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<blockquote data-quote="pdfangus" data-source="post: 1003388" data-attributes="member: 6543"><p>a more practical idea for a cattleman would be a methane generator using a manure digester and running a generator off of methane....</p><p></p><p>Of course you have to have a significant number of confined cattle in order to capture the manure for the digester. A potential side benefit is a source of water for crop or pasture irrigation and the potential to compost and sell the solids.</p><p></p><p>it is getting to be a popular option at some dairies.</p><p></p><p>in my opinion solar works well for specific applications, for example running a pump or something like that.</p><p></p><p>it is easier for me to pay the power bill than to make payments on the solar equipment to run a house. If I were building new I might consider it....Especially if building far off the road or power line.</p><p></p><p>a really bad hail storm can ruin you day as well. not run of the mill hail, but a bad storm. </p><p></p><p>I have had one 75 watt panel running a water system for ten years. The solar panel part has worked every day....every other part of the system has needed some work or failed one or more times.....fortunately I can make most of the repairs myself but it is not free....just the single 12 volt deep cell battery is now a hundred bucks and they don't last any longer in a solar set up than they do in your truck...for water pumping the biggest problem is electrical components get musty and buggy and corrode and fail...trouble shooting where the failure is takes me the most time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pdfangus, post: 1003388, member: 6543"] a more practical idea for a cattleman would be a methane generator using a manure digester and running a generator off of methane.... Of course you have to have a significant number of confined cattle in order to capture the manure for the digester. A potential side benefit is a source of water for crop or pasture irrigation and the potential to compost and sell the solids. it is getting to be a popular option at some dairies. in my opinion solar works well for specific applications, for example running a pump or something like that. it is easier for me to pay the power bill than to make payments on the solar equipment to run a house. If I were building new I might consider it....Especially if building far off the road or power line. a really bad hail storm can ruin you day as well. not run of the mill hail, but a bad storm. I have had one 75 watt panel running a water system for ten years. The solar panel part has worked every day....every other part of the system has needed some work or failed one or more times.....fortunately I can make most of the repairs myself but it is not free....just the single 12 volt deep cell battery is now a hundred bucks and they don't last any longer in a solar set up than they do in your truck...for water pumping the biggest problem is electrical components get musty and buggy and corrode and fail...trouble shooting where the failure is takes me the most time. [/QUOTE]
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