Articles
If you’ve got a minute, here are some articles I wrote in
years past for Home Power magazine, the bible of hands-on renewable
energy resource information.
Unsure About What To Do Now?
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This is a favorite of mine from Home Power Magazine that
discusses the value, economics and environmental considerations
of a grid intertie solar electric system. This is a "must read"
if you need a little more "incentive".
PLEASE NOTE: This system was written BEFORE all the financial
incentives were available here in our area [read more...]
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Home Power [issue 33: PV Dreams]
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I still remember. We were headed to the
Sierras to camp; I was 9 years old,
gazing up through the rear window of
my family’s Pontiac station wagon at the
clouds. Big white, puffy, cottonball
clouds. I dreamed of flying around,
through, and under those beautiful, soft,
and inviting masses of water vapor and
ice crystals. A child’s dream turned into
reality when I began hang gliding. It took
me another 7 years of flying, but I made it
up to those puffy cumulus clouds where I
physically and spiritually played like
never before.
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Home Power [issue 22: Gettin into Hot Water]
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There's been a lot of talk about hot water lately. Generally, to our gang, that
means doing it with something other than gas or electricity (e.g. sunshine). For
those who thought they've seen it all, here's another wild, yet simple, idea that
may get you into hot water.
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Home Power [issue 41: Building a Battery Box]
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We folks who choose a
photovoltaic system as our
source of power, enter a
relationship much like that we
enjoy/endure with our significant other.
Sunshine and smiles have long been
associated as a symbiotic pair.
Occasionally the system (or “Honey”)
blows a fuse, right? We need to be
ready! The design, sense of safety, and
construction of my new battery box
evolved from living with a photovoltaic
system for the last ten years.
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