by Alan Stankevitz | May 2, 2004
Ok that’s a pretty strange question to ask, but consider the source.After testing twelve of the twenty-four panels, I was amazed as to how much power the panels were producing even on a cloudy day. This led me to wonder if there were enough photons streaming...
by Alan Stankevitz | Apr 25, 2004
The first of the two large racks was completed this week. It was quite a laborious project, but doing the labor myself has kept the cost quite a bit lower compared to building the rack from a prepackaged kit. It took a good five hours to line up the posts in the hole...
by Alan Stankevitz | Apr 18, 2004
The head wound has healed nicely and the only side effect remaining is the obsessive need for putting up cordwood walls and solar panels. Other than that I feel fine.This week I was determined to make some “head-way” and by Saturday, I had 400 watts worth...
by Alan Stankevitz | Apr 10, 2004
Nothing I do ever is easy and Murphy’s Law always gets in the way making a simple task quite arduous. This entire week is a case in point.I spent Monday and Tuesday site planning for the solar panel racks. At first glance, it seemed simple enough: point the...
by Alan Stankevitz | Apr 4, 2004
She never complained much. Occasionally she would get a little “tired” or should I say “exhausted”, but she was always willing to “strut” her stuff no matter how rough Jo treated her. Of course, there were times when she was a bad...
by Alan Stankevitz | Mar 28, 2004
Minnesota’s Department of Commerce Solar Rebate Manager has approved my plans for a 4.2kW (Input) solar electric system. This gives me a green light to purchase and install the components. There’s certainly a lot of work ahead of me, but it’s...
