Forum: Solar Power
07-03-20, 10:24 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 14,500
Perhaps I am missing something. You have solar...
Perhaps I am missing something. You have solar panels facing in two directions, mounted to a single pole such that a 5mph wind will result in rotational oscillation from vortex shedding. I estimate...
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Forum: Other Improvements
02-11-19, 11:52 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 43,002
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Forum: Conservation
09-05-18, 11:35 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 80,109
a 300W blower motor that contributes its waste...
a 300W blower motor that contributes its waste heat as strip heat shouldn't hurt COP much. either way those must be some really poor heat pumps. I know people much further north than TX that are in...
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Forum: Solar Heating
08-05-18, 04:09 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 12,962
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Forum: Solar Power
07-26-18, 03:14 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 9,601
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Forum: Solar Power
07-26-18, 03:09 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 9,601
So sorry you had to do that. Most of the solar...
So sorry you had to do that. Most of the solar sales people are gone from the area now but I must say I used to have fun with them. I'd ask them questions that I was pretty sure they couldn't answer...
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Forum: Solar Power
07-26-18, 02:45 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 9,601
12.7kw for $60,000?
What a freaking rip off. ...
12.7kw for $60,000?
What a freaking rip off.
For $60,000 I would be completely off grid, have the ground work layed for the next upgrade (over sized wiring), and have enough left over to buy...
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Forum: Solar Power
07-25-18, 11:31 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 9,601
Solar Lease Deal
People ask me a lot about leasing Solar but I have never had hard numbers to show them.
I usually say, they are coming to you to get you to do it who do you think it benefits?
Someone asked me...
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Forum: The Billiards Room
04-16-18, 07:35 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 12,803
Ready for the Silent Spring?
As the son of a biologist and a determined nature lover I have been watching the plight of the bees with some concern. Now it looks like the bees are the least of our problem.
You see, coinciding...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
06-17-17, 10:18 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 9,048
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
09-05-15, 01:27 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 24,159
Burning Down The House...
I had a dear friend, now deceased, who had been hit very hard by the vicissitudes of life, and although he remained a good and dear friend, his ability to think 'long term' and in regards to his...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
08-24-14, 09:33 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 60,652
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Forum: Appliances & Gadgets
08-21-14, 09:24 AM
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Replies: 47
Views: 35,565
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
06-09-13, 11:23 PM
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Replies: 44
Views: 45,014
I know the ejector has to be very precise in...
I know the ejector has to be very precise in order to work, and you gain about 10% efficiency average and sometimes better by eliminating most of the throttling losses you get from a TXV or cap tube....
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