of the materials for a wood/ solar water heater, I will begin construction on one this spring. That will solve that problem. My goal is one hundred percent renewable within two years. The weather was great today so I did some cleanup and got the compost pile in shape for spring.
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