Solar Power Installation http://www.solardave.com Do-It-Yourself Solar Power. The main purpose of this blog is to research, purchase, install and test my own solar powered system. Why not document the entire process and take you along for the ride? Thanks, Dave Dugdale. Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:19:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 39.963322-105.150537http://www.solardave.com/http://www.solardave.com/wp-content/themes/dugdale/images/dave-dugdale.jpgDave Dugdale (SolarDave)solardave/YcWIhttp://feedburner.google.com Golden Solar [Video] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/solardave/YcWI/~3/_7a7WuVIe_Y/ http://www.solardave.com/index.php/golden-solar-video/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:43:46 +0000 Dave http://www.solardave.com/?p=516

I realized I still have a few videos from last summer’s SunFest so I thought I would add them. This video is of Sean Hanson of Golden Solar.

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]]> http://www.solardave.com/index.php/golden-solar-video/feed/ http://www.solardave.com/index.php/golden-solar-video/ Solar Power Pond Fountains [Pictures] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/solardave/YcWI/~3/4KWt33jZYMo/ http://www.solardave.com/index.php/solar-power-pond-fountains-pictures/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:18:19 +0000 Dave http://www.solardave.com/?p=509 I was picking up my daughter the other day and noticed a pond that had solar panels mounted in the middle.

I am not sure but I am guessing the panels are used to pump water to create a fountain. Anyone else know what they are used for?

There are three panels. The picture is taken in Boulder Colorado.

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I was surprised to hear that Exxon Mobil only spends 1% of it’s profits on renewal energy considering how they represent themselves in their TV commercials.

I couldn’t help but make a spoof on this TV commercial.

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]]> http://www.solardave.com/index.php/exxon-mobile-tv-commercial-spoof/feed/ http://www.solardave.com/index.php/exxon-mobile-tv-commercial-spoof/ Vail Solar Install [Picture] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/solardave/YcWI/~3/hD0BbF4DBuM/ http://www.solardave.com/index.php/vail-solar-install-picture/#comments Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:19:30 +0000 Dave http://www.solardave.com/?p=491 I went skiing up in Vail yesterday (it was crowded for a Friday) and on the way out of the resort I noticed solar panels on the roof of the building in the picture below. I think the building is the Vail Ski Museum or the Vail Visitor Center if I remember correctly.

It is nice to see that Vail is getting involved in Solar too. I am guessing thousands of people see those panels every week which is good PR for the solar industry since so many different people visit Vail each year.
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]]> http://www.solardave.com/index.php/vail-solar-install-picture/feed/ http://www.solardave.com/index.php/vail-solar-install-picture/ Pictures of Solar Installation in Colorado http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/solardave/YcWI/~3/UmieKejB0qs/ http://www.solardave.com/index.php/pictures-of-solar-installation-in-colorado/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:31:26 +0000 Dave http://www.solardave.com/?p=484 I was out for a walk the other day and saw a couple of houses next to each other that had solar panels on them, so I took out my iPhone and took some pictures.

These installs are in Superior Colorado.

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]]> http://www.solardave.com/index.php/pictures-of-solar-installation-in-colorado/feed/ http://www.solardave.com/index.php/pictures-of-solar-installation-in-colorado/ Bella Energy’s Service Locations and Services [Video] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/solardave/YcWI/~3/TCDCNMbuE54/ http://www.solardave.com/index.php/bella-energys-service-locations-and-services-video/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:18:37 +0000 Dave http://www.solardave.com/?p=479

This is my 8th video interview with John Shaw Project Engineer for Bella Energy of out of northern Colorado.

SolarDave: What services do you offer and the locations you services?

John Shaw:

transcript coming soon……

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Dave, I have a lawn service in Littleton (CO) and am toying with using electric cordless mowers. These mowers last about 1- 1 1/2 hrs. on a charge, so I was thinking of using solar panels on top of the trailers to keep them charged up along with spare batteries. Do you know anyone I could get in contact with that has this type of expertise?  Thanks, Grant.

That is an interesting question. When I was in college I used to cut lawns with a company that had about 8 guys and two trucks traveling around my old town of Redding CT. I remember the time to travel from one lawn to the other would only be about 10 minutes or so.

I am not an expert in solar but I would think that 10 minutes between lawns would not be enough to charge the battery in the lawn mower so it could last 8 hours of mowing lawns like I used to.

Perhaps others would like to join in if they know if this idea would be fesiable.

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]]> http://www.solardave.com/index.php/solar-powered-lawn-mower-question/feed/ http://www.solardave.com/index.php/solar-powered-lawn-mower-question/ What Type of Electrical Panels Are Not Good For Solar [Video] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/solardave/YcWI/~3/zlQ6uS3a7_c/ http://www.solardave.com/index.php/what-type-of-electrical-panels-are-not-good-for-solar-video/#comments Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:56:42 +0000 Dave http://www.solardave.com/?p=474

This is my 7th video interview with John Shaw Project Engineer Bella Energy of out of Louisville Colorado.

SolarDave: What Type of Electrical Panels Are Good For Solar?

John Shaw: Long story short, there are panels out there through grandfather clause - if any contractor came in and did any electrical work, that electrical work could not pass because of the fact that their is a panel there and there is a particular brand and lawsuits and stuff like that - but that is a little bit too picky.

The things we are looking for when doing a site evaluation, 100 amp service will limit the size of a back feed breaker that we can use to …

transcript coming soon…

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This is my 6th video interview with John Shaw Project Engineer Bella Energy of out of Louisville Colorado.

SolarDave: How To Cut A Tree So It Doesn’t Shade Your Solar Array?

John Shaw: The only way I figured out have people know where they need to cut (the tree) you take one of those protractors and tape a laser pointer…

transcript coming soon…

If you want to see a video about my tree, you can watch it here.

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This is my 5th video interview with John Shaw Project Engineer Bella Energy of out of Louisville Colorado.

SolarDave: How are you Grounding Your Solar Panel Arrays?

John Shaw: Equipment needs to be grounded, there is one product we offer that is ?

transcript coming soon…

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