Yeah, I'm well over the expletive-deleted goddamn rain myself as half my working life is in a paddock . . .
On the bright side I have four days away up at Hampton Downs with the lads to watch the classic and post-classic racing next weekend so that will be extra good
Been watching these alternators . . . sharp pricing. They started turning up on TradeMe about two days after I ordered and paid for my ST. I'm not an electronics person so I was attracted to what seemed like the simple/crude operation of the ST
I think I said I'm building a shed/workshop/house as a "retirement" plan up in the sunshine capital of the Bay of Plenty. No power as it's a bit remote and I fancy solar. By the time I'm there I hope solar will have gotten even cheaper & there will be a good, solid, robust inverter/charger smart unit that wont mind the ugly sine-wave from the ST as an input. I was hoping to have a setup where solar would do the donkey-work and the Lister/ST would contribute when I needed a large 230V current or sun wasn't shining
As always I guess the defining factor is how much I am prepared to spend on Deep Cycle . . .
But no hurry. If there is such a thing as "retirement" for my generation, it's not for a few years yet
Building a compact, well-insulated, well-designed place around a woodstove with wetback, solar hot water, gas hob & califont - keep the kW/hs down lol. I have good, pump-free, gravity fed water from a spring up the hill so that's a big bonus
Just using the availability of the workshop and facilities at work to get as much built on the cheap as I can . . .
Catchya