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I have been reading other threads with a 'critical loads" search. My initial deployment is 5~8Kw of roof mounted panels, depending on the roof real estate I have. My goals are to have a minimal critical loads subpanel that can be backed up with an inverter and batteries. I can keep that load...

I am running conduit and chases to the roof for this purpose. My goal is to replace most of the power used, plus back up about 7200W of essential loads for outages. The house is a self design and build, I will pull all the permits and perform the work. I did not tie the energy credits to the...

I picked this up yesterday, a 28-350 Rockwell 20" bandsaw. It needs new tires, blade, a fence, and a pulley for the new single phase motor. I found all the parts at one vendor online.

We are building a new home in the Olympic rain shadow, where the sun shines more and it rains less than anywhere around it. It has a less than ideal roof pitch for flat collectors at 3:12, but this is a better pitch for my personal safety :) I am using standing seam metal so I can employ the...

Hello all. I was always going to do grid tied solar PV on the new home, but lately I am getting excited about vacuum tube collectors for my hydronic heating. Happy to be here and I'll get to reading up what is going on.