Next year it will be in Orlando. David Katz ----- Original Message ----- From: Jesse Dahl [mailto:dahlso...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 07:06 AM To: RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Solar gathering?
Thanks for the advice! Dallas here I come...next year! Jesse Sent from my iPad!!! On Oct 8, 2011, at 10:37 AM, "Joel Davidson" <joel.david...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Dear Jesse, > > 1. Go to the Dallas solar exhibition and spend a lot of time on the floor > talking to real engineers with field experience (not salespeople). First > question to ask is "How many PV systems have you installed?" Anyone with less > than 50 systems under their belt is either reading from the book or still in > training. > > 2. Attend a Bill Brooks training session. Bill has strong opinions that some > wrenches disagree with but has seen more PV installations than over 99% of > the people on Earth and has spend decades thinking about what is good and bad > PV. > > 3. Meet with and walk the exhibit floor with and talk shop day and night with > as many wrenches as you can (at least 3 a day). > > 4. Go to the exhibits all the time they are open and keep your ears open. > Wrenching is parts and the people who put parts together. Only go to sessions > and workshops when the exhibits are closed. > > 5. Don't become a true believer in any one part or one way to put parts > together. There are many good and bad parts and techniques. The quest is > finding something better. > > Have fun. > Joel Davidson > "Not all change is for the better, but nothing gets better without change." > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Dahl" <dahlso...@gmail.com> > To: "RE-wrenches" <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> > Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2011 7:56 AM > Subject: [RE-wrenches] Solar gathering? > > >> All, >> >> I am looking for advice on a trade show or continuing Ed classes to attend >> in the future. I have around $1800 to spend on this endeavor. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> Thanks as always, >> >> Jesse >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> _______________________________________________ >> List sponsored by Home Power magazine >> >> List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org >> >> Options & settings: >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >> List-Archive: >> http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org >> >> List rules & etiquette: >> www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm >> >> Check out participant bios: >> www.members.re-wrenches.org > > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Home Power magazine > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Options & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
