girls on film…

Can you remember the video?  Back in the day it was considered quite risque, but compared to what’s on the evil eye these days it’s fairly mild, almost G rated.  One thing that should have been censored was the bouffant hairstyles.  Pull out your old photo’s and weep in shame.  But then, we all did it didn’t we?

So why the reference to Duran Duran’s biggest ever hit?  Well, it’s ‘cos I’ve been busy with the camera today.  Unfortunately, the subjects have been inanimate solar power accesories rather than super models.  Talking about super models, have you seen Ria Van Dyk’s web page?  She’s one of the finalists in Miss Universe 2010, a Kiwi girl from a small mill town called Kawerau (car-we-row), just 1/2 an hour from where I used to live, Whakatane (fark-a-tarn-eh).  They breed ‘em well there – lots of mixed blood.  Anyway. check out her site – it (shes) is well worth a look. (http://www.riavandyke.net/)

But back to the subject at hand.  Deep Cycle AGM batteries by Fullriver and Latronics Inverters were the models today, and I even got a shot of Ian working on an hybrid solar energy system.  Here he is in all his glory and my 1st attempt at adding an image to my blog - whew, it worked!

The whole idea of a hybrid solar system is that most of your power comes from the sun and is stored in your battery bank.  However, come a cloudy day or days and you could be in strife if solar panels are your sole way of generating energy for the battery bank.  A hybrid system adds a diesel DC generator to the mix.  It sits there quietly, minding its own business until such time that it senses your battery bank is running low on power, and then kicks in automatically to charge your batteries.  The fact that the generator only ever runs when it needs to provides fuel savings, prolongs the life of the engine and is environmentally friendly.

The system Ian’s working on should be complete by late this week and ready to transport to its new home.  I’ll get a photo of the finished product and put it into one of my posts for you to see what it looks like.

We’re also about to deliver a PowerMaker Cruise Marine DC generator to a Kiwi couple who have spent years sailing the oceans of our wonderful planet.  Awesome boat that will soon have an awesome generator.

I have also completed a new FAQ’s page on our website – have a look and let me know what you think – all comments are appreciated.  http://www.watts2c.com.au/index.php/faqs.html

Once I have all of the images sorted, I will be changing the whole website.  Watch this space.  In the mean time ~

Zil b’shlama