Solar Electricity

2008-11-14 Thread Scott Stewart
Is anyone using solar technology to power their home, in lieu of shelling out to a big electricity conglomerate? -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer Office of Research Information Systems Research amp; Economic Development University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Phone:(919)843-2408 Fax:

Re: Solar Electricity

2008-11-14 Thread Deanna Schneider
We're not, though I considered getting an evaluation. Our city has a grant that provides free evals to anyone. They do a google earth analysis of your home site first, and if it looks like you'd get enough sun, they come out and discuss what you could do and help you find all the grants and

Re: Solar Electricity

2008-11-14 Thread Scott Stewart
Unfortunatly NC doesn't offer anything like that, that I'm aware of... I really want to get away from the local electricity giant Deanna Schneider wrote: We're not, though I considered getting an evaluation. Our city has a grant that provides free evals to anyone. They do a google earth

RE: Solar Electricity

2008-11-14 Thread Scott Raley -ITC
this done out west and it could happen to us like when I go on vacation and batteries can only hold so much without discharge. -Original Message- From: Scott Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 9:19 AM To: cf-community Subject: Solar Electricity Is anyone using

Re: Solar Electricity

2008-11-14 Thread Robert Munn
My next door neighbor is going to do it. He doesn't have it set up yet, but he has the plans worked out. One of the things he is going to do that apparently isn't standard these days is install a bank of batteries to store the electricity collected during the day so he can power everything with

Re: Solar Electricity

2008-11-14 Thread Erika L. Walker
Now THAT is cool. They've got some great technology these days for boats now. To help cut down on generator usage. Looking forward to what the next couple of years bring out. On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 1:04 PM, Robert Munn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of the things he is going to do that

RE: Solar Electricity

2008-11-14 Thread Scott Raley -ITC
, November 14, 2008 1:05 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Solar Electricity My next door neighbor is going to do it. He doesn't have it set up yet, but he has the plans worked out. One of the things he is going to do that apparently isn't standard these days is install a bank of batteries to store

Re: Solar Electricity

2008-11-14 Thread Andrew Grosset
Wood Gas http://www.google.ca/search?hl=enq=wood+gasbtnG=Google+Searchmeta= Yeah but I'm planning to be in the house for the next 20 yrs it's a good investment.. but according to HGTV it's a good investment because buyers are starting to look for this type of thing if you decide to sell.