by Alan Stankevitz | Jun 12, 2004
Waning Moonfest Attempting to schedule Moonfest during a full moon has become quite a challenge, so we have now diversified into all phases of the moon. June 12th was about the only Saturday in the months of May and June that all our friends could make the event, so...
by Alan Stankevitz | Jun 6, 2004
A Visit to Carleton College As you may recall, students and faculty from Carleton College came to visit our cordwood home at the end of April. (See the May 2nd Journal.) The students were conducting an energy study on various forms of green construction methods: straw...
by Alan Stankevitz | May 30, 2004
Testing the PV Array It’s hard to describe the euphoric mood that instills you when you connect all the wires to a solar electric system and it actually works. Such was the mood at about 1PM on Monday when I completed the wiring of the first inverter and saw the...
by Alan Stankevitz | May 23, 2004
Minnesotan Responsible for Toad Strangler ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~AS Wire—SE Minnesota. Local residents use to blame themselves for causing rain by washing their car, but now they have someone else to blame; namely Alan...
by Alan Stankevitz | May 9, 2004
The Angels are Bowling I’m a little delinquent (I’ve been called that before) in getting the journal out. Usually I try to do it on weekends, but I was quite busy doing my best to work on the solar panels in between the thunderstorms. It certainly has been...
by Alan Stankevitz | May 2, 2004
Do Solar Panels Sleep at Night? 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...
