Back to the future with DC? [RE-wrenches]

[Jay Peltz, Peltz Power]

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Hi Joel,

I find it pretty hard to recommend going DC at all anymore,.
Lights are few and expensive,
DC plugs? then dual wire the house,
AC fridges are as efficient as DC ones are
DC appliances, poor choices, bad quality

For small systems, then yes I do it often, but for larger systems,  
its  just not happening.

jay

peltz power

On Aug 15, 2006, at 6:09 PM, Joel Davidson wrote:

>
> See http://mydocs.epri.com/docs/CorporateDocuments/WhitePapers/ 
> EPRI_DCpower_June2006.pdfA for an interesting Electric Power  
> Research Institute (EPRI) white paper "DC Power Production,  
> Delivery and Utilization." Charge your portable electronics with an  
> inductive charging pad. Use your hybrid Prius as an emergency home  
> generator. Operate your computer data center more efficiently? For  
> wrenches it's been there done that. Has anyone done a mostly DC  
> loads PV system in the >2 kW array range lately or has Outback and  
> other off/on-grid inverters put larger DC residential systems to rest?
>
> Joel Davidson
>
>
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