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Expanding MIMA with the Distribution board ( users projects )
Battery packs exposed
What actually goes wrong with the batteries????
Keeping Warm In New England
Control software
Storage and control
The Coal stove
The evacuated solar tubes
The wood stove
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Making a small solar concentrator
MIMA for all Honda Hybrids
Building MIMA and the plug in adapters
Converting a telephone truck to electric
DIY dual pulse Capacitor Discharge Spotwelder
Replacing gasoline with solar electric lawn equipment
Tapping into the Wind
How to stop the aging process DIY
What is Genesis One?
MIMA Install Day 2005 a Big Success!


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Control software

Control software
System Schematic and control program screen dump

National Instruments Labview with a small PCMCIA data acquisition card for my notebook is the control and monitoring system. The software graphs the data from the whole day, and adjust the flow control valves to provide the best mixing of flows for the heat sources that are active at the time. It is not uncommon for the 4 heat storage drums and the hot water tank to be at 150-170F all winter.
Better photos of the heating schematic:
heating schematic

and the labview control software:
Labview control software


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