Shannon Town Sustainable Energy Community (SEC)

Finally, added two handles to power station.  I just have index.html code to finish now :) Which needs to work as a hotspot and provide graphs based on stored sqlite3 data tables.

  Here's the inverter inside the wooden power station housing. So I finished weatherproofing the 1KW power station housing earlier this week and tried it out in the garden. The DPC (damp proof course) plastic stapled to the pine should allow the unit to survive the rain for a few hours :) The unit provides AC out (1000W for 2 hours) and AC in and PV in to recharge the batteries. The unit needs bigger wheels and some kind of handles to allow it to be wheeled around more easily. The 1150W microwave was too much for it and caused the inverter to beep before shutting down. (Reducing the power rating on the microwave made no difference). A 700W toaster worked OK. As it only draws 761W The PV input also worked OK. This allows the inverter to charge the batteries using a solar panels. And the inverter's display showed the batteries PV charging :) So bringing the power station back inside the kitchen to try a 1000W load on it. It is pulling down 900+W quite happily for tens of minutes ...