Derrick T. posted an article on Do It Yourself Solar - Dec 28, 2011, 11:35 am
Reposting from http://www.slashdot.org : Hugh Pickens writes"Although global demand for solar power is still growing — about 8% more solar panels will be installed this year compared with 2010 — bankruptcies, plummeting stock prices and crushing debt loads are calling into question the viabil...
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Derrick T. posted an article on Do It Yourself Solar - Oct 13, 2011, 10:43 am
SolarDIY is back online and in action. New blog posts, new links added to reference sections, better interface, less ads!
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Derrick T. posted an article on Do It Yourself Solar - Sep 27, 2011, 2:38 pm
If you have not used Google Earth when considering a site for a solar installation, you should really give it a try. This would be useful for someone looking for property to build a solar powered or heated building, home, or business, as well as those looking to site a larger scale solar installatio...
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Derrick T. posted an article on Do It Yourself Solar - Jun 9, 2010, 9:28 am
Would you like to contribute to solardiy.info? It doesn’t pay money but would be a good way to show off projects. Leave a comment here with a way to contact you and we can talk.
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Derrick T. posted an article on Do It Yourself Solar - May 19, 2010, 11:12 am
Just ran across a bunch of statistics while doing some stuff and decided to share them. Try to reduce your energy usage, please In 2008, the average annual electricity consumption for a U.S. residential utility customer was 11,040 kWh, an average of 920 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per month. On average,...
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Derrick T. posted an article on Do It Yourself Solar - Oct 26, 2009, 4:56 pm
As new features and technologies are developed for battery charge controllers, and more systems are installed, there is a greater need for a way to monitor battery charge states, amperage/voltage from photovoltaic panels or wind turbines, and many other aspects of the system. Manufacturers of charge...
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Derrick T. posted an article on Do It Yourself Solar - Oct 26, 2009, 4:56 pm
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Derrick T. posted an article on Do It Yourself Solar - Jun 7, 2009, 10:51 pm
I saw this post on Instructables called Solar Thermal Water Heater For Less Than Five Dollars Obviously it is going to cost more than $5 to be able to actually use this for something, but I had never thought of using the coil from the back of a refrigerator as the tubing inside a flat plate collect...
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Derrick T. posted an article on Do It Yourself Solar - May 3, 2009, 1:48 am
I haven't had much time with work and school to update the site lately, but I wanted to throw some links out here as I have been getting asked more and more about Recreactional Vehicle (RV) and Camper solar electric installations. Questions have ranged from DIY advice to where to purchase equipment....
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Derrick T. posted an article on Do It Yourself Solar - Nov 19, 2008, 7:29 pm
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Derrick T. posted an article on Do It Yourself Solar - Nov 19, 2008, 7:29 pm
Lake Flower Apartments in Saranac Lake is a high rise apartment building (~9 stories tall) that provides housing to elderly people. Here is a link to a little information about Lake Flower Apartments, although there doesn't seem to be much out there on the internet about the place. What is very co...
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Derrick T. posted an article on Do It Yourself Solar - Sep 14, 2008, 10:18 am
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Derrick T. posted an article on Do It Yourself Solar - Sep 14, 2008, 10:18 am
I have been getting more questions about the satellite dish mount that I used to mount my solar panel with, so here are some pictures that will hopefully give some more insight. The original post can be found here: DIY Solar Panel Mount This is a mount that I removed from a Dish Network satellite ...
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Derrick T. posted an article on Do It Yourself Solar - Aug 26, 2008, 1:24 pm
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Derrick T. posted an article on Do It Yourself Solar - Aug 26, 2008, 1:24 pm
From smh.com.au (The Sydney Morning Herald) FOR her 10th birthday, Nicole Kuepper received an inspirational present from her parents - her first solar-energy kit. It sparked a fascination with solar technology that last night led to Ms Kuepper, 23, winning two Australian Museum Eureka Prizes for h...
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Derrick T. posted an article on Do It Yourself Solar - Jul 29, 2008, 5:08 pm
From Renewable Energy World: Material May Help Autos Turn Heat into Electricity by Pam Frost Gorder, OSU Ohio, United States Researchers have invented a new material that could potentially make cars more efficient, by converting heat wasted through engine exhaust into e...
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Derrick T. posted an article on Do It Yourself Solar - Jul 29, 2008, 5:08 pm
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Derrick T. posted an article on Do It Yourself Solar - Jul 27, 2008, 3:44 pm
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Derrick T. posted an article on Do It Yourself Solar - Jul 27, 2008, 3:44 pm
Found this on Slashdot: http://www.solarnetwork.net/ “solarNetwork.net is an open-source project and experiment to test a method of distributed energy production. It relies on continuous participation and cooperation of an online community. We hope this community develops to both 1) build out t...
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Derrick T. posted an article on Do It Yourself Solar - Jul 14, 2008, 9:07 pm
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Derrick T. posted an article on Do It Yourself Solar - Jun 23, 2008, 3:14 pm
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