Forum: Solar Heating
04-28-14, 07:42 AM
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Views: 29,747
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Forum: Appliances & Gadgets
04-20-14, 01:08 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 9,678
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Forum: Solar Power
02-18-14, 01:23 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 22,254
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Forum: Solar Power
01-16-14, 03:27 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 29,729
Voltage Drop Calculator...
Voltage Drop Calculator (http://www.windsun.com/Hardware/Voltage_Calc.htm)
Heres a link that you may find helpful on voltage drops.
Unless your dead set and already have the pannels i would run...
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Forum: Solar Power
01-14-14, 04:27 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 29,729
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Forum: Solar Power
01-14-14, 10:04 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 29,729
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Forum: Solar Power
01-14-14, 09:54 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 29,729
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Forum: Solar Power
01-14-14, 07:54 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 29,729
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
12-02-13, 04:13 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 16,097
So what do you think about the new combined PVT...
So what do you think about the new combined PVT panels? Increased PV output due to lower panel temp, plus thermal output that uses the solar cells as a selective surface? Sounds really enticing on...
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Forum: Solar Heating
11-27-13, 06:59 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 76,059
If you insulate the unconditioned room to the...
If you insulate the unconditioned room to the levels you posted, the room will hold heat very well. As long as it is not open to the outside, it will in fact float to an average charted temperature...
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Forum: Solar Heating
11-09-13, 05:41 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 23,510
Inexpensive Backdraft Damper that actually works
I have tried the store bought metal butterfly backdraft dampers with the 4 hot air collectors I have plugged into my house.
None of them were stopping the cold air backdrafts that happen when the...
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Forum: Appliances & Gadgets
10-11-13, 10:34 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 17,168
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Forum: Conservation
03-14-13, 10:29 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 28,488
Drake,
I made up a preheat "gray water"...
Drake,
I made up a preheat "gray water" heater for our shower almost 20 years ago. It has worked very well - maybe too well at times.
In short, I took a scrap piece of 3 inch copper and wound...
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Forum: The Billiards Room
02-25-13, 09:07 AM
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Replies: 102
Views: 107,788
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Forum: Conservation
12-07-12, 11:57 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 17,887
This Thermal House - the Basics of EcoRenovation
In the time that I have been active at EcoRenovator, I have noticed that knowledge of the basic physics involved in heat loss and heat gain is not universally understood here. For instance, the...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
11-07-12, 07:28 AM
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Replies: 257
Views: 280,305
Well its been a busy few days. I got the...
Well its been a busy few days. I got the insulation mesh hung Monday night and Tuesday morning. Tuesday afternoon the insulation guy came out and dense packed the wall. Everything went very...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
11-01-12, 07:24 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 12,530
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
11-01-12, 06:09 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 12,530
The problems with all fiberglass, as opposed to...
The problems with all fiberglass, as opposed to cellulose are that mice love the stuff, it's not recycled material and fiberglass doesn't have the hygroscopic value cellulose has. It also might be...
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Forum: Conservation
01-08-12, 07:48 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 94,029
Does bubble-wrap work for insulating windows?
Does bubble-wrap work for insulating windows?
For $15, I bought a roll of 24" wide roll of bubble wrap, enough for three or four windows (I only wanted to do the lower windows).
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