Recent content by Mtsoxfan

I have always had under house, or attached to house via breezeway, garages, and never thought anymore about a fire there than in the house itself. Only own ICE vehicles. No one is forcing me into an EV as of late...

I like the driving dirt bike, sxs, shoot guns, cruising the roads, spending time with you. I would ask him if there is anything he'd like to try or do while out there. I also like the neighbors daughter introduction...

Can you give some details on this? Pros/cons

Wow, very long read but very enlightening as well. I've thought of wind over solar, being a former very happy solar owner. Solar always won out for me. But this is firm proof I made the right decision. When we moved to VT, looked into solar, but the amount of sun compared to CT was considerably...

I had a torn and detached retina. Happened as I was teaching. Like a curtain going down in my right eye. Drove to a DR nearby, against the schools advise, about 15 minutes using one eye. He said, get to the hospital ASAP. I did. They tried freezing as a patch, something else as a patch. Came...

Those Carrier type a/c units will spin the meter. Now heat pumps, super efficient, and they can provide heat as well. Had them installed with solar, that was the way to go for me. Moved to VT and got cold climate heat pumps. Again, even with no solar up here, that was the way to go for me...

You're right about peanuts, Eversource paid .0675 per kwh, and charges about .18kwh. I didn't care, 52 panels consistently produced 15MW a year. System paid off in roughly 8 years. When we sold house, solar brought in enough "extra" money to pay it off again. I did use roof rake in winter, to...

Do you have net metering? When I had solar, net metering would "bank" my excess production, and I made enough to carry an electric heat house all winter.

I really want to change the hydraulic oil this spring, changing from 134 to 200, which is rated for colder weather. My head is spinning trying to find the same quality of oil as NH, and hoping to reduce the price. Every oil manufacturer has claims to be equal, just wondering if that's so. Have...

Thanks for pics. Is the music festival a revenue source for you? Sounds very cool, someplace I'd go watch music in the great outdoors...

Sounds like a lifestyle, would love to see more pictures...

Funny story, about 30 years ago, I planted a bunch of strawberries, the kind from the back of a magazine where they grow to the size of a childs hand, fenced in. Something was eating them. Local AG center had a master gardener answering questions on a Saturday morning radio show. Just as he was...

Damn, 4 acre garden? Do you sell produce? Last year was my first garden, maybe 100 square feet. LOL...

Beautiful!! So, how deep is your pond?

That is beautiful. As far as a table, that might be considered some sort of conspiracy/spying/invasive move on my part. LOL... I just enjoy reading/seeing your properties.