http://www.dougfine.com/2007/05/03/electrified/ Personal website of author Doug Fine Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:17:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 http://www.dougfine.com/2007/05/03/electrified/#comment-6 herbie Tue, 08 May 2007 16:29:07 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2007/05/03/electrified/#comment-6 congratulations d f. payback time will be only 63.8 yrs. sun to electrons it warms our hearts as our wallets are depleted. blend a smoothie for me! congratulations d f. payback time will be only 63.8 yrs. sun to electrons it warms our hearts as our wallets are depleted. blend a smoothie for me!

]]> http://www.dougfine.com/2007/05/03/electrified/#comment-7 admin Tue, 08 May 2007 18:30:20 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2007/05/03/electrified/#comment-7 Yeah, I mean, would I rather have an epitaph, following my almost inevitable solar electrocution, that reads, "At least he tried to reduce his carbon footprint" or "He really saved a lot of money by not going solar"? What favor smoothie do you like? I've been going with "Goat hair and chicken egg shell." Yeah, I mean, would I rather have an epitaph, following my almost inevitable solar electrocution, that reads, “At least he tried to reduce his carbon footprint” or “He really saved a lot of money by not going solar”? What favor smoothie do you like? I’ve been going with “Goat hair and chicken egg shell.”

]]> http://www.dougfine.com/2007/05/03/electrified/#comment-1801 Ravenmej Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:24:51 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2007/05/03/electrified/#comment-1801 Doug-Read your new book yesterday afternoon. Could not put it down (and I'm one to take 12 months to read a Louis Lamour pulp).Of course you are a funny dude but I know the full range of human experiences involved in a project such as yours. At the same time you've been doing yours, my wife and son and I have been building our cabin-off-the-grid in the cross-timbers of East Texas. Yes, it works, ...now. But to get from point A to point Z....well, I just wish I had your sense of humor. Hey, I was wondering if it was worth asking to add a thread about some of the more technical stuff. You know, what kind of inverter are you using? Do the panels connect thru a combiner box? Back up generator? How do you get the internet way out there? That would be fun to pick your brain. Anyway, thanks for trying to live a different way. Matt, Rebecca and Will Texas Doug-Read your new book yesterday afternoon. Could not put it down (and I’m one to take 12 months to read a Louis Lamour pulp).Of course you are a funny dude but I know the full range of human experiences involved in a project such as yours. At the same time you’ve been doing yours, my wife and son and I have been building our cabin-off-the-grid in the cross-timbers of East Texas. Yes, it works, …now. But to get from point A to point Z….well, I just wish I had your sense of humor.
Hey, I was wondering if it was worth asking to add a thread about some of the more technical stuff. You know, what kind of inverter are you using? Do the panels connect thru a combiner box? Back up generator? How do you get the internet way out there? That would be fun to pick your brain. Anyway, thanks for trying to live a different way.
Matt, Rebecca and Will
Texas

]]> http://www.dougfine.com/2007/05/03/electrified/#comment-5242 Roofing Company Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:57:55 +0000 http://www.dougfine.com/2007/05/03/electrified/#comment-5242 Very interesting article. Its good to see it can be powered by the sun as well... as i can clearly see that lately more people are using enviromentally friendly technologies... such as solar panel roofing. Very interesting article. Its good to see it can be powered by the sun as well… as i can clearly see that lately more people are using enviromentally friendly technologies… such as solar panel roofing.

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