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A showcase of the sun's power
by Outspoken on Mon Sep 29, 2008 4:05 am
A showcase of the sun's power
BY DOUG HARLOW
Staff Writer Morning Sentinel
Lofving has a little solar car he will show visitors. It holds two people, goes more than 25 miles per hour and travels about 30 miles on each charge -- but unlike a gasoline car, when it runs out, you park it in the sun and it recharges itself, Lofving said.
He also warms and illuminates his retrofitted home.
"We have two systems, one is a photovoltaic panel -- a typical solar panel that collects sun rays and makes it into electricity," Lofving said. "It goes through a charge controller and goes to batteries and then goes out through a fuse box and into a couple of little circuits. It runs LED lights in the house and little 12-volt plugs that can run anything."
He said the plugs can recharge a cell phone, run a radio, provide emergency lighting and play a CD.
"We also have solar hot water," Lofving said of the two large panels mounted on his roof. "It runs the pumps -- whenever the sun's out, it's pumping. Most of the spring, summer and fall, we have hot water, free hot water."
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/5458262.html
Staff photo by David Leaming
BY DOUG HARLOW
Staff Writer Morning Sentinel
Lofving has a little solar car he will show visitors. It holds two people, goes more than 25 miles per hour and travels about 30 miles on each charge -- but unlike a gasoline car, when it runs out, you park it in the sun and it recharges itself, Lofving said.
He also warms and illuminates his retrofitted home.
"We have two systems, one is a photovoltaic panel -- a typical solar panel that collects sun rays and makes it into electricity," Lofving said. "It goes through a charge controller and goes to batteries and then goes out through a fuse box and into a couple of little circuits. It runs LED lights in the house and little 12-volt plugs that can run anything."
He said the plugs can recharge a cell phone, run a radio, provide emergency lighting and play a CD.
"We also have solar hot water," Lofving said of the two large panels mounted on his roof. "It runs the pumps -- whenever the sun's out, it's pumping. Most of the spring, summer and fall, we have hot water, free hot water."
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/5458262.html
Staff photo by David Leaming
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