Billboard PV Lighting [RE-wrenches]

[Darryl Thayer]

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Hi Matt
I used a plastic electrical enclosure with gasket.  I
also insulated the outside with styrofoam.  

The batteries were Concorde AGM. a starved electrolite
Valve regulated battery.  I at that time believed that
it was more stable to freezeing. and of course low
maintanance.  
Darryl 

--- Matt Tritt <solarone at charter.net> wrote:
>   Hey Darryl,
> 
>   What did you use for the buried battery box? Did
> you go with gel cells to 
> avoid gassing?
> 
>   Matt T
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: "Darryl Thayer" <daryl_solar at yahoo.com>
>   >   Subject: RE: Billboard PV Lighting
[RE-wrenches]
 
>   HI
>   I have done a few, but I am sure there are many
>   experiances out there.
> 
>   I used Compact fl lamps, two eleven watters. 
> Burried
>   the AGm batteries in the  ground powered with  PV
> of
>   course and controlled with the Sunlight 10
> controller.
>    The system is 12 volt and the fixtures do come up
>   during the winter.  The fixture I used was
> enclosed,
>   distrbuted by back woods solar.
>   Good luck
>   If you need more detail ask again.
>   Daryl


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