Tag: green energy
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Electricity Maps and HomeAssistant
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe building I live in has solar panels on the roof and a heat pump. This allows it to be more energy efficient than other buildings. It also has thick insulation on the walls and more. Recently I have been playing with Homeassistant and electricity Maps. Electricity Maps is a real…
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Charging A Garmin Instinct With an External Solar Panel
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYesterday, out of curiousity I experimented. I charged both the Garmin Instinct Solar and the Garmin 45s with a solar panel. The first thing I noticed is that they were using 0.1 amps to charge, rather than 1, 2 or more amps of power. Until this experiment I had never considered…