This heat wave is absurd in some ways. My 10x5 south-facing balcony is in blazing sunlight. Feels like it could power at least a tiny heat-pump. At 15w/sf that’s 750 watts. Google says a typical home AC is 3500-5000w. So ~15-20%?
Are there ad hoc local plug-in solar rigs?
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yes. check out store.santansolar.com for cheap panels; then you can get a wall-pluggable inverter that will feed it back into your house's grid via a power outlet
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So it's just 2 parts and not even any complex diy work? Is there a meter or something I can use to see how much I'm feeding back in?
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Anything that's plug 'n play consumer will probably be considerably marked up, but if you want to wire it upyourself, will probably have a short payback period.
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Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant will be shut down due to eco-terrorist "environmentalists".
Now electricity costs $0.58/kW in San Luis Obispo county. Companies will run gas generators. 3rd world country problems.
I used to think @datarade was being dramatic about California.
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Exactly. It's all energy. The question is the wherewithal, the accessibility, the ease, and the financing of switching it from one form to another.




