I should of got a job with NASA...
Submitted: Friday, Mar 18, 2005 at 08:31
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Lone Wolf
... and that's NOT NASA as in NASA NSB for Nurses, but the real one.... you know.... man on the moon, and all of that.
"Why, Wolfie, why?"
Well, because my little green Honda HRV, the one with the space age water carriers on the rear, is now sporting it's latest addition.
A solar array!
Yep... I built a purpose frame with 75 x 25 RHS & had it Powdercoated Periwinkle
Grey Gloss, the same as the water carriers. This frame bolts onto my roof basket, and sit over the spare tyre casing towards the rear. The panel actually nests inside the frame, all very low profile stuff. Looks cool.
When I have my 9db ariel installed, and go upstairs, and look down onto the top of the vehicle, it looks like a lunar rover or something.
Now, why did I do this.....
'cause I can, no other reason. I just like making stuff, to keep me interested in my work. Oh, sure, it's only a little panel, which just sat in my office for years, so I thought.... 'why not'.
It will simply trickle charge an Outback ( Blue Apple ) battery, which runs my laptop & camera charging retinue.
Too much spare time Tracy tells me.......
"Don't even THINK about getting me to drive that bloody thing around Ian!"
Well darling, that was all in the grand plan!!! A boys toy....
Bored Wolf