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RJsfishin
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Feb 02, 2014

Self Sufficient on Solar? Something Not Right !

I'm happy w/ my small 200 watt solar, but it dawned on me the other day that if the sun hangs in here as long as I do (here in QZS) I will have saved a whole $60 of gasoline I usually burn in my Honda...
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mena661
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Feb 02, 2014
smkettner wrote:
In a mild chill a heat pump would produce 2 to 3 times the heat btu per watt vs resistance heat.
Didn't know this and great information!

2oldman wrote:
Running heat off batteries is pretty much like running A/C. Ain't gonna happen.
Actually there are members here already running A/C off inverter (few hours here and there), they just don't talk much about it. It's not like it's an impossible task, it just takes some planning like everything else.

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