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RMT goes Solar Powered

Walter MatuchWalter MatuchOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER
December 18, 2012
 
Toy Train Company Goes Solar
 
Ready Made Trains, LLC announced today that their offices in Bloomsbury, NJ are now powered by clean renewable Solar Energy. Conversion from conventionally supplied electricity to solar power was recently completed said Walter M. Matuch, President of RMT.
 
A large solar panel array has been installed on the roof of the complex and allows production of all the electricity needed at RMT. Excess daytime energy is fed back into the local electric power company grid and is reused during evening periods. Carbon emissions have been greatly reduced through the use of solar power and this is a direct benefit to the environment says Matuch.
 
While RMT may be taking a small step in creating a better environment, this new technology allows better use of all natural resources and can also benefit RMT's customers who could apply solar energy to their homes and also operate their toy trains by solar generated electric power.
 
Thanks.
 
Walter M. Matuch/RMT
 
ww.readymadetoys.com
 

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A typical solar panel array - RMT's is larger than size shown.

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I wonder what the life expectancy is for solar panels.  I also wonder how folks with solar panels on their homes replace the shingles or repair leaks under the panels.

 

I saw a story on the installation of solar panels at one of the national parks.  When I divided the cost of the panels by their average annual cost for electricity, it would take approximately 105 years to recover the cost of the solar panels and that assumes that the panels would last 105 years and there would be no maintenance costs.

 

Earl

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You could always do like I do.I have solar panels from harbor freight to charge a couple truck batteries and an inverter hooked up to the batteries to supply plenty of AC power for whatever I need power for.The panels are 15 watts a piece at a price of 59 bucks each and the charge controller is about 60 bucks.When I move into my house I will have a solar powered layout.Any ideas for a 2 loop conventional control fastrack layout that is about 7X10?Thanks all and Merry Christmas.

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