Wrenches: Oh yeah, I forgot to mention: Todd, you can hold the lecture: I agree with you but the repetition is wasting energy.
William On Aug 16, 2013, at 12:01 PM, toddc...@finestplanet.com wrote: > "off-grid systems where the loads are enormous," > > i realize this is not popular now in these days of "solar is so cheap", but i > will not work for people who wont conserve or be efficient. > > as we all know, pv contains lots of embedded energy and to my thinking... > having it power waste is simply greenwashing... so the "race to the bottom" > will have to happen without my help. > i start every job (on or off grid) with an energy audit. the result is > radically lower consumption levels, more conscious customers, a smaller > system (so less resource use and less economic investment). this yields a > win-win for the customer and planet. with propane/wood powering the water and > space heating loads (and sometimes refrigeration), line drying laundry... > generally the maximum consumption i see is in the 5 to 6 kWh/day area. > > around here, with our seasonal precipitation it is nearly impossible to do > off grid without generator use in the winter. here again, conservation helps > as it reduces the overall load, battery cycling (and wear) and generator use. > > i realize you were asking about battery cycling, but with lower consumption > profiles, this becomes less of an issue. > > thats my "old school" .02 > > todd > > >
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