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  • almac
    Solar Fanatic
    • May 2015
    • 314

    #46
    Originally posted by SunEagle
    While I fully subscribe to going to flea markets and garage sales to get "good" deals, I draw the line when it comes to acquiring a quality product because I need to trust that it will work when I ask it.

    Going "cheap" seems to be on the mind of most DIY and preppers because that is how they are motivated. Always looking to spend the least amount they can.

    If people who parachute out of planes or climbed mountains purchased their equipment second hand or from scrap yards, I would think there would be a lot more casualties in those sports.
    there is no analogy between batteries for solar power storage, and parachuting out of a plane. a failed battery is a casualty i can live with, especially if it was free

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    • SunEagle
      Super Moderator
      • Oct 2012
      • 15163

      #47
      Originally posted by almac
      there is no analogy between batteries for solar power storage, and parachuting out of a plane. a failed battery is a casualty i can live with, especially if it was free
      If that battery was powering a medical oxygen machine and stopped in the middle of the night I would classify that as a potential life ending event.

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      • almac
        Solar Fanatic
        • May 2015
        • 314

        #48
        Originally posted by SunEagle
        If that battery was powering a medical oxygen machine and stopped in the middle of the night I would classify that as a potential life ending event.
        rest assured mine are not, lights, laptops, coffee machines , tv. and if i need an ambulance my mobile phone remains charged

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        • SunEagle
          Super Moderator
          • Oct 2012
          • 15163

          #49
          Originally posted by almac
          rest assured mine are not, lights, laptops, coffee machines , tv. and if i need an ambulance my mobile phone remains charged
          I am glad you do not require critical power for your comfort.

          I only hope you aren't watching your favorite sport activity with 1 minute to go and the lights go out.

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          • Living Large
            Solar Fanatic
            • Nov 2014
            • 910

            #50
            Originally posted by Willy T
            This might take a forum section of it's own, if it takes 500 posts to get here and still no system built yet. lol Good luck to you and all that advise you received, your system might think it's a golf cart.
            Yes, collecting information and tweaking a design of an off-grid power system is a horrible idea, eh Willy? Why not just blow $30,000 on day one, buy the wrong equipment, and then figure out how to make it work? Is that what you would do, Willy?

            As it happens, I just decided 3 weeks ago to pull the trigger and buy this off grid cabin I first dropped in and began designing a solar system for in the beginning of winter. With the assistance of helpful people here. I am working furiously to get electricity to it, which is incredibly challenging for reasons I don't care to fully share with you. One solution is $129,000, and the other is $55,000 unless I can get another land owner to come in and it drops about $30,000. I am crossing a river and dealing with wetlands and the DEC and Army Corps. So I am going methodically, not that you apparently value a well thought out plan.

            Please put me on your ignore list, so that when I post you don't see it - because it obviously is too tempting for you to resist taking swipes at people you don't like with an off topic rant. I happen to be planning an LFP battery bank, which is the opposite end of the spectrum from scrapped LA batteries. If I don't get electricity. Sorry the end of the story isn't written yet. Goodbye, Willy.

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            • Willy T
              Solar Fanatic
              • Jun 2014
              • 405

              #51
              Originally posted by Living Large
              Yes, collecting information and tweaking a design of an off-grid power system is a horrible idea, eh Willy? Why not just blow $30,000 on day one, buy the wrong equipment, and then figure out how to make it work? Is that what you would do, Willy?

              As it happens, I just decided 3 weeks ago to pull the trigger and buy this off grid cabin I first dropped in and began designing a solar system for in the beginning of winter. With the assistance of helpful people here. I am working furiously to get electricity to it, which is incredibly challenging for reasons I don't care to fully share with you. One solution is $129,000, and the other is $55,000 unless I can get another land owner to come in and it drops about $30,000. I am crossing a river and dealing with wetlands and the DEC and Army Corps. So I am going methodically, not that you apparently value a well thought out plan.

              Please put me on your ignore list, so that when I post you don't see it - because it obviously is too tempting for you to resist taking swipes at people you don't like with an off topic rant. I happen to be planning an LFP battery bank, which is the opposite end of the spectrum from scrapped LA batteries. If I don't get electricity. Sorry the end of the story isn't written yet. Goodbye, Willy.
              Actually your already on my Ignore list. All I did was copy and paste SunEagle's post where he used your Quote. Please put me on your list, then we'll both be happy.

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              • Sunking
                Solar Fanatic
                • Feb 2010
                • 23301

                #52
                Originally posted by Willy T
                Actually your already on my Ignore list. All I did was copy and paste SunEagle's post where he used your Quote. Please put me on your list, then we'll both be happy.
                Willy I know how you can make everyone happy happy. LEAVE.
                MSEE, PE

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                • SunEagle
                  Super Moderator
                  • Oct 2012
                  • 15163

                  #53
                  Originally posted by Willy T
                  Actually your already on my Ignore list. All I did was copy and paste SunEagle's post where he used your Quote. Please put me on your list, then we'll both be happy.
                  Willy

                  If your intentions are to use other people's posts and quotes as the object of harassing someone on this forum then I please request you not to use anything I post for that action.

