Old 07-24-2014, 05:30 AM
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oldsewnsew
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Default Solar power sewing, sort of...

I think CD was talking about the topic. Here is my setup, which I'm trying to get assembled into a freestanding unit, before the weekend show. I had it running the sewing machine but had to stop as the rain and clouds have been a rfrequent companion here recently.
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]484771[/ATTACH] I actually had the machine running, but the pictures and video are on my camera. Waiting for the rain to go away, so I can get back to it.
The power comes from a 12V/9AH sealed lead acid battery, which is small and light, and used in UPS's for computers, (Uninteruptable Power Supply), and a 400 watt inverter, which is enough to run the machine by themselves, but you need to have a battery charger of some type. Or you could just buy a UPS, or get one from a recycle and replace the likely exhausted battery. The Solar panel, charge controller module came from the auction site, and is a 20W panel with a charge controller that you hook the battery and inverter to, and is capable of handling a much higher wattage battery and load. Altogether, there is about $65 in the solar module, $20 in a battery, and $40 in the inverter, plus a little 12 ga stranded wire with connectors, in case you don't want to cut the ones that come with the inverter.
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