Backyard Shed Lights
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@pmoncho Great Lakes regions, like your general area is 4th in the lower 48 for mostly cloudy or overcast weather annually.
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I was looking this up a few weeks ago. A friend was trying to make a set up for his family still dealing with the aftermath from the hurricane. He went w a solar setup using car batteries. Calculations can be found here: just scroll past the sales pitch of the company's batteries. https://hitlights.com/blogs/news/how-long-will-your-batteries-power-my-lights
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It auto corrected out his family in Puerto Rico.
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We purchased a kit from Harbor Freight - it came with everything I needed at the time for a small lighting project.
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@Dashrender it's pretty interesting stuff. I'll be getting another shed in the next year or so and I'll have to do this. I was able to find a solar calculator and see the optimal placement.
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@mary
Thanks Mary. I took a look and will use that.I'm guessing I should find the lights I would like and then work backwards to figure out the type of battery and Solar panel I would need.
This is not a big project and the light is more for convenience than actual work.
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@Dashrender said in Backyard Shed Lights:
We purchased a kit from Harbor Freight - it came with everything I needed at the time for a small lighting project.
I will check out HF this weekend. Lots to do before the wedding but I will make it an "but honey, its on the way" trip. :winking_face:
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@pmoncho said in Backyard Shed Lights:
@travisdh1 said in Backyard Shed Lights:
@pmoncho The other big question is, are you in Texas or New York? Big difference in the amount of solar power you can count on getting!
I'm NE Ohio. I am only planning on using the light in the shed for about 5-7 hours a week and about 1-2 hours at one time.
Well shoot, we should say hello sometime. I'm on the east side of Cleveland.
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@travisdh1 said in Backyard Shed Lights:
@pmoncho said in Backyard Shed Lights:
@travisdh1 said in Backyard Shed Lights:
@pmoncho The other big question is, are you in Texas or New York? Big difference in the amount of solar power you can count on getting!
I'm NE Ohio. I am only planning on using the light in the shed for about 5-7 hours a week and about 1-2 hours at one time.
Well shoot, we should say hello sometime. I'm on the east side of Cleveland.
Absolutely. In our PM, I mentioned B-Spot. Lola Burger and Reissdorf beer
Edit: Sorry, Apparently I was thinking B-Spot and forgot to actually type it. I only mentioned grabbing a beer. My bad.
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@pmoncho said in Backyard Shed Lights:
@travisdh1 said in Backyard Shed Lights:
@pmoncho said in Backyard Shed Lights:
@travisdh1 said in Backyard Shed Lights:
@pmoncho The other big question is, are you in Texas or New York? Big difference in the amount of solar power you can count on getting!
I'm NE Ohio. I am only planning on using the light in the shed for about 5-7 hours a week and about 1-2 hours at one time.
Well shoot, we should say hello sometime. I'm on the east side of Cleveland.
Absolutely. In our PM, I mentioned B-Spot. Lola Burger and Reissdorf beer
Edit: Sorry, Apparently I was thinking B-Spot and forgot to actually type it. I only mentioned grabbing a beer. My bad.
Hrm, should we start #mangomeetups?
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@travisdh1 said in Backyard Shed Lights:
@pmoncho said in Backyard Shed Lights:
@travisdh1 said in Backyard Shed Lights:
@pmoncho said in Backyard Shed Lights:
@travisdh1 said in Backyard Shed Lights:
@pmoncho The other big question is, are you in Texas or New York? Big difference in the amount of solar power you can count on getting!
I'm NE Ohio. I am only planning on using the light in the shed for about 5-7 hours a week and about 1-2 hours at one time.
Well shoot, we should say hello sometime. I'm on the east side of Cleveland.
Absolutely. In our PM, I mentioned B-Spot. Lola Burger and Reissdorf beer
Edit: Sorry, Apparently I was thinking B-Spot and forgot to actually type it. I only mentioned grabbing a beer. My bad.
Hrm, should we start #mangomeetups?
I don't see why not. More than 1 in some places of the world could be considered a group. Then we label it a MangoMeetup!