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                  • Willy T
                    Solar Fanatic
                    • Jun 2014
                    • 405

                    #54
                    Originally posted by Sunking
                    Willy I know how you can make everyone happy happy. LEAVE.
                    Take your own advise and LEAVE

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                    • Willy T
                      Solar Fanatic
                      • Jun 2014
                      • 405

                      #55
                      Originally posted by SunEagle
                      Willy

                      If your intentions are to use other people's posts and quotes as the object of harassing someone on this forum then I please request you not to use anything I post for that action.
                      I was harassing no one, are you ?? I made a post, plain and simple, no better and no worse than I see everyday on here. The point was I didn't see his post, you quoted it.

                      Originally Posted by Living Large
                      Maybe there needs to be a "Budget Solar Power" forum. Periodically, someone shows up who wants to run a solar system on the cheap. Using junked batteries and "free sun power" would fit that description.

                      I am looking at what you may call an "excellent battery bank" - an LFP bank. But I need an excellent bank for low sun hours. If I don't get an excellent bank, I'm going to be spending half or more of my time helping my solar system do its job, which is too much user intervention.


                      Originally Posted by Willy T
                      This might take a forum section of it's own, if it takes 500 posts to get here and still no system built yet. lol Good luck to you and all that advise you received, your system might think it's a golf cart.

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                      • SunEagle
                        Super Moderator
                        • Oct 2012
                        • 15163

                        #56
                        Originally posted by Willy T
                        I was harassing no one, are you ?? I made a post, plain and simple, no better and no worse than I see everyday on here. The point was I didn't see his post, you quoted it.
                        If I was harassing someone they would know it.

                        Harassment comes in many forms and can sometimes be ignored or not depending on the person.

                        Sarcasm is one of those forms which I use but try to make sure my posting is in the Comic Sans MS Font followed by a so that it is not misinterpreted.

                        As for how my posts are used, part of the results falls on me and I will need to make sure what I say in the future is not construed as harassment.

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                        • Sunking
                          Solar Fanatic
                          • Feb 2010
                          • 23301

                          #57
                          Originally posted by Willy T
                          Actually your already on my Ignore list. All I did was copy and paste SunEagle's post where he used your Quote. Please put me on your list, then we'll both be happy.
                          You moron. Liar Liar pants on fire. Such a huge lie any child can detect it. If LL was on your ignore list, you could not respond to him you idiot. Really stupid. Those username and time/date stamps hold up in court. So here are your signs.

                          Liar
                          Hack
                          Stupid.

                          You earned each and everyone of them. Misrepresentation is enough to get you BANNED WILLY.
                          MSEE, PE

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                          • Willy T
                            Solar Fanatic
                            • Jun 2014
                            • 405

                            #58
                            Originally posted by Sunking
                            You moron. Liar Liar pants on fire. Such a huge lie any child can detect it. If LL was on your ignore list, you could not respond to him you idiot. Really stupid. Those username and time/date stamps hold up in court. So here are your signs.

                            Liar
                            Hack
                            Stupid.

                            You earned each and everyone of them. Misrepresentation is enough to get you BANNED WILLY.
                            There you go , Name Calling again, you need to grow up.

                            Reading Comprehension, I saw his post on a QUOTE

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                            • Living Large
                              Solar Fanatic
                              • Nov 2014
                              • 910

                              #59
                              Originally posted by Sunking
                              If LL was on your ignore list, you could not respond to him
                              He said that he saw a message I wrote in something that someone replied to - which will show up.

                              The problem is he doesn't know what "ignore" means. If someone wants to ignore someone else, then they should ignore them. He did the same thing with a post of yours in the past week - and then justified it by saying he can't see your posts but saw something you wrote quoted in someone else's post. That isn't ignoring. Ignoring would be you see something written by someone you want to ignore and move on. Why bother putting someone on your ignore list in the first place, if you don't intend to ignore them?

                              I wish he would actually ignore people on his ignore list, because the posts in question are indeed harassment, as SunEagle has accurately suggested. I've already done it for quotes I saw of his in other people's posts after I put him on ignore. It isn't hard - it's a big boy's pants thing.

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                              • Willy T
                                Solar Fanatic
                                • Jun 2014
                                • 405

                                #60
                                Originally posted by almac
                                there is no analogy between batteries for solar power storage, and parachuting out of a plane. a failed battery is a casualty i can live with, especially if it was free
                                Back to the discussion, any Battery that has a capacity that your willing to live with is perfectly acceptable no matter where you acquire it. Belittling you for using batteries you want to use is silly.

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