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Super budget/DIY energy hacks
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this post was submitted on 23 Mar 2026
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Make your own solar system? Il built my first one out of 7 or 8 second hand panels, old truck batterys and eBay inverters, I can't find any photos, but it was enough to a fridge, tv, charge phones and lights
Would not help here, we get like zero sun for half the year, and surrounded by trees otherwise. I haven't seen the sun for more than a couple of hours in weeks.
I was told the old batteries aren't trustworthy when I was going to salvage some from cars getting junked out, but you can get them to work still?
That’s cool! How much did that cost and where and when?
Umm around 2022ish, the solar panels were free from the tip, the batteries were also free form a mine site(collapsed cells could hold 12v but couldn't crank out high amps), solar controlers were from eBay 150 bucks or something and a 5000w inverter was 600ish from memory also probably about 200 bucks worth of battery cable and connectors,