tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668724761102832510.post1355918932927144236..comments2024-03-23T05:53:33.915-04:00Comments on Mike and Lisa's World: Chapter 67...Moving Solar Panels & Taking Care Of Batteriesylisa7http://www.blogger.com/profile/13228365537634762034noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668724761102832510.post-88616338776079141802013-03-19T19:06:29.525-04:002013-03-19T19:06:29.525-04:00The big guys don't realize our grid is old and...The big guys don't realize our grid is old and falling apart. <br /><br />There are so many other options...hopefully one day they will become mainstream. Conservation is a big start though.ylisa7https://www.blogger.com/profile/13228365537634762034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668724761102832510.post-82936475063625971072013-03-19T19:00:24.548-04:002013-03-19T19:00:24.548-04:00We are the small guys here. I think the electric ...We are the small guys here. I think the electric company figured we would end up hooking up with them after the first year, lol.<br /><br />I would love Mike to write a DIY. Heck I have been trying for years to get him to write a cheat cheat for "me", lol. He is a great teacher...hands on but not a writer. Unfortunately I really don't grasp the electrical. We'll get something put together one of these days:)ylisa7https://www.blogger.com/profile/13228365537634762034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668724761102832510.post-86435944820834464072013-03-18T21:29:30.792-04:002013-03-18T21:29:30.792-04:00I forgot what I set out to say! What I see happeni...I forgot what I set out to say! What I see happening in the big picture here around us, is that the push to go "green" is still all political; the actual hydro companies hate the idea, block every move a consumer makes individually... The good ideas are not being received by the big players - its threatening their control of the "grid"... they see small players as bugs on teh windshield - not as worthy partners in a pursuit of cleaner power... WE have so many larger scale livestock farms in this province... I beleive its only a matter of ime, and many rural areas will be powered by the gasses off these massive manure tanks... and hopefully, what they have to spread - and the rest of us have smell! - will be reduced, concentrated, and even better for the land... but right now, any farmer that trys it is met with miles of red tape and a highly uncooperative hydro company... its shamefull!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14010788776929963107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668724761102832510.post-35391478165314996282013-03-18T21:23:46.550-04:002013-03-18T21:23:46.550-04:00Cool! Thanks; I'm looking forward to Mike'...Cool! Thanks; I'm looking forward to Mike's "synopsis" later! I think you two should write a book on DIY solar! There are many folks in our area here in Ontario, Canada, who hav ebeen enticed into a contract arrangement with the provinical hydro company; they make the big investment, put up 2 quite large solar panels - the tracking type, thatfollow the sunbeams, I guess :-), the company pays them a large sum of money (more than we pay for hydro per kilowatt right now)per month for the power they produce... The stinker is,, it ALL has to go on the grid, and the farmer or homeowner involved must buy power back at the going rate! Frustrating for those who would like to try things "off the grid".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14010788776929963107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668724761102832510.post-42513333959334108552013-03-15T07:49:09.893-04:002013-03-15T07:49:09.893-04:00We have never been around solar either, lol. Our ...We have never been around solar either, lol. Our area just doesn't have much of it.<br /><br />Good catch on the solar panel moves. I didn't even question that. Mike says "I have an idea: and that's all there is to it, lol. We are in the process of installing larger panels as soon as the weather gets better. Once we have it all in place Mike wants me to do a recap and all that we have learned. Oh that should be fun, lol. I hope to be able to do that in April or May. Our weather is not cooperating.<br /><br />The only thing that makes noise is the inverter. It makes a humming sound when we are producing and using a lot of electric. For example, if Mike is in his building and I am in the house and I start a load of laundry the inverter will kick on and start to hum.<br /><br />As for the move of everything. Mike just wanted to get it all cleaned up and in one location. The best spot for that is the building closest to the house.ylisa7https://www.blogger.com/profile/13228365537634762034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668724761102832510.post-87520320849876702402013-03-14T21:30:21.671-04:002013-03-14T21:30:21.671-04:00This is fascinating stuff... I'm not a total s...This is fascinating stuff... I'm not a total stranger to wiring - a self-taught wannabe, mmind you; But, I've never been around solar...<br /><br />Question; I understand that you are progressing here as your own knowledge is anhanced by experince - but I didn't follow why the quarter turn of the panels on the first move, off of the house and along the side...<br /><br />Also, the angle you guys mounted went from shallow on the house to quite steep on the poles, and now very shaloow again... Is there a lesson in that for a dreamer like me? And why the move away from the house with the whole power operation? Was there a noise associated with the electronics in the office, or something? <br /><br />Sorry! Insatiably nosey!! :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14010788776929963107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668724761102832510.post-36223338139719186852013-03-10T16:05:03.750-04:002013-03-10T16:05:03.750-04:00I'm glad you learned something new...hey we ar...I'm glad you learned something new...hey we are still learning about solar:)ylisa7https://www.blogger.com/profile/13228365537634762034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-668724761102832510.post-61889987738956582032013-03-09T18:50:56.135-05:002013-03-09T18:50:56.135-05:00I have to say that I've learned more about sol...I have to say that I've learned more about solar energy from Mike and you than I have from any other source combined!!! Thanks for the lessons. Unfortunately, chances are slim that I will ever be able to take advantage of this in this lifetime. Maybe the next. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10976095637219262322noreply@blogger.com