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Solar Power update (part 8)
Read more: Solar Power update (part 8)(continued from part 7) So here we are. February 2010. We had our solar array online for close to a year now. What are the first year impressions of our life with a 1.2kw solar array in our front yard? First, if you read the initial installment of my solar power posts you will notice […]
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Solar Power (part 4)
Read more: Solar Power (part 4)(continued from part 3) As a we are waiting to go operational I have some time to ponder the pros and cons of my $15,000 investment, alternative energies in general and solar in particular. Despite my feeling of doing something good for the environment and (maybe) for our bottom line I know that this technology […]
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Solar Power (part 3)
Read more: Solar Power (part 3)(continued from part 2) Together Alex and I started digging in my front yard in early October while our supplies were on their way. There was to be a big 3×3 feet hole, almost seven feet deep. This was where our steel post was going. The main hole soon got too narrow for two people […]
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Solar Power (part 2)
Read more: Solar Power (part 2)(continued from part 1) Alex, my solar assessor – his company is Solar Systems of Indiana – came over one cold winter day early 2008 with his Solar Pathfinder and a device called a Kill-A-Watt. The Solar Pathfinder is used to determine the best place on your property for a solar installation and how much […]