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Old 04-02-2007
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Hi All,
I've been living on the hook for two years now. I have 400 watts of solar and 100 watts of wind (Ampair 100). Now that the days are sunny and longer, I have ample power, mostly from the solar. I use about 150 to 175v amp-hours each day for computer / fridge / lights / etc. My battery bank is small (total of 300 Ah of which I only like to use the "top" 100 amps) so I have to generate what I use each day. One key to effective solar is being able to tilt/turn panels to track the sun. I take a break from work each hour or so to manually track.

Hope this helps,

Jeff
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