Electricity Costs A Cut And Paste
It's "Reality Check Time" and below is a cut n paste from the San Diego Union Tribune ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________...
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Inverter variable power appliances. Some ceiling fans are inverter controlled, microwave ovens, My coffeemaker has inverter temp control on the keep warm cycle. Does a good job at 160 degrees regardless of line voltage.
That DAP for solar lamps is to pay for them and maintain them. One of the lessons to be learned down here is to not do stuff like put up solar powered street lights then stop the DAP. Residents with regular street lights would throw fits. Jeez when SCT molded three highway topes for us and two for Bejuco and Chututitan I thought we were on the verge of WW III. When I donated a home built 150 watt LED streetlight for the crosswalk across Mex 200, -that- caused a lot of resentment. I have a family that helps me keep an ear near the rail. My kids use that crosswalk. Now that there is a periferico around the village, steel truck traffic and all commercial traffic has been cut 98%. It's boring to sit at the kid's Semana Santa Snack shack next to the village tienda and watch the road -- it's deserted. But no more window rattling jake brake serenades at 0315 hours.
There still are minor advantages to belonging to an ejido or cooperativa (I belong to the ejido and my kids belong to the huge cooperativa in Lazaro) The enramadas get commercial power rates at 66.66% and I get stuff like chickens, ducks and if I wanted them, goats at bargain prices, feed too. My fungicide for the orchard is discounted I believe 25%.
I wouldn't trade this for free rent in the states.
That DAP for solar lamps is to pay for them and maintain them. One of the lessons to be learned down here is to not do stuff like put up solar powered street lights then stop the DAP. Residents with regular street lights would throw fits. Jeez when SCT molded three highway topes for us and two for Bejuco and Chututitan I thought we were on the verge of WW III. When I donated a home built 150 watt LED streetlight for the crosswalk across Mex 200, -that- caused a lot of resentment. I have a family that helps me keep an ear near the rail. My kids use that crosswalk. Now that there is a periferico around the village, steel truck traffic and all commercial traffic has been cut 98%. It's boring to sit at the kid's Semana Santa Snack shack next to the village tienda and watch the road -- it's deserted. But no more window rattling jake brake serenades at 0315 hours.
There still are minor advantages to belonging to an ejido or cooperativa (I belong to the ejido and my kids belong to the huge cooperativa in Lazaro) The enramadas get commercial power rates at 66.66% and I get stuff like chickens, ducks and if I wanted them, goats at bargain prices, feed too. My fungicide for the orchard is discounted I believe 25%.
I wouldn't trade this for free rent in the states.
