Some observations about my whole house solar installation and how it performs under different weather conditions.
The RC2014 is a DIY Z80 based computer that talks to the outside world using serial comms. This means you need a serial interface to another computer in order to control it. Recently I came across the Pi Pico VGA Terminal board that does away with all that faff. Now, I could buy it, but…
I replace the noisy fans in my hybrid solar inverter with quieter ones.
I managed to drop my Ryobi drill and damaged the battery. Can I take it apart and fix it?
I use a Raspberry Pi Pico and turn it into a serial terminal for my RC2014.
The inverter I have for my DIY Solar setup is a noisy thing. It has two little 60mm fans that come on to cool it down. And they roar like a wannabe rackmount server. Today I swapped them out for some quieter ones off Amazon. Apart from making the inverter quiet it was also a…
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