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buildandgrow t1_j6mjhrj wrote

These are very cool and I definitely support the innovations… But… this article definitely skews to the point of sounding like a commercial. Performance in optimum conditions may or may not predict performance in non optimal. How many days out of the last 10 have you seen the sun in VT? Just make sure you build redundancies into your designs… Don’t rely on heat pumps exclusively, don’t expect solar to always work, and if you need work done on your house, don’t expect most contractors in rural New England to know how to do it at the original designer intended.

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EpictetussutetcipE t1_j6n2vnd wrote

I hear so many people talk about the lack of sun... all you have to do is work with the Sun to meet your demand needs. Do laundry when it's sunny, etc.

Or oversize your array to get up to where you need. Frustrates me when people act like cloudy = no power.

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Twombls t1_j6njtl5 wrote

So does that mean I would have to go a month without doing laundry?

What if im at work for the 3 hours its sunny.

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buildandgrow t1_j6npozu wrote

Certainly you’re correct that you can do things to make it work. Do it more, do it better, and do it with less.

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