I tried that. I had a "lab" house a few years back and had all kinds of
systems. Never got enough solar mid winter to help my hydronic system out.
But had plenty of domestic hot water year around. I had something like 250K
btu of hot water when the sun was full on going into a 2500 gallon
underground insulated storage tank. Glycol loop and heat exchanger on the
hot side of things.
It might have kept the house to 50-60 degrees but that just won't cut it.
It produced way more DHW than we could ever hope to use.
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Andrews
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2016 3:24 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - the sun melted my cable
And properly done a more efficient house heating system too...
On 05/21/2016 02:10 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:
Solar domestic hot water is always a winner from an economic point of
view.
*From:* Jaime Solorza <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Saturday, May 21, 2016 2:27 PM
*To:* Animal Farm <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT - the sun melted my cable
Fort Bliss and Border Patrol are going solar in a big way....I even
thinking of making a hot water system on roof with black hoses and large
55 gal container for washing machine. Saw in Mother Earth long time
ago....I do recycle my Tecates cans as well.
On May 21, 2016 2:16 PM, "Robert Andrews" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
But not in Nevada, where NVEnergy has gotten the PUC to basically
charge you for generating your own power. To the point where major
casinos are going to cough up millions to "Disconnect" from NVEnergy
to broker their own power.. Another Buffett play that is going to
be in the interest of the consumers...
Yeah, and I have a bridge for sale...
On 05/21/2016 11:27 AM, Bill Prince wrote:
Hmmm. Melting cables.
Blinding pilots:
<http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/03/super-bright-solar-power-plant-blinding-pilots-around-midday/>http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/03/super-bright-solar-power-plant-blinding-pilots-around-midday/
Frying birds on wing:
<http://www.wsj.com/articles/ivanpah-solar-plant-may-be-forced-to-shut-down-1458170858>http://www.wsj.com/articles/ivanpah-solar-plant-may-be-forced-to-shut-down-1458170858
and costs only $200 per megawatt hour (20 cents per KWH).
Yeah. That's a great idea.
or we could put solar panels on our roofs and get energy at 6 or
7 cents
per KWH. No birds, pilots, or high power cables are harmed.
bp
<part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
On 5/21/2016 9:55 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/05/heat-from-misaligned-mirrors-at-solar-thermal-plant-causes-electrical-fire/
