Going solar

[chuckerants]

Good news is that APS (power company) has finally approved the solar panel install and all I have to do is have the solar company literally flip a switch at my house. Jst in time for the 110F+ weather this week.

The bad news is that both of my Folding rigs are in the garage where I guess it got so hot, I found both of them shut down this morning.

Assuming the panels are switchd on next week, I'll know in 2 months just how much money I save with the solar panels. I guess I also need to have the electricals upgraded in the garage for my Folding rigs and MacGuyver some kind of cooling in there.

 

[WhitehawkEQ]

I guess I also need to have the electricals upgraded in the garage for my Folding rigs and MacGuyver some kind of cooling in there.

You think? I would say you need more than just some cooling, insulate that garage
Congrats on the Solar

 

[Silver_Pharaoh]

Sweet!

I tried this once back a few years off some batteries and a few panels.
Lasted 2 hours running a 7850 and 6850 mining full tilt off of 2 large AGMs.

Then my dad blew up my inverter!

 

[chuckerants]

Looks like the Folders are coming in the house for the Summer. They lasted until 10AM before the garage got too hot and they both shut down.

 

[caddi daddi]

trying to fold in phoenix, in the garage, in the summer..... kidding.... right?????????
I have a small, support location out in paurump Nevada, just forget that kind of stuff.

can't wait to see the numbers on the solar after a while, who did you go with?

 

[chuckerants]

Solar City.

trying to fold in phoenix, in the garage, in the summer..... kidding.... right?????????
I have a small, support location out in paurump Nevada, just forget that kind of stuff.

can't wait to see the numbers on the solar after a while, who did you go with?

 

[caddi daddi]

musk, you read your contract really close?????

 

[Jmtyra]

Congrats on the solar install. I'm jealous!

We've been talking to SolarCity as well, and once we get 3~6 months worth of electric bills we're going to get a quote and (hopefully) move forward.

Let us know how it goes with the billing once you go a month or two now that the system is online.

 

[don256us]

Very cool. While solar is not ready for my part of the country, I am very interested in how it goes. In terms of your 110 degree days already, we are dying in the low 80's. I can't even imagine. Protect those folders!

 

[wjruth]

But it's a dry heat...lol. No thanks. Would evap cooling work to bring the garage down a few degrees?

 

[caddi daddi]

evaps work best out in the drier parts of the country, as humid as it is here in the south east we use them.

 

[wjruth]

I think in the south they get called swamp coolers though, right? Without grants, solar panels don't pay in the northeast.

 

[montaillou]

I put solar on my house a couple years ago. 13 panels ($20k, all I could afford) handles about 40% of my usage (single, living in an old house).

Btw, high heat hurts efficiency of the panels. Still, you probably get more sunny days than I do in the Pacific NW.

 

[caddi daddi]

back in florida we called them swap coolers, because we crackers could not afford a/c.

 

[chuckerants]

The grid is on! As of now, they are generating around 5800 watts.

 

[Silver_Pharaoh]

Holy snap! You can power a ton of 980s!

 

[Jmtyra]

5.8kW!! That's awesome!!!

 

[don256us]

 

[chuckerants]

This is right around Noon. At 7 AM, I see around 3800 watts.

 

[JrClocker]

That's a lot of juice!

I think it's time for this: