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My first set of lead acid batteries lasted 20 year so when Covid came, I upgraded my power system due to a failed battery. I hooked up...

you attempted to employ the weight reduction program. Sometimes it works!

So I got the new fan motor in, got the heater back in the trailer, connected everything back up, and it just refused to light off. It...

I found this by accident and thought it might be useful for people DIYing a wind or turbine system. The A/C condenser fan on my house...

Hmmm.... shunt says fan draws just over 40w... Motor says 6w on the data plate... Bearings jiggle... Housing all crimped together...

Hi Neighbor!! <waves> I drive through Greenwater on the way to the east side campground where my picture is from in that other thread...

Replace bearings, replace any pads that might exist, no oil reservoir. $ That's the plan anyways. Replace fan motor if bearings are...

Excellemt outcome!! As the customer, you were right to insist on getting what was designed and permitted. Thanks for reporting back.

With the exception of a basic understanding of risk dealing with a Chinese company going forward most of the rest of that is Greek to...

That looks good. The 18" from ridge and 24" path from eave to ridge is for firefighters on habitable spaces. I suspect you bootlegged it...

Good point, what I read is the 18” / 80% roof rule is for a livable structure. But I’ll investigate further.

I ran some on my house that way once. They caught the Seabreeze and seemed to run cooler.

The wind loading calculations appear to change significantly once the panel sticks past the ridgeline. Wind uplift starts to become...

as many others have pointed out, it is hard to beat the energy density and cost of a bottle of propane. Don' take this wrong, as I...

All at once is a massive system for a pop up. I would focus on propane. Otherwise need to list the appliance input wattage.

Sure that is what I was crudely depicting with the / / / We are spitballing at the moment. I will have some rooftop on the new house...

Alcohol isn't the answer. Alcohol is the question. The answer is "yes!"

yes it is. There is housing development to the East, and my own lovely trees and natural scaping to the west and north. Perhaps I...

I am pondering a bifacial solar fence oriented N-S with the primary side to the west. We tend to have morning clouds and then clearing...