tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571816002563452625.post3992214606915516485..comments2024-03-27T02:27:59.434-07:00Comments on Solar, Wind, Conservation, Green Careers, Renewable Energy Lease Financing Blog: Green Earl Inspects A Solar System Installed At The Foot Of Mt. Shasta In Northern CA, Almost 28 Years Ago, Still Operating Trouble_FreeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06838256888745083237noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571816002563452625.post-70567179427535560172009-06-17T05:10:12.874-07:002009-06-17T05:10:12.874-07:00Notice the gray taped pipe in the lower left-hand ...Notice the gray taped pipe in the lower left-hand corner of the pre-plumb. The customer hired a plumber after we completed this job in 1982, to add another line, which runs under the house, in the crawl-space, to a second water-heater. <br /><br />While this additional line taxes the system's output, which really is undersized at 30 gal, this Cornell solar batch dhw, Domestic Hot Water System is still able to make a sizable contribution to the hot water, bath, shower and kitchen use of hot water needs, if the system is left in a pre-heat mode, full-time, it will keep the two water heaters, located in different parts of the 1400 sq ft home, from turning on, or at least turning on, very often_Green Earl<br /><br />I am proud of our work..seeing it still operating nearly 3 decades later, trouble-free, is a real joy to me.<br /><br />Naysayers in our town, Redding, cA where we actually have over 300 quality solar days a year, need to ask themselves, how a system located in a area with maybe only 200 or less good solar days, in a much colder climate becomes a totally cost-effective system, while they REU, Redding Electric Utility bull shits them into believing, and then helps to make sure, that rate-payer monies are spent on new grid lines, gas lines and polluting gas-fired electric turbines, instead of adding these renewable and alternative forms of energy and giving credit to those paying the tab...THEY'RE RATE PAYERS and owners of the REU Utility_Green EarlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06838256888745083237noreply@blogger.com