Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Building a 300 / 200 watt dump load for a Solar Charge Controller


Some viewers wanted more information on the dump load that I use with the Solar Charge Controller described HERE. For a 12v 7 Ah battery I use a 12 volt car brake light bulb.  For  the 100 Ah battery I use the dump described by the backshed.com available HERE.   It works great and is easy to construct from scrap lying around.


Source:  Homegrown Power / thebackshed.com

Building Low Budget Antennas - DIY Stacked J-Pole Antenna(s) for a 70 cm DMR Repeater (Part 1)

I do not like buying antennas if I can build my own that works just as well as a purchased antenna.  Throughout my amateur radio "caree...