I delayed signing up for the permanent electrical hookup for quite a while. It wasn’t too urgent because we already have the temporary construction electricity, but they charge about twice as much for it. We finally got around to signing up for the permanent electrical connection and the utility company sent an inspector by yesterday….
Temperatures of new solar powered DC LED lights
I noted at the end of this previous post that we the heatsinks seemed to be getting too hot when we first tested the LED lighting. The heatsinks were getting up to about 90 degrees Celsius. So in our final install, we roughly tripled the size of the heatsinks, and the results were quite promising. We…
First results from low thermal mass construction experiment
When we had the first house designed, my primary design goal was simplicity. This is not just the simplicity of construction, but also the simplicity of maintenance as well as function. This includes things like no “hidden spaces” where rodents and insects can hide and make nests, or for hidden water leaks to make a…
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