6Kw going in soon in Aliso Viejo

[Alisobob]

My "Peak Power" in Jan was 4.18 KW's. In Feb is was 5.29 Kw's. In March is was 5.33... hopefully it will creep up some more.

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March kicked ass! Thank you Sun!!

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By now, you should be seeing your max instantaneous output.

BTW, my 7.1kW SW245 only produced 1.056MWh. Starting April, I think the result will be much better all the way throughout Summer.

[Alisobob]

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March kicked ass! Thank you Sun!!

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[Mantecoso]

Congrats

Just bought a new home in Winchester, would you mind PMing me the company you selected for your install?

thanks

[bcroe]

A friend sent me this thermal image of a idling power strip. Get it?
Clean up the waste first.... solar second....
I recently put as many power strips on timers as I could.

I get it. A finger would show the heat about as well. Those wall warts are wasting so much
energy, likely even when the load is turned off. I found that sort of stuff was costing 2600 KWH
a year here; went on a conservation campaign which isn't finished yet. Since it really is waste,
there is usually a way to drastically reduce it (factor of 10 considered adequate here) without
losing any services. Bruce Roe

[makarowski]

Those colors are pretty, but without a scale, hard to tell if they are just barely above room temp or burning a lot of power....we had one of those thermal camera's for testing out thermal flows on our cellular products... but calibrating and documenting the scale is just as important.

also guessing those chargers are older and burning energy... there are new rules for chargers in CA that should help out a lot... they came out a few years ago so make sure your new chargers have the CEC (BC) logo. It was a bit of a pain to upgrade all of the charger designs we were using at the company I used to work for, but really no cost adder (makes you wonder why it was not done previously).

and a FAQ

http://www.energy.ca.gov/appliances/battery_chargers/documents/Chargers_FAQ.pdf

Cheers
BMak

[Alisobob]

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A friend sent me this thermal image of a idling power strip.

Get it?

Clean up the waste first.... solar second....

I recently put as many power strips on timers as I could.

[Alisobob]

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21 KWh's , credited as "On Peak" hours.


March is shaping up as a good month...

[J.P.M.]

I'm not sure either, but it keeps coming up as step one. The popular literature isn't
interactive such as here. And most of what I have seen did not press the issues to
the degree possible. Bruce Roe

Say I have a boat moored somewhere that I live on. I enjoy where I am and like my boat and lifestyle. It's old and has a few visible hull leaks I can get at and correct it I choose, but I have an electric pump that handles the leakage. Because of rate increases, the bill for the power for the pump is becoming onerous. My neighbors (other boat owners) have similar situations. One of them, puts a canopy over his dock and mounts solar panels on it. He claims his electric bill for pumping went away. I see this, and think "wow, no more electric bill - that's for me !"

So now, as a boat/home owner I have a choice. Do I spend a fair amount of money on the solar solution and make my bill mostly go away or do I invest say, 25% as much and correct the cause of my electric bills at the source by plugging the leaks ? Same outcome - a floating home. Which solution gives the most bang for the buck with the fewest imposed lifestyle changes/disruptions ?

Most of the talk/step one attitude about conservation often comes from some of us who have thought about, and been around the energy conservation vs. solar thing for awhile, think we may know a bit about it, and see it as reduced demand vs. increased supply situation. Some of us consider it a matter of some common sense in that it's cheaper to reduce the need for a product than pay for more of it. As an added bonus for tree huggers, it's probably a more benign fix for the planet as well.

It may be that solar is the latest way to get in sheeple's pockets because conservation isn't quite as simple as throwing solar at a self imposed high electric bill.

Conservation usually gets a bigger bang for the buck, but also and usually does take some involvement.

Pay your money, take your choice, and live with the consequences.

Take what you want of the above. Scrap the rest.

[bcroe]

Bruce: I'm not sure a section is needed. The net, bookstores and popular literature abound with information about home energy conservation. There for the taking.

I'm not sure either, but it keeps coming up as step one. The popular literature isn't
interactive such as here. And most of what I have seen did not press the issues to
the degree possible. Bruce Roe

[Alisobob]

F,,,,,there is always the unthinkable - turn the thermostat up.

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[J.P.M.]

Since this is always being preached, maybe there ought to be a section
or 3 here on what to look for, what to expect, and what to do about it.

Bruce Roe

Bruce: I'm not sure a section is needed. The net, bookstores and popular literature abound with information about home energy conservation. There for the taking.

[J.P.M.]

Hey Bob
Let us know when you have them come back out to talk about AC info .
Im looking to get a better energy efficient AC unit.

First, get what you have checked out. Often, a tuneup helps. Then, insulate the duct work. I apologize if this does not apply, but there is always the unthinkable - turn the thermostat up.

[J.P.M.]

From what the've told me.. big gains are available for pretty cheap.

My ducting is hung from the upper rafters... for starters, they cut it loose, lay in on the lower ones, and bury it in insulation.,

That alone is really supposed to help..

If ducting runs through conditioned space, not insulating it is a waste of energy. Running through conditioned space or not, insulating ducting will change the temp. dist. in dwelling. Areas at the end of long runs will be a bit cooler in A/C mode. That may/may not be desirable, but easier to adjust/control via flow control than not being cool enough.

[Alisobob]

From what the've told me.. big gains are available for pretty cheap.

My ducting is hung from the upper rafters... for starters, they cut it loose, lay in on the lower ones, and bury it in insulation.,

That alone is really supposed to help..