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Problems with 13″ Macbook battery swelling causing trackpad and button problems
Over the last couple of months I have noticed the trackpad and button on my Macbook have been giving me troubles. The button would press ‘by itself’ and the trackpad was not really responsive. I also noticed the front case had started to crack so I figured it was time to see what was going [...]
alternate energy \ clean energy \ Missouri Wind and Solar \ pma \ Thermodine \ wind energy \ wind power \ Wind Turbine
1600w Wind Turbine video – good deal or rip off?
I took a video of the turbine I purchased off of Ebay and posted it on You Tube. The response I received somewhat shocked me. There are a couple of companies that are fighting in the market and the one I purchased the turbine from seems to be selling ‘counterfeit’ units. The unit I purchased [...]
clean energy \ pma \ Wind Turbine
Small Wind Turbine
I won an auction on Ebay for a wind turbine. It was advertised as a used Missouri Wind and Solar 1600w turbine. After I won the auction I started watching videos about how to install the turbine and tripped across how another company was ripping off the Missouri Wind people and selling other products as [...]
alternate energy \ solar energy
New solar panel has arrived
I am a little behind in my posts but here is my new solar panel. This is a one hundred and twenty watt panel that will be added into my system to give me a total of two hundred and forty watts. I picked this panel up off of Ebay because of the price. [...]
Solar panel frame
I finally got around to building a frame for my solar panel. I did some checking of the roof pitch and the angle is 22 degrees, I need it sitting at 45 degrees. This will get the best sun in the winter and summer. The best angle for my area is 30 deg in [...]
Solar Cells
I ordered some solar cells a little while back and they arrived today! I am looking forward to building out two solar panels with 36 cells in each. This should give me 18vdc and 2.5A to 3.5A per panel. They wil be used to help charge the battery bank in the new trailer we bought [...]