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Solar powered
I have been experimenting with solar power in my shop . I was wondering if any one else had tried running the carvewright
on solar and if it would harm the machine to run it on a modified sine wave . Right now I only have 400 watts of solar and 2 -12 volt 94 amp hr. batteries feeding a 12 volt to 120 volt 1500 watt modified sine wave inverter I have no problem supplying power to my lights and a fan and I have used it on a quarter inch drill and it seems to keep my batteries charged too. If any one has solar I sure would like to hear from you . I live in Florida so we have plenty much sun all year .
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Have not myself, sounds good though.
Capt Barry
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I made my first carve using the solar panels it was a three and a half hour carve .the board was oak 30"x6"x3/4 I carved 8 eagles 5" wide by about 2" tall at a depth of .500 , The machine ran flawlessly on solar power , I was making blanks for wooden hinges . I still need more batteries and some more panels but they will come in timeAttachment 56816
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Now that's just too COOL.
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How about some pictures of your seet-up, please.
Capt Barry
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I will try to post some pictures tomorrow
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If you want to see some pictures of my solar powered carvewright please visit my site at http://billsroughcut.com/ and click on Solar at the top of the page.
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Pretty cool setup. 50 amps is that correct? Pretty impressive
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Thats 50 amp 12 volt dc going to the inverter but it wasn't constant amp load it fluctuated I just happened to snap the picture at the high point. The out put of the inverter is 120 volts ac I didn't check the amp draw of the machine.
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Really nice shop. I noticed that you have removed the cover from your CW. Do you run without a cover and if so how does the vacumn work.