I still do not have my HF panels on line yet so I have been doing other things. When its
cooler in the attic I'm going to run the wires from roof top into the attic and down to the
garage.
The plan for that is to combine the panel or panel sets of three on the roof, then run 10
GA, wire through a weather head of some sort, into the attic.
The supports for the panels IM still not sure about , thinking maybe used screen door
frames or something like that.
I found a Victor 1000w inverter on Criglist and picked up for 50 bucks.
The GHurd controller is under construction now! More on that later.
My son and I replaced our existing gas hot water heater with a new one from Sears the
other one was leaking and not very efficient.
I kept the old one thinking maybe strip it and paint it black to solar pre-heat water for the
new one. I really do not think its worth it though sense it has a leak. Recently I went to
Lowes and seen a new one that had been sideswiped by a forklift , the first time I seen it
100 bucks! 2 days later it was 50 bucks, the next day 25 bucks, I didn't get that day but
went back to get it and of course it was gone. Snooze you loose applies here!
While the rest of the family went on a vacation I run some new gas lines to the kitchen to
install a gas range and get rid of the ele one. One of the igniters was not working and I
had to fix that, it was just shorting out. Taking the stove apart was a real treat.
Sense the gas range requires ele to start I did some wiring for that. I also installed a extra
outlet and run a wire into the basement for a future hookup to the inverter if needed. Of
course after I did all this the price of natural gas went up 40%.
Also did a sump pump and new plumbing. The old one hasent worked for afew years.This
year we needed it.
I got firewood on my mind now.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
mixerman