Good morning!!!!

buckeyefarmer · Jan 26, 2017

sodamo said:
So is that strictly grid tied or have battery backup also?
Started my upgrade, installing the new charge controller today.
I paid $.76/watt for my new panels including tax and shipping, but still way better than I could get locally.
You can avoid the hefty shipping cost.

Grid tied. $2.43 per watt installed.
56 Canadian solar 340w panels w/
Solaredge optimizers.
2x Solaredge 10kw inverter
Everest ground mount rack,
175' trenching.

txdon · Jan 26, 2017

buckeyefarmer said:
Had a solar salesman give me a quote. $46k for a 19kw system, ground mounted. I can probably do it myself for half that.

Whoa, since my electric bill is $1,200 a year, If I don't ever move, that system would pay for itself when I'm . . . . . 100 years old :shocked:!

buckeyefarmer · Jan 26, 2017

txdon said:
Whoa, since my electric bill is $1,200 a year, If I don't ever move, that system would pay for itself when I'm . . . . . 100 years old :shocked:!

Your system would be less than half of that then. Course you get 30% back in Texas.(taxes)

mostly_gas · Jan 26, 2017

Good evening all. 31F this morning, clear, light wind. Temp got up to 50F here, was a bit cooler in OK City. Funeral was for my wife's first husbands niece who was 52. Trip back and forth was uneventful, got home about 7PM. Stress test tomorrow has 4 hour fast, and echo gram (sp?) before and after, is this normal?

txdon · Jan 26, 2017

buckeyefarmer said:
Your system would be less than half of that then. Course you get 30% back in Texas.(taxes)

The last time I check our electrical co-op made it difficult to connect to their grid. They wanted the owner to pay for two meters one going in one going out, and would only pay pennies on the going out. They have since eliminated the need to pay for a second meter monthly but still no rebate on equipment. Also we have never stayed in one place more than 15 years and we have been here 11.

txdon · Jan 26, 2017

mostly_gas said:
Good evening all. 31F this morning, clear, light wind. Temp got up to 50F here, was a bit cooler in OK City. Funeral was for my wife's first husbands niece who was 52. Trip back and forth was uneventful, got home about 7PM. Stress test tomorrow has 4 hour fast, and echo gram (sp?) before and after, is this normal?

I think that is right, it's been a long time since I had the stress test with echo gram. It was about 6 months before my heart attack. I passed it easily. You should pass yours also with all the bike exercise you get. That reminds me, this cool weather will fool you into not hydrating enough so DRINK when exercising outside. Keep the blood nice and thin so it won't create greater turbulence around the newer plaque, which can break off and cause a heart attack. The older plaque is more stabilized and less likely to come undone.

Buppies · Jan 27, 2017

Sleepless night in Seatle so to speak. Chilly outside about 33 but very windy. Seasonable cold for weekend and next week. Snow for mountains not much here. The first weekend of Feburary looks somewhat wintery then another warm up. That pesky SE Ridge will not go away. No bathroom work yesterday or today tile man comes Monday. Mostly hope everything checks out ok

buckeyefarmer · Jan 27, 2017

Yea, the wind has been strong here.

Eric Salop · Jan 27, 2017

I was wishing for another frozen day, to let me drive easily over the top of soggy fields and muddy gateways. Well I got my wish, but nature slightly overdid things. A cold wind has been blowing here too and helped the frost penetrate deep last night. Now I'm struggling to find liquid style water for the sheep. Looks like once I have warmed up and had some breakfast, I will have to resort to bucketing water from inside the house. Less than a month now and I will be able to say goodbye to the ewes for a short while when they go away for lambing. Looking forward to a week of Sheepless in Seatle.