talk.politics.misc

Gatt wrote:
> "SMITH29" wrote in message
> news:13kn812sv2ukuc7@ ...
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>> Solar hot water panels are rather easy to build. Around Lat 48 you
>> probably don't need evacuated collector tube enclosures but I could build
>> and pump if necessary but wonder if the effort is worth it.
>
> Interesting.
>
> We have an unused chimney on our house, which is near the mouth of the
> Columbia Gorge, and I'm considering putting one of these on top of it.
> / Or, just building one with an electric motor I
> already have.
>
> -c
>
>
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You are in the wind alley?
Quillomine Area has a good sized wind farm >
/wind-farms/

You would think GE would have supplied the gear?
Some outfit in Norway I think it was supplied the generators.

I think you can still get state assistance if you want to up load to the
utility mains which means a certified inverter and switch gear.
So far I know of noone doing it because power is so cheap the payback is
a long time unless you are total electric with $ /mo. power bill.
You generate DC and invert it in sync with the mains and run your watt
meter backwards and so far as I know they don't cash you out but rather
give you credits if you load more than you use.

We have a home in Yakima and one in Seattle and the wind don't blow
enough for us to do generators and solar electric panels still run about
$ /75 watt panel. I use one on the camper and can have all the DC I
need to keep some big Trojan batteries charged and run a 2500 watt
inverter for TV and misc stuff like fluorescent lighting.