Will Has a Question, Pt. 2 We now know a bit more about Will’s roof, his power consumption and what he…
Tiny Solar Power for a Rainy Day Tropical Storms in the Gulf, tornadoes in Alabama and lots of rain. That’s not a…
Meters When installing a new power system or doing a little troubleshooting, an appropriate meter can…
Troubleshooting Solar Some folks have big systems and some have small. A small solar power system is…
So Your Power Bill This Month Was $497 It Doesn’t Have to Be! My neighbor Connie got her power bill yesterday. It was…
Don’t Do This! This morning, going through the email editions of American Solar Energy Society’s Solar@Work and PV…
Louisiana Screws Up Net Metering Don’t Worry, We Can Fix This After Hurricane Katrina, solar power took off in New…
Evolution of Hurricane Survival Survival Stories 460 years ago, a Spaniard named Tristan de Luna y Arellano sailed into…
John’s Home Office Solar Backup Power System Condo Solar As promised, I am passing along John’s description of the emergency backup system…
Getting Grazed by a Cat 4 ‘Cane Will Leave a Mark I was working on a new series of posts on the basics, but something has…
Can I Do It Myself? So you’ve been thinking about solar power or battery backup and wondering, “Can I do…
Quick and easy emergency solar John and I have been talking about using solar power to survive in relative comfort…
East and West are Subject to Wandering Archæologists have discovered that it is not just modern mankind that buries its dead with…
Think Outside the Box The purpose of this post is mostly to stimulate thought and open up some possibilities…
Power Use Optimization and Free Energy Storage In my last post I talked about some seemingly off the wall, but doable, energy…
It Ain’t Rocket Surgery How hard is solar power? Some folks are a little intimidated because they don’t know…
Solar and Taxes The state has a pretty dismal record on solar promotion and subsidies. I didn’t even…
Backup Power System, Part 2 Continuing on the subject of a backup power supply for your house, I want to…
Keep your powder dry….electronics, too For some months, the wife has been grudgingly patient about the Trace 2524 in the…
Increased output from fractured cells I looked for that article we were talking about, regarding fracturing cells for greater output.…
More Parallel and Series Stuff The other day we talked about series and parallel connections of batteries. You know, getting…
Cut Out The Middleman Utility power began with a fight between AC and DC systems. Thomas Edison promoted DC…
New System, Problems, Solar Daiquiris Stan-the-Hermit called Friday, needing some bits and pieces to finally get his 24v solar power…
Time to Hang it Up! I like wristwatches, especially ones with classic art deco styling. I quit wearing them when…