Customizing UPSs

[Leo Mauler]

Has anyone looked into the price of one of the smaller
fuel-cells?  I've heard prices are down around $8,000
for a fuel cell which can provide the electrical needs
of a small house.

Keep a small solar array to produce the hydrogen for
the fuel cells, and you've got your own electricity
generator which is essentially powered off the sun and
water, without having to worry too much about long
cloudy periods, especially in the winter months.  Hook
that bicycle generator up to the hydrogen-producing
unit to make exercise do more than burn off the
calories.

With solar arrays to charge batteries coming in at
around half the cost of a fuel cell, but only
producing one tenth the energy produced by the fuel
cell, it seems worth it to look into the fuel cell
technology if the end goal is to have a reliable
source of energy if the main AC power lines go down. 
If the end result is a much lower power bill as well,
this is a major bonus.



		
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