A white oneWhat is that in metric units?
Anyhow you ought to buy a huge tarpaulin and install it over the containers to shade them. That is at least as efficient as the insulation.
A white oneWhat is that in metric units?
Anyhow you ought to buy a huge tarpaulin and install it over the containers to shade them. That is at least as efficient as the insulation.
Heat the walk in closet with an electric heater.Today is the second day of good sun here in the frozen s***hole of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. After the batteries were charged I was so eager to use the free excess electricity that I washed my favorite long johns days ahead of schedule.
I also put the lunch leftovers into the refrigerator steaming hot.
Electric heating elements give you better temp control. Also, It's a bit safer indoors, than running an open flame. lolYea, but I'm having a hard time with the electric still concept. Call me old fashioned...
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Here you just can't live off grid from our climate
Even being quite north: when you have enough sun to have excess power, you mainly don't need any heating.Electric heating elements give you better temp control. Also, It's a bit safer indoors, than running an open flame. lol
It's all about how many sunny days you have in winter. And designing the whole house around off-grid requirements is not accessible to many of us.I'm a little more north than you. I'm off-grid. It's perfectly possible, but you have to design your house for it. Heating with alternatives like wood (modern wood gasification boiler) and some bio-diesel you make over summer for the generator in winter. My place runs in winter on average with 5kWh a day, and that's not sacrificing any comfort. With a 60kWh battery, I have 12 days of autonomy. I'm expanding to 100kWh this Spring. The only times I need the generator are November, December and January - when I run it once a week at most.
?? Doesn't the distillation process require heat?Even being quite north: when you have enough sun to have excess power, you mainly don't need any heating.
Ooops! I overlooked that. Sorry!?? Doesn't the distillation process require heat?
You would still get a % of power from your panels just depends on how much "excess" panels you installed. You would be in trouble however if your panels are covered in snow and you can't clear them off. Most calculations for "days of autonomy" assume zero input for all those days but if you even just cover base loads during those cloudy days you drastically increase the "days of autonomy".It's all about how many sunny days you have in winter. And designing the whole house around off-grid requirements is not accessible to many of us.
Higher doses of lithium is not a source of energy. It needs to be charged as well. And -you can count on that- you usually start long periods of snow with already depleted batteries from a few weeks of overcasted cloudy days.My solar counselor when informed of my depressed state of condition is prescribing higher doses of lithium.
He’ll have sun tomorrow. NW Arkansas doesn’t get the weeks of cloudy weather like Germany. He’s just being a whiner. PrettyHigher doses of lithium is not a source of energy. It needs to be charged as well. And -you can count on that- you usually start long periods of snow with already depleted batteries from a few weeks of overcasted cloudy days.
Get a dehydrater and jerk off!Today is the second day of good sun here in the frozen s***hole of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. After the batteries were charged I was so eager to use the free excess electricity that I washed my favorite long johns days ahead of schedule.
I also put the lunch leftovers into the refrigerator steaming hot.
Oh, the humanity...but it did get the attention of my neighbors who wondered why I had floating air mattresses tied to my fence.
I have a smart PV diverter for our water heater. It uses excess power generated by the grid tied PV system, ramping up and down the delivery of power based on what's available. Here's an example showing our PV output (yellow), water heater consumption (red) and excess exported to the grid (purple). You can see when diverting it maintains a small level of export to the grid.Is there an easy way to use surplus electric power to heat my hot water?
Ah, so you set the maximum temperature limit on the thermostat in the hot water heater, and control the power to the unit with another device? Is that diverter a COTS device or something you put together?Oh, the humanity...
I have a smart PV diverter for our water heater. It uses excess power generated by the grid tied PV system, ramping up and down the delivery of power based on what's available. Here's an example showing our PV output (yellow), water heater consumption (red) and excess exported to the grid (purple). You can see when diverting it maintains a small level of export to the grid.
Once water reaches the temperature set point the thermostat controller open the water heater's contacts.
Yes, the tank's thermostat operates as normal.Ah, so you set the maximum temperature limit on the thermostat in the hot water heater, and control the power to the unit with another device? Is that diverter a COTS device or something you put together?