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From gas to all-electric to solar
Ripping out the gas meter was logistically unfun. It took many phone calls, emails, and Facebook complaints before my gas provider figured out that I didn’t want to disconnect from the electricity grid...
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Going electric in the garden
Now that we have surplus free clean electricity from our solar panels, it makes sense to power our garden tools with batteries instead of petrol. Cheap Geek took advantage of the Masters fire sale and...
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The batteries are HERE
So I came home on Friday to these babies: Enphase batteries are AC-based (rather than DC) and hence integrate really well with our AC microinverter system. It has many pluses, such as compact sizing,...
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Nerdy numbers
I’ve been meaning to post up some data about our usage patterns, etc. ever since we removed the gas, put in the solar panels, and started using batteries. So here it goes: Switching over from...
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Aesthetics versus comfort: patching up holes in the floor in preparation for...
Whoever invented ducted floor heating is evil because now I have to look at these patch-ups every day: Yep, we got the carpenter to nicely fill up all of the ducted heating holes in preparation for...
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