At the beginning of the summer. Just in time to thaw out from 41 years in the S.F. Bay Area ice box.
Love it Here!!! We're in the 5th season. We get 5 per year. There's Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer and Monsoon. We're in Monsoon. Think east coast summer thunderstorms on steroids...like 2 or 3 inches in 1/2 hour with thunder and lightning all over the place. Love it!!! It's also a great place for solar... Michael Madigan wrote: > When did you move to Tuscon? > > > --- Chet Gardiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Real Goods >> >> http://www.gaiam.com/realgoods/ >> >> They'll get you ANYTHING you need. >> >> First thing, estimate the usage. There may be a >> chart on the Real Goods >> site. If not, I can fax or email you a copy... >> >> Ask them if they REALLY need A/C -- that's a HUGE >> energy hog. Another >> expensive item is a regular refrigerator. DC and >> propane fridges are >> available but are quite expensive. >> >> The rest isn't bad. >> >> Can they do a grid inter-tie? If they can, they can >> save boucoup >> bucks. If they're completely off-grid they'll have >> to spring for >> batteries and they're quite expensive and high >> maintenance. >> >> We're lucky here in Tucson. The local MUNICIPAL >> (NOT private for-profit >> leach) power company will PAY us good bucks to go >> solar Inter-Tie. >> About half of the system cost will be covered by our >> Electric Company... >> >> Have fun. Good Luck! >> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
