Interesting. My house is typical 1960's build in the U.S. (Colorado urban) and I've done nothing really to make it more efficient other than mostly converting to LED Lighting. I use a max of about 20Kwh per day.... No AC - Swamp cooler in the summer, Natural Gas Furnace and Hot Water (I'd love to get rid of Natural Gas but that would also increase my Electrical usage).
100% off grid new home in Florida, full permit package and a strict but fair planning dept.
The truth is that Conservation is FAR cheaper than generation & storage. In the USA you now have the IRA program which includes a LOT of goodies to improve you home efficiency. A Large amount of people have no idea about it at all. I dug into it to help my GF (lives in Illinois caring for her elderly parents) and holy cow we discovered a LOT.
As we speak the US House is trying to dismantle many of those programs.
Agreed BUT Politics = Toxic Hazard to be avoided in friendly social environments like here.
Yep, on my list...in Colorado it's not going to be available until mid 2024 (I spoke with them last month)The truth is that Conservation is FAR cheaper than generation & storage. In the USA you now have the IRA program which includes a LOT of goodies to improve you home efficiency. A Large amount of people have no idea about it at all. I dug into it to help my GF (lives in Illinois caring for her elderly parents) and holy cow we discovered a LOT.
A few Links to peruse (you may be surprised)
https://content.rewiringamerica.org/reports/Rewiring%20America%20Go%20Electric%20Digital%20Guide.pdfHow much money can you get with the Inflation Reduction Act?
Household electrification incentives calculator from Rewiring America
Find out how much you could save with tax credits and rebates for heat pumps, water heaters, electric vehicles, electric stoves, rooftop solar, wiring upgrades, and energy efficiency improvements to your home.www.rewiringamerica.org
Of course they are....a$$holes!
Funny, I used to live in Florida. Don't anymore. Got tired of being flooded out of homes and had a home blown down by a hurricane. Your new home has to be off grid. You see, sea levels are rising and Florida's coast line is receding. Not to mention being surrounded by dead coral reefs that can't live in over 100 degree water. The utility companies can't produce reliable power for the state when every year the state is battered by major wind events and flooding causing billions in damages and uprooting lives. Oh yes, the PV panels on many homes get destroyed in these events. And rebuilding takes way more than a year, your looking at 5 years or more. Don't you find it funny as a Floridian that each year the State's citizens collect billions of dollars in Federal assistance for these disaster events and through the National Flood Insurance Program while those Americans living in states like California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Colorado and more are blocked from realizing the benefits of a National Wildfire Insurance Program to protect homeowners. My Congressman, Darrel Issa, a fine man, opposes a Federal Wildfire Program because "for many years the State of California did not properly manage the Federal forest land in the state and that is why there are wildfires so the State has to bear the cost". Genius I say.
It really makes a LOT more sense once you actually look at the word...
Exactly right. Over my lifetime I have seen the family unit go from being the beneficiary of a national policy to provide abundant electricity at very low affordable prices, to now being the target of big utility corporations and mega equipment manufacturer's incessantly lobbying in every state for higher and higher rates to support their mega grid expansions adding hundreds of billions in wealth to these corporations all resulting in the draining of the homeowner's or renters or businessman's wallets and negatively impacting lifestyles.
We aren't suffering in the least.
I'm never ready for winter.
Ya all need a three day utility outage...that was a green light to expand our system!
Nice, want to trade?.
Today it was sunny all morning, my Official Solar Tester sees that change in the weather - asks hey am I good to go with a load in the wash and then the electric dryer? - Yup good to go!
She really is getting into this solar routine now, I never imagined my wife would adjust her normal routine to the available solar - but here we are! She is into it.
Have you checked to see if your inverter is hanging up in the 90v range? Verified with a meter? One of my 6500s hang up at 90v until voltage gets very high around 300v. If you have a disconnect on your PV you can cycle that and see if your voltage and output increases. I have latest firmware that is supposed to fix this, I will be calling Signature Solar soon to get fixed.
Hmmm.... never thought about the positives of a shorter life!
