G: We old settlers in Florida know that going against any corporation that has
paid off the legislature and its appointed committees in the second most
corrupt state in the union is taking a big risk. Since it's widely known that
certain power companies in Florida are in that favored category,
Thanks for that article, Gerry. Pretty much spells it out for the solar
situation around here.
Tampa Electric has it’s last offering of solar rebates coming out next week.
Once you get approval, you have to do something within 90 days or you lose the
rebate. And they can’t be applied to an
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Sent: Monday, December 29, 2014 8:07 AM
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Thanks for that article, Gerry. Pretty much spells it out for the solar
situation around here.
Tampa Electric has it’s last offering of solar rebates coming out next week.
Once
You might want to rethink putting PV on your metal roof. Drilling all
those holes will sorta defeat the benefit of a metal roof.
--R
On 12/29/14 9:03 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
Next year (which gets closer every day) we need a new roof on our house. I
finally got SWMBO to sign
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-Curt
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Sent: Monday, December 29, 2014 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Solar powered concrete 50-footer
You might want to rethink putting PV on your metal roof. Drilling all
those holes will sorta defeat
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2014 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Solar powered concrete 50-footer
You might want to rethink putting PV on your metal roof. Drilling all
those holes will sorta defeat the benefit of a metal roof.
--R
On 12/29/14 9:03 AM, Curt
: Solar powered concrete 50-footer
Amen, Curt. I read awhile back that installing solar (can't recall if it was
passive or active) is most cost effective in the northeast.
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Curt wrote:
Again reminding me that hell is Florida.
... We waste a huge amount of our electricity piping it around and paying
transmission losses rather than making it right at our house.
That is totally true!!
Even better would have been to have perfected the Tesla system that
could not be
Sailboats are solar-powered too.
--R
On 12/28/14 3:42 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
This is mind blowing.
http://ecogeek.org/2014/12/solar-powered-concrete-hull-boat/
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Interesting reference to Florida and solar power.
There’s little effort on the part of utilities in Florida to get involved with
solar power at the consumer level. For that matter, I believe some have even
legislated against it. I understand why, but in a place like this where we get
sunny
How well does the solar attic fan work? About what dos it cost?
On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 5:24 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
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Interesting reference to Florida and solar power.
There’s little effort on the part of utilities in Florida to get involved
with solar power
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How well does the solar attic fan work? About what dos it cost?
On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 5:24 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes
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I went with the largest one I thought would work for my attic - the house is
single story, roughly 2400 sf. I believe it was around $400, and I installed
it. Installation was pretty simple with a sawzall and a few hand tools.
As far as savings, it’s tough for me to quantify the fan’s
SC finally passed a law recently to allow 3rd parties to install solar
power and bill for it monthly, so amortizing the install with monthly
payments, and I guess they will maintain it. Consumer relationship to
the electric company is the same but they have to buy excess power.
Here in SC
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