Saturday, March 14, 2009

Solar Water and PV Electrical Update- a bit of clarity

It seems that there was a blurb in communication between us and BCDC about how the new hot water system will be working. According to Blackland, "The Harden House will continue to get heated water from the Solar House tank but will have a gas heater as backup if the water is too cool. In essence, the Solar House system will act to "pre-heat" the Harden House water."

There will be no shut off valves between the two units, like we indicated in the previous post and diagram. So, essentially the the flash heater (and its high usage of electric) is still part of the equation.

As far as connecting the Solar Electrical system working the latest news from BCDC is: "The PV panels need a final inspection which requires a plaque be placed on the solar meter box. Eric Kay has the data from Aaron Cloninger and is to get the plaque made soon. But he also needs to reinstate the electric permit that lapsed Feb. 1. With those done, we can hopefuly flip the switch."

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