Steve's Power Toys
Here are a few of my toys I use in our off grid home.
Starting with the NiMH battery Charger, it holds 4 AA or AAA NiMH batteries, and charges from 120vac or 12vdc native. About $20 from Walmart, and came with 4 AA NiMH batteries.
Next is my Kill-A-Watt, a 120vac, 15amp, monitor for volts, amps, watts, hz, watt hours, power factor, etc. indispensable in an off grid home for determining how much power an item uses and for how long it runs.
The last item in the picture is my new Power Center, $99 from BJ's Wholesale. It contains a battery, a 400 watt inverter, jumper cables, air compressor, flashlight, two 12vdc power receptacles, and two 120vac receptacles. Great for portable, emergency power, or, as we are using it, as a temporary UPS to keep the satellite box from losing sync and the clock radio/stereo from losing programming during inverter/generator/inverter switching. We will plug a 20 watt PV panel into it shortly, and give some real life run time/load numbers.
Starting with the NiMH battery Charger, it holds 4 AA or AAA NiMH batteries, and charges from 120vac or 12vdc native. About $20 from Walmart, and came with 4 AA NiMH batteries.
Next is my Kill-A-Watt, a 120vac, 15amp, monitor for volts, amps, watts, hz, watt hours, power factor, etc. indispensable in an off grid home for determining how much power an item uses and for how long it runs.
The last item in the picture is my new Power Center, $99 from BJ's Wholesale. It contains a battery, a 400 watt inverter, jumper cables, air compressor, flashlight, two 12vdc power receptacles, and two 120vac receptacles. Great for portable, emergency power, or, as we are using it, as a temporary UPS to keep the satellite box from losing sync and the clock radio/stereo from losing programming during inverter/generator/inverter switching. We will plug a 20 watt PV panel into it shortly, and give some real life run time/load numbers.
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11:27 AM
