On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Tony Firshman wrote: > His warning comment before I last stayed with him was 'We are not > typical Americans'
One of the reasons I came to America was because some Americans aren't typical Americans ;) > He built his own house in a Vermont forest, and all his services > (water/electricity/sewage) are his own. He has a vast solar panel array > and a wind generator, which provide power for most of the year. There > is a standby diesel generator for emergencies. He even has a shop > (workshop for us Europeans) with a vast array of high power electrical > woodworking equipment, which run off DC lead/acid batteries. That's how my neighbour does it too. He has a few square feet of solar panels on his roof, and I am thinking of getting some too. His Atari (68000 for on-topicness) monitors the various currents generated and switches in and out the charging circuit. Also, it operates the pump that cycles the water in the generator, and bleeds off water to a hot water storage tank for household use. Personally, I'm more interested in processing the output in a friendly way - most of the input problems have been solved already ;) I took delivery of three different types of microswitch from the manufacturer today - they can make them with custom keypressures to my requirements :o) Dave
