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Irene in 1978 with damaged greenhouse, intact solar panels & winter veg doing its stuff
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Irene at the Centre for Alternative Technology 1975
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Cabin with pond, wind generator and solar panels
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At the cabin with Jessie, Max and David and our first solar panels
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a dodgy battery
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The cabin pond, gloriette and solar panels
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Our windgenerators in the snow
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75watt panneau solaire chez nous avec grenouille - solar panel with a smiling frog - cost 510€
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Happy solar batteries : Les batteries solaires
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Central heating
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Our solar and wind controllers and distribution box
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best connectors I've found ...so far
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Battery tester for the solar batteries
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solar battery 2005-2011 RIP
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closer look at wind and solar link-up to controller with controller "cleaning" the batteries at 14.4 watts
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Off grid telly - Entertained for hours for five euros
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Connecting the solar controller to the battery for the pigs' parks
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The equipment for installing the solar panel on the shed roof
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Me underneath holding the bolts while Fabrice screws the solar panel in place
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Fabrice drilling holes in the shed roof to fit the solar panel
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Solar panel construction and repair 2
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Bullrushes and our little wind generators
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Our new 12v telly uses very little energy from the solar charged batteries
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The controller for the windgenerators is working overtime!
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One of our Rutland 910 windgenerators
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This Rutland 910 is 15 years old
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DC Convertor (12v to 19v) for laptop computer run by solar power 29€
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This fire heats the kitchen, and the magic caldron heats the hot water and two radiators : Ce feu chauffe la cuisine et le chaudron chauffe l'eau et deux radiateurs à l'étage
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We're looking for a bigger windgenerator this one was shown to us
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The wind's been really strong for the past few days and these little windgenerators have been working hard
