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The biggest purchase of my life.. so far. COUGARS ARE HOME - pix page 8

Reply #30 – May 05, 2009, 09:28:01 AM

what did you get it for and what was your interest?

I really dig the sun room thing, seems like a good place to capture heat.
I'm glad your happy, looks like a really nice place you got there. curious bout the story you mentioned but hey, gettng the house on your own was the easy part, keeping it is the challenge we all fight every day., and i do mean fight.

good job!

humm ,
to the garage
- right side needs roof extended about 8'
- support with posts bout every 4'
- put up plastic white latus on the back and side leaving front open
- lay plastic on the ground and then load the plastic with crush and run gravel
- now you have a place to roll in lawn equipment and all the stuff that doesnt really need to take up room in the garage.
-keep in mind this area makes for an easy paint booth :hick:
-gotta weld you up or buy a wood heater.
-build an extention off the rear of the garage and cover with tin roofing so you can get about 2 chords of wood stacked behind the garage.
-penetrate the roof with a double lined flume and seal the top.

inside the garage
- open door and left wall will be shelves cieling to floor.
-work bench goes along rear wall and up right wall.
-work bench must have outlets along the front every 4'
-dead center would be a retracting extention chord to reach anywhere in the garage (this keeps chords off the floor.
-air compressor storage tank must sit outside within the extention mentioned earlier.
-air lines would traverse the interior and lead to a retracting air line mounted next to the extention chord spool.
-AC panel must have capacity for future heavy draw tools , if not, im sure the garage is pulling power by way of a feeder that is in conduit and can be repulled. 4/0 wire or more although my garage has 350mcm.
-overhead lighting must be arranged so there is light near the doors. one flaw with my garage is its hard to see back towards the doors at night.

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Reply #31 – May 05, 2009, 09:33:45 AM

haha wow that's quite the plan right there

My interest rate is 3.9% locked for 5 years. The story involves a Fiancé who lives in Hungary, and some tough times due to distance.

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Reply #32 – May 05, 2009, 09:37:04 AM

And
one other honest suggestion, you are already pulling a debt so do one big favor for yourself.

that sun room,, it appears its late afternoon in the pic, correct?

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Reply #33 – May 05, 2009, 09:40:26 AM

Yep. about 6:30pm - 7pm.

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Reply #34 – May 05, 2009, 09:54:20 AM

ok
i do this kind of stuff everyday just by pictures.

id say the sunroom is on the lean side, about 30'x12'

go to the electrical box and take the cover off
clap on meter to L1 and L2
our house readings are approx L1-20Amps, L2-23amps
thats about 5.2kw of power consumption with every thing on possible.

buy yourself about 36) 170w solar panels
these run about 30vdc at approx 5A each.
you arrange them in strings like batteries
in all cases, you simply arrange string 1 until you get the L1 desired voltage. repeat for the L2. Now arrange the remaining 4 strings and tie in two more per line 1 and line 2.

you end up with three strings of solar panels per line leg.

you also get and inverter which takes in your solar @250vdc and converts it to single phase 120/240.

you take the output of the inverter and feed it to a disconnect.
you take your disconnect and feed it into a new "green meter".
you take your meter and run the wiring to a ganged 2x2pole 200a back feed breaker feeding your existing sub panel in the house.
the back feed breaker snaps right into an existing spot but it may end up taking up 4 positions.

the southern sky will have the greatest influence on power production, the reason i brought this up is because i noticed the roof angle is optimum for solar production. Up in canada, thats about the correct angle, looks to be bout 20deg. A little less than 13deg for places like tx and Az.

you can get a solar kit from us,,,,,,,,,http://www.alpha.com or hunt yourself down a good 8-10kva system with *****NO**** battery. batteries suck, maint is expensive and ownership can be costly.

the power company will read thier meter, then subtract your green meter reading you were pumping power back into the grid.

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Reply #35 – May 05, 2009, 09:59:58 AM

your looking at about 10k-20k expense on this investment if you install it.

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Reply #36 – May 05, 2009, 10:04:21 AM

Hmmmm........
And about 2 feet of snow to sit on top of it for about 6 months in our area.
We often have problems with solar panels over here. Unless they're on the side of a building.

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Reply #37 – May 05, 2009, 10:09:14 AM

the odd thing about you guys up there is short circuit Isc peak is often reached in the winter. its amazing to tell you the truth.

i imagine it being a c to keep them clear, a long pole with a squeegie on the end could be a way to clear the panels. the roof line is rather low enough to be gotten at ground level.

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Reply #38 – May 05, 2009, 10:15:48 AM

that's true, it can be reached from the ground at least. can a solar panel be heated using it's own power to stop snow accumulation?

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Reply #39 – May 05, 2009, 10:24:46 AM

Well if the solar panel uses its own power to clean itself then there won't be too much energy left over for the original purpose of the house because of the transfer of energy. I've looked into the solar panel idea there's big surface area on that sunroom and the garage roof, but yeah the winter is a killer because of the snow accumulation.

It's a good thought for the future, but right now I've already had to take out extra funds to do some generic interior renovations so i wouldn't be able to take out even more.

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Reply #40 – May 05, 2009, 10:53:43 AM

Quote from: daminc;270532

Dude, we have to cut that concrete back on the garage.
It's making me dizzy looking at that pic

agreed!!!! not to be picky,, but looks like the pad was framed wrong.... or the garage is crooked!!!! Dont hate me!!!! PLZ

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Reply #41 – May 05, 2009, 10:56:28 AM

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My interest rate is 3.9% locked for 5 years.

What happens after the 5 year mark?

It comes quick....September will be mine.

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Reply #42 – May 05, 2009, 11:30:45 AM

I can either pay the mortgage off or recalculate it at the rate it's going for at that time.

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Reply #43 – May 05, 2009, 11:31:45 AM

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agreed!!!! not to be picky,, but looks like the pad was framed wrong.... or the garage is crooked!!!! Dont hate me!!!! PLZ

We believe the pad was framed wrong, the garage is pretty square.

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Reply #44 – May 05, 2009, 12:06:44 PM

Hey its no big deal anyway..as long as the whole agrage is on the pad!!