I see an economic diasater coming...

[the_big_m_in_ok]

I got a bunch of solar cells,enough for about 10 panels for about $600 off of ebay.Maybe half of that was for P&H.The cheapest batch I bought was about .99 cents plus $4.95 for P&H for about 25 plus cells.I want to do away with the P&H.

@triffid
What do you think of this?  Are you mechanically inclined?
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/9639447/INVERTER-PLANS/

--Lee

[triffid]

I am more inclined towards electronics and chemistry.But my dad used to fix tvs and radios for a living.He had an electronics workshop in his basement in St.Louis,mo. After he retired he fixed tvs until the money dried up in it.When it became cheaper to buy a new one than fix the old one(about the 1980's).In the early 1950's he wired together radios for American Airlines.So people's lives depended on his radio skills.I would see him fix radios and tvs in the home,often at the kitchen table.So far I can solder some,read a diagram.As a result I can fix a lot of small appliances.I can replace fuses in microwaves.
I fixed a popcorn popper in college that someone had thrown out.So I don't fix tv's but I have worked on computers.Mostly the older ones.I don't fix cars but I have a brother who does.He can rebuild an engine.I am not that mechanically inclined.I like building sheds.I have built two so far.
I'm considering building a third one.My dad never learned how to work on computers.He never had the internet in his home.He died in 2009 at the age of 86.When he was in his mid-70s he closed up his electronics workshop in the basement.Said he was getting too old.

[triffid]

Heres a link to some guy who claims he doesn't eat or drink for the last 70 years.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/05/10/indian-man-survives-without-food-and-water-baffles-doctors/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+C2C-InTheNews+%28Feed+-+Coast+to+Coast+-+In+the+News%29

[triffid]

To big m,I tried to access your diagram.But the link failed.I didn't use an inverter most of the time.I found it simpler to use 12 volts all the way keeping in mind that any wire connections over 20 feet long would result in unacceptable energy losses.triffid

[hansvonlieven]

Therese Neumann of Konnersreuth (Germany) did not eat or drink for 40 years. Documented.

Wikipedia says:
From the years of 1922 until her death in 1962, Therese Neumann  apparently consumed no food other than The Holy  Eucharist, and claimed to have drunk no water from 1926 until her  death. ^[8] In July 1927 a medical doctor and four Franciscan nurses kept a watch  on her 24 hours a day for a two-week period. They confirmed that she  had consumed nothing except for one consecrated sacred Host a day,  and had suffered no ill effects, loss of weight, or dehydration.