I have had a pretty good year with the solar business thus far. Therefore, I decided to roll some of this year’s profits into our own Photovoltaic (PV) system. This idea has been batted about before, including as a battery back up for the sump pumps, however, a few things have developed since then.
First of [...]
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Installing our Photovoltaic Solar System, Part I
Smart outlet strip
I did some research a while back on the standby loads around Casa de Catskill. The findings are in the post titled “Kill-A-Watt meter results.“ The worst offender seemed to be the laptop charger and associated accessories. The TV and other equipment was the second worst offender.
Enter the Smart Outlet Strip. These [...]
Power is out
And has been since Thursday, courtesy of the North East Ice Storm, V. 2008. At the height of the storm, my neighbor’s willow tree fell on his service entrance, taking out his power and tripping the circuit breaker on the utility pole for our power. The rest of the street, they are just [...]
A contest!
Alright, for all of you out there with tough electrical wiring questions… Wayne Gilchrist, from EZ DIY Electricity is having a contest in which the lucky winner gets the services of a licensed master electrician for free! That right, F-R-E-E. As anyone knows, the services of an electrician are costly at best, so this could [...]
Solar Hot Water installation update II
I have completed the electrical work. This includes wiring the differential controller and pumps with 115 VAC, and running the wires for the temperature sensors on the collectors and the solar storage tank. Although there is no specific NEC section that deals with solar hot water installations (690 deals with photovoltiacs, 720 deals [...]
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