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Solar Power Production for July 7th, 2009 and June Electric Bill

This post is part of an update on solar power production at my house after the installation of solar panels and other efforts to reduce power consumption. You can read more about the project here.   Total Power Produced: 17.32 kWh Weather: Sunny and then partly cloudy midday. June Electric Bill Update: The June 2008 [...]

Solar Power Production July 6, 2009

This post is part of an update on solar power production at my house after the installation of solar panels and other efforts to reduce power consumption. You can read more about the project here.   Total Power Produced: 10.36 kWh Weather: Cloudy with some morning rain and then partly cloudy. @GetOutOfDebtGuy

Video Update on Solar Power Interconnect

Here is a quick tour of the hardware installed on the side of the house to connect the DC power from the solar panels to the inverter to convert it to AC to feed back into the grid. If you can’t see the video above click here. Steve @GetOutOfDebtGuy Source: Video Update on Solar Power [...]

The Whole House Fan Project – It’s Done, Comfortable and Saving Me Money

In my quest to reduce my reliance on utilities I embarked on a journey that involved sealing my crawl space, adding loads of extra insulation in the attic and installing a whole house fan. Some have thought that I meant an attic fan, not so. A whole house fan draws air from inside the house [...]