Re: [RE-wrenches] Fwd: out of business

2011-05-18 Thread Jason Szumlanski
They should just make the turbine blades out of PV mods and kill two birds with one stone. But they'd want to use bifacial mods to capture the reflected light off the pole. My favorite is the "photo gallery" with superimposed images of the product in various settings. Jason Szumlanski Fafc

[RE-wrenches] Outback AC Breakers

2011-05-18 Thread Jason Szumlanski
Did Outback discontinue their 60A 2-pole AC DIN breaker? Is the Square D QOU line a direct replacement that will fit in the Flexware AC panel? Jason Szumlanski Fafco Solar ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fwd: out of business

2011-05-18 Thread holtek
Once that's up you can get a big boost (6% of annual demand!) out of one of these. http://news.discovery.com/tech/generate-green-electricity-from-your-balcony.html Holt E. Kelly Holtek Fireplace & Solar Products 500 Jewell Dr. Waco TX. 76712 254-751-9111 www.holteksolar.com - Original

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fwd: out of business

2011-05-18 Thread Hans Frederickson
Since they're doubling up on PV technology, I thought it would be funny to suggest they have a VAWT on the pole between the crystalline PV and the HAWT. Turns out they've already thought of this! "Vertical axis Wind Turbine: VAWT currently in research and development. This four source version

[RE-wrenches] we have lost a good man

2011-05-18 Thread Nik Ponzio
The industry has lost a pioneer and the world has lost a really decent human. I don't know any details yet but Jim Grundy of Elemental Energy died unexpectedly yesterday. I didn't know him well but I liked everything I knew about him. He was honest and kind and he did good work. He truly was an e

Re: [RE-wrenches] Working on metal roofs.

2011-05-18 Thread Nik Ponzio
Here's a product that I just learned about. The roofers we work with love these. I haven't bought a set yet but it's on the list... http://www.metalplusllc.com/ ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org O

Re: [RE-wrenches] wrenches] Fwd: out of business

2011-05-18 Thread Kristopher Schmid
Oh, and don't forget the "make your own PV panels from hardware store parts and never pay another electric bill" guy! On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 11:09 PM, john wrote: > Ray, >We were already doomed when the Tesla generator came out... The plans to > build are now down to $39 with all parts cost

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fwd: out of business

2011-05-18 Thread Michael Welch
Hi gang. If you have any comments about this, please contact me off list, not on the list. Please, let's end this off-topic thread. Please take it to the RE-Bitching list if you wish to continue. ___ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Addres

Re: [RE-wrenches] Fwd: Fwd: out of business

2011-05-18 Thread Ray Walters
Sorry Erika, at nights occasionally, my evil alter ego "Home Brew Boy" hacks my email. Considering no one on this list is under the age of 13, the term "boy" is almost universally offensive. Home Brew Boy was an unfortunate side effect of the Guerilla Solar war of th

Re: [RE-wrenches] Xantrex / Schneider recall update

2011-05-18 Thread Solar Energy Solutions
All,   It took 2  twelve hour days and several hundred miles but we got all of our replacement capacitors installed.  It was actually good to go out and see how our systems have fared after 5 years or so.  The found two things without exception.  All the systems needed their panels cleaned, and.