third Party Installations [RE-wrenches]

paul wilkins inkings at swcp.com
Sun Nov 4 11:30:54 PST 2001


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>Hi Wrenches,
>
>snip
>
>Yet, with a well thought out system, a dwelling really can run on 
>solar electricity.  It may require not using a forced air furnace, 
>but circulating DC pumped hot water from a gas boiler, that uses 
>either a pilot light or an efficient AC control box, that is 
>designed to shut off when not needed.  This may require working with 
>a plumber who needs to be educated.  This may lead to searches for 
>appropriate boilers, hot water tanks, pumps, tubing and other 
>related equipment.  It may be necessary to make certain, that 
>elements of systems that we are not installing, get set up properly.

Talk to Allan at Positive Energy in Santa Fe. Two people that used to 
use generators because of radiant heating systems no longer do so.

>A functional system may require phantom loads be eliminated by use 
>of DC powered answering machines, computers, cell phones, etc. 
>Voltages may need to be adjusted by using battery bank equalizers or 
>DC to DC voltage converters.

I have some Phantoms on an old 200w Power Star. 24ah/day. Radio Shack 
has a hands free phone, #43-3502 that is 12v direct if you get the 
right cord.

>
>Peace,
>
>Drake

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