Comment LED Lights (Score 1) 434
All my lights are LED 12 vdc and draw about an amp, but I could run ac lights (Compact Fluorescent) if I wanted to. The LED's give me enough light to navigate around the house and for reading. I also use them outside on a timer. I don't have to turn off the LED lights when not needed because they use so darn little energy, but I do it by habit. My whole house is solar powered:
My system consists of :
1) AIMS 1250-Watts dc to ac Power Inverter.
2) 4-Uni-Solar US 64, 64-Watts @ 16.5 vdc @3.88 amps.
3) 1-Arco 55 Watts @16 vdc @3.4 amps. (I had this one for 20 yrs)
4) 2-40 Watts @17 vdc @ about 2.3 amps (I bought these second hand)
5) For a controller, I have a ASC-12/16 Specialty Concepts 12 Volt 16 Amp and a Lyncom SR-7 7-Amp Charge Controllers (regulates the amps to the batteries so that they don't over charge)
6) 2-L16 6vdc deep cycle batteries. 7) 1-2500 watt Honda generator (for those real cloudy days and washing clothes)
This powers: a small freezer, all my computers, printer, scanner, and other computer stuff. I replaced my old 19-inch tube type TV with a 17-inch LCD TV that is more energy efficient (I save about 100-watts or so).
The idea (for me) is to become energy independent and LED lights help me to acheive this.. //bob