03-18-2013, 09:47 AM
Would be nice if we put 4-8K watts on a roof oh homes connected to a compressor. You could have huge cylinders being filled daily.
Then... Those cylinders would be hooked up to generators that would be power by compressed air.
I wonder how much more efficient that would be vs. using LONG wires to run down to big battery banks. You would eliminate charge controllers, inveterate and the loss of power of power going into the batteries themselves.
Also, you could run an air tank down to ZERO and never worry about destroying it. Try doing that with a battery and you'll be buying new batteries in 3-6 months. Plus no maintenance on batteries ... I would assume having an air tank's vs a lot of batteries ... No worries of them burning down your house or taking on electrical lighting strikes. Would be interesting... One really cool thing would be endless storage. As long as you had a bunch of empty tanks to fill up, you could possibly ride out a whole month of cloudy days and never worry about having to buy a gas backup generators.
Ahhh, such a perfect system --- sounds too good to be true tho.
Then... Those cylinders would be hooked up to generators that would be power by compressed air.
I wonder how much more efficient that would be vs. using LONG wires to run down to big battery banks. You would eliminate charge controllers, inveterate and the loss of power of power going into the batteries themselves. Also, you could run an air tank down to ZERO and never worry about destroying it. Try doing that with a battery and you'll be buying new batteries in 3-6 months. Plus no maintenance on batteries ... I would assume having an air tank's vs a lot of batteries ... No worries of them burning down your house or taking on electrical lighting strikes. Would be interesting... One really cool thing would be endless storage. As long as you had a bunch of empty tanks to fill up, you could possibly ride out a whole month of cloudy days and never worry about having to buy a gas backup generators.
Ahhh, such a perfect system --- sounds too good to be true tho.