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    Can Solar & Wind Fix Everything (e.g., Climate Change) with a battery break-through?

    Bring on climate change! Save TRILLIONS and plant some trees.
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    What was your most interesting recent non solar project?

    Back in the day, they used what's called Balloon construction, which means there may not be firestops in your walls. That makes it much easier to go the cheaper "blow-in" insulation route. For open cell or closed cell foam, you will need to rip out all the sheetrock first. Most of my houses...
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    the rapidly changing inverter landscape

    I can attest to this. When I bought my house, it already had solar. I was bringing my own off grid inverters with me from my previous home, so I didnt want to deal with all the hassles of a contract. (The SMA inverters were installed in 2008, so I figured they would die soon anyway) When it came...
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    What was your most interesting recent non solar project?

    Ahhh, now THAT is a good point! I have made it my passion to NEVER use ANY ethenol gas in ANY small engine devices. ETHENOL FREE ONLY! Run the carb dry before storing. Ever since I started doing that, all my tools start on first or second pull every time. I do love my battery operated DeWalt...
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    What was your most interesting recent non solar project?

    Gas is a no brainer. Battery powered needs charging time, are more expensive, and usually not as powerful. In fact, as I found out yesterday, even gas power is not enough when cutting large oak trunks in a mill. (The mill uses a battery to move adjust the logs. The battery on that mill for...
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    What was your most interesting recent non solar project?

    We did a few thousand pounds of White Oak, Cherry and Elm yesterday with this mobile mill. Kohler engine.
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    What was your most interesting recent non solar project?

    Wow. Thats some next level work. All you need is the 50cal turret!
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    Hail damage in Texas.

    On Long Island we had a utility called Long Island Lighting Company. The local politicians put them out of business when they tried to open a nuke plant to provide clean affordable power, and they "took over" the business for the "peoples sake", to keep prices low. They renamed it the Long...
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    Seplos Mason DIY kit review (4/5)

    Just delete all the words, and it goes away.
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    Confusion on meaning of Off Grid vs Grid-tie vs Zero Export

    Depends on budget, and the inverter type you choose. The absolute simplest and most cost effective is a generator with a manual transfer switch on the main panel. For a small off grid solar inverter with a few panels, you can treat it like a generator, but I would just use a seperate "critical...
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    What was your most interesting recent non solar project?

    God bless you if you live in an area where freedoms still survive! Town permit offices in NYC are run like cartels.
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    What was your most interesting recent non solar project?

    Cool shower base!(and car and boat engine). Doing a shower myself at the moment in a 300 year old house.
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    What was your most interesting recent non solar project?

    I am sure you have all the proper permits, and a good architect to stamp the plans for approval, but as an FYI to make sure you dont have the same issue, I had to replace all my second story windows on a build we did on Long Island NY, because the inspector said they were a half inch too narrow...
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