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|    Re: Low-Power Solar?    |
|    26 Jan 12 14:40:07    |
      From: x@y.Invalid              Per vaughn:       >Another possibility: Forget the NEC, forget the expensive solar power. Do       >everything in 12 VDC, but power it from the grid by running "Malibu" landscape       >lighting cable out to your shed. Connect cable to a 12 volt DC power supply.       >Malibu cable is available at any Home Depot. I've been using the stuff for       my       >12 Volt outside lights for years now (which are powered by my solar power       >system, but that's another thread.)              Are there "code" considerations with 12v wiring outside?              I'm hoping to hear "no", but in other threads I have seen       references to differing electrical potentials in the two       buildings creating some sort of un-named hazard.       --       Pete Cresswell              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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