tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post8576844151379264054..comments2024-03-25T16:44:35.555-04:00Comments on Sixbears in the Woods: Good News on the Energy FrontSixbearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-60850064016106057262013-12-12T18:58:32.793-05:002013-12-12T18:58:32.793-05:00Mount the panels and batteries on a utility traile...Mount the panels and batteries on a utility trailer and sneak a cord into the house. <br /><br />I got off the grid now because i expect something crazy like that soon. Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-79266365121483376362013-12-12T18:57:03.742-05:002013-12-12T18:57:03.742-05:00Even a small system that can charge your phone and...Even a small system that can charge your phone and run a couple lights makes a world of difference. Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-3355436729762978482013-12-12T13:25:05.039-05:002013-12-12T13:25:05.039-05:00Here we have no choice but to buy an expensive aut...Here we have no choice but to buy an expensive automatic transfer switch and are forced to feed the grid if you install solar/wind power. Discourages us peons from getting too uppity and independent...Mayberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07664966137470121099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-65001950164128056322013-12-12T13:16:08.623-05:002013-12-12T13:16:08.623-05:00I'm thinking that I should set up some panels ...I'm thinking that I should set up some panels here at Mom's house, especially since the prices are within reason right now!<br /><br />Be good to have for the outages during the storms on the coast!HermitJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13631580830147175636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-54013998613060145222013-12-12T07:40:34.255-05:002013-12-12T07:40:34.255-05:00Someone noticed the solar panel on my boat and sai...Someone noticed the solar panel on my boat and said: we should have doing this 20 years ago. I said I was doing this 20 years ago. Surprising it's taken so long for people to catch on. Of course, now the price of entry is as low as it's ever been. <br /><br />Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-70117243641035105572013-12-12T03:12:08.730-05:002013-12-12T03:12:08.730-05:00I haven't plugged into the national grid for m...I haven't plugged into the national grid for more than twenty something years as I'm sure I've mentioned before. I've three good sized solar panels and a 510amphours of battery and I'm a happy man with all the power I need to run a laptop up to eighteen hours a day, a fridge that hasn't stopped running 24 hours a day for a lot of years, lighting, phone charging and all that sort of thing. It's so easy. The price of solar panels has never been cheaper. I can't understand why everybody doesn't do it...The Flying Tortoisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212913610390768373noreply@blogger.com