On the utility of multiple backups
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:46 am
http://gm-volt.com/forum/showthread.php ... wered-post!
I had to use my CAR to keep my house going! I guess it's only fair to have the KWH flowing the other way once in awhile. Glad I had this as an additional backup, as my main backup failed - at just the crucial moment.
I will add some more data and pix related to the above link here as I get and process them. We really got a surprise "microburst" snowstorm last night, everything failed at once, almost - except the very handy Volt with the inverter hack, or I'd not be able to make this post at all! Full sun as I have this AM doesn't do squat for panels covered with a foot of snow and ice (eg can't really just scrape them off and let the sun do the rest, it's really stuck on there).
Some pix of this. It's supposed to get down in the teens tonight, and I still have a vulnerable water system for the toilet - so today is going to be quite busy with fixing all this to a nearly back to normal state. As usual, click the pic for a larger version
Somewhere along the line (I fell a few times trying to get snow off a rack of panels) I lost my lens cap and didn't realize I'd also watered the lens, oops.
I had to use my CAR to keep my house going! I guess it's only fair to have the KWH flowing the other way once in awhile. Glad I had this as an additional backup, as my main backup failed - at just the crucial moment.
I will add some more data and pix related to the above link here as I get and process them. We really got a surprise "microburst" snowstorm last night, everything failed at once, almost - except the very handy Volt with the inverter hack, or I'd not be able to make this post at all! Full sun as I have this AM doesn't do squat for panels covered with a foot of snow and ice (eg can't really just scrape them off and let the sun do the rest, it's really stuck on there).
Some pix of this. It's supposed to get down in the teens tonight, and I still have a vulnerable water system for the toilet - so today is going to be quite busy with fixing all this to a nearly back to normal state. As usual, click the pic for a larger version
Somewhere along the line (I fell a few times trying to get snow off a rack of panels) I lost my lens cap and didn't realize I'd also watered the lens, oops.