Friday, December 21, 2012

Emergency Power: Planning Battery Backup System

Here you are reading a blog post by a person who is a total novice when it comes to electricity.  To create a battery backup system for our homestead there is a certain level of learning that has to take place before it can happen.

The first thing I did before I began even planning the project was to buy Steven Harris's Battery Bank Videos.  You can find these at the link here in this paragraph, and below with the engineering details.

After watching Steven's first video, I am leaning toward buying the submerged, lead-acid, golf cart batter for my bank.  However, I still need to figure out how many I am going to need.  So I will need to watch video two (how to make one) before proceeding further.

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Just finished video two.  Very good practical information in that video for DIY.

I am still leaning toward the golf cart style battery backup system.  I downloaded both videos to my hard drive.  In case of power failure, if I can get the computer running with my generator, I will be able to review them.  Of course, the idea is to get set up first so things are less chaotic in the time of stress.

Research

  1. http://batteryuniversity.com
  2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_(electricity)
  3. http://www.battery1234.com
  4. http://www.solar1234.com/



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