How can I have my own Low Power station?
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If you already know the regulations then you problably know more than I do about them.  All I know is that you need an FCC license.  You have to get the bandwith from the FCC too, I think.   Obviously you'll want the transmitter's antenna to be as high as possible and due to radiation hazards I don't know if you could get away with putting it on the roof of your house.  The link shows a 25mW transmitter for $250.  It also has a 50W transmitter for $2000.
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just leave it on.\n\nthat's my answer.  but you do have to edit your power preferences so your computer doesn't turn off after 2 hours of non use.  other than that, I don't know.
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Here's an idea. Make one that will shock people(low voltage) when they ring your bell. ;-)
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less than 0.3  for power sations\n0.5ohm for substation\n1 to 2 for homes
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One assumes that you are speaking about a house that is powered by solar source energy, and not a proper solar system, with a star and attendant gases and planets.  However, this questions is under physics for some reason.\n\nIf that is so, I wouldn't advise a DIY project unless you are an electrician.  There are several ways to convert a house to solar-source power.  First of all, you want to do an assessment of your geographic location and the number of average solar access hours per year.  If you are in Minnesota, for example, it might be very difficult to get enough exposure.  You also will want to check the exposure to sunlight that you housing lot has and any obstacles caused by vegetation or buildings.  There are just some things you can't change, like your neighbors 50-foot tall eucalyptus trees that are between your lot and the path of the sun.\n\nSome people use passive solar design to achieve lower energy bills, rather than go to the expense and trouble of buying and installing a solar-powered system.  This can mean insulating your house more efficiently, improving R factors through the intelligent use of batting, windows, materials, etc.  You can also try installing zone HVAC systems.  Additionally, using any local winds or planting vegetation to help cool your house helps.\n\nPassive solar can lower your dependence on electrical or gas source powered, but you will still need electricity.  IF you get enough sun, or have enough acreage and money, you can install photovoltaic solar panels (think sky lab) to capture energy which you would store in fixed batteries (a lot of them, even today).  For example, a 20W flexible solar panel costs about 300 dollars (you can charge a 12V battery or use some minor DC appliances (as long as you have sunlight).  So to run a stereo, you might need about 20 of these, and while the fleixble kind are more expensive (but portable), you are looking at 6000 dollars.  Of course, accumulated in batteries, this might not be so bad.  There are also low-light panels available, too.\n\nThere are all kinds of different ways to do what you have in mind.  The type of method will depend on the desired outcome.  Heating water, for example, will be different.\n\nGood luck, while there are DIY kits for mobile homes (which are plug and play) I don't advise messing with your wiring system unless you know what you are doing.
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if what you want is to do is, to download music, videos or whatever at nite and go to sleep without stay awake waiting, like I do, just set your power saving settings to the appropiate value: "system standby: never", "hard disk power off: never" "screen power off: 5 minutes" (or whatever you want), keep the laptop connected to an AC outlet and that is it.\n\non the other hand, if what you want is download things at school while in class for example, well, that is more difficult, because some laptops allow you to stay on while closed, but most just send you to standby as soon as you close it and NO, you cannot stay connected while the computer is on standby, not a laptop not a desktop (unless you use a "wake-on-lan" NICon such desktop, but normally that is used when that pc is to be used as a file-server)
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1000 watt system with turbine, charger, tower, batteries, inverter......$5000\nYou can make a system cost more or less.\nIf you are on the grid, dont bother.\nMIKE
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Write a letter to the editor of the paper, call the company to ask what the charges are and why they are there, keep asking until you understand. \n\nCheck into converting to solar energy (which is expensive to set up but cleaner and a great green alternative.) You can have an alternative to using a ton of electricity!\n\nOther than that, going Amish is the only other choice that I know of.
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set computer up to another day?
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Check out the book "Starting and Operating Your Own Fm Radio Station: From License Application to Program Management" \n\nAvailable at Amazon.com - see link below
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I'd suggest a minimum 5kW generator.  I can't imagine the sewing machines being more than a few hundred watts operating power, and it is unlikely all five will start up at once for surge currents to add.  There should be plenty of headroom left over for the fans and lights.\n\nVisit my home generator page for other ideas.\nhttp://members.rennlist.org/warren/generator.html
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I found this link. Maybe you can check it out as they talk about starting a powerful FM radio station and a low cost alternative. http://www.prometheusradio.org/alt_startfm.shtml
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Wind mills and /or solar
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I would get a 500 watt inverter to have some safety, you figure with volts times amps but if it uses a motor the starting current can be 5 times the running amps.
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Use a 12 volt lantern battery and some wires
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Go to your CONTROL PANEL and into the POWER MANAGEMENT settings.  Adjust the settings for time or to off.
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It's a simple matter of adding up the power required by everything, EVERYTHING, you want connect to your supply.\n\nMachines, tools, heating, cooling/air conditioning, ventilation fans, lighting, computers, printers, copiers, telephones, fax machines, answering machines, refirgerators, freezers, water coolers, security devices, etc, etc, etc.\n\nChoose a generator with a capacity at least a bit greater than your total load, but preferably quite a bit more to allow for future load increase.