If you also have the local electricians selling the kvar units as
surefire ways to save 30% on your electric bill, I'd nominate that as
myth/scheme/scam, though I hope most of those resellers are doing so
only because they're naive. There was also some absurd company a few
years ago which was selling a "3000W" module that looked suspiciously
like a 200W module yet could produce a steady 3kW even without any load
and even while in the shade. They had the clamp-on meter to prove it, so
maybe they're still selling off area code exclusivity off for a mere
$50,000 initial deposit.
Screen-shots from this would be fun-- one of the ubiquitous "$50 for
this complete guide to unplugging from grid by making your own solar panels"
http://www.powerfreedom.com/System/
The YellowBook ad from a few years ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hpHxEhO_DQ
I don't know where I got this picture-- from one of the "make your own
solar panel" things online. Lovely aesthetics!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bxhl3q6hrr9z5sp/DIY%20PV.png
On 2014/4/12, 16:47, Allan Sindelar wrote:
Fellow Wrenches,
Last year I prepared an hour's presentation for our local Solar Fiesta
on "Energy Myths, Schemes and Scams". I covered mostly PV and the
solar industry, with a few slides about the physics of wind and those
cute spinny yard-art things called VAWTs. I also hit on "it takes
more energy to make a PV panel than it will ever produce", the
limitations of 25-year module warranties, "free energy generators",
James McKirdy, lunar modules, and modules with fraudulent listings.
This was what I was able to pull together.
The workshop was popular and I have been asked to give it again in a
couple of weeks. I'm looking for any suggestions that you may have for
new or additional material to update the presentation. Any ideas are
welcome, especially if you can provide links to good stories and slide
materials. This is for a general non-technical audience, but I have
the freedom to go in any direction I wish. So I'd like to be more than
just entertaining, but make points about value over price, using local
installers with knowledge and experience, etc.
Beside my appreciation for the material, I'll offer in return to share
an editable version of the presentation for your own use (although
it's a 14 meg PowerPoint file at present).
Thank you in advance for your suggestions of anything that gets your
blood boiling, that would be funny if it wasn't giving PV and clean
energy a bad name.
Allan
--
*Allan Sindelar*
_Allan@positiveenergysolar.com_ <mailto:al...@positiveenergysolar.com>
NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional
NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional
New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician
Founder (Retired), *Positive Energy, Inc.*
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