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Early old age dementia on my part I guess. Happens more than in the past.Comment
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It took me about a month to get my LED situation figured out.
My wife is REAL picky....
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At one point, I had the whole house converted with the exception of one 9 bulb chandelier.
When that one chandlier was on, it consumed more power than ALL the rest of the house lights combined!
I have since found bulbs for it , that are acceptable.
And it depends on the house. While classic Cree bulbs ($10, Home Depot,
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Cree-40W-...Z2bctr5Z1z0vvr ) were good enough at
our house, somehow their humming was more noticable in our rental unit,
and the ONLY bulbs that satisfied everybody there were the Osram bulbs ($8, Lowe's;
http://www.lowes.com/pd_209402-43921...uctId=50213385 )
And even then we had to replace two dimmers, and still haven't found good chandelier
bulbs. (Well, Phillips makes a pretty good a15 bulb,
but only if you don't want frosted.)
What chandelier bulbs did you pick?Comment
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So what's been your experience during May Gray & June Gloom in this area? Should I expect to get 60%, 70%, 80% compared to a gloom-less day.Comment
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jan bill.JPGFeb bill.JPG
Jan averaged 2 KWh's daily surplus
Feb averaged 7 KWh's daily surplus.
Interested to see what March brings....Comment
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You probably have sized your system cover almost 100% of usage. Your system will produce about same as my 7.1kW SWW 245.Comment
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You might want to consider running your TOU projections in the spreadsheet that member InsaneOctane made available in this post, or share your data with him so that he can look at it for you. He, and others in forums like ours, have found that for systems sized close to 100% offset, TOU-D-A actually generates the largest potential credit that could be spent on additional consumption, although TOU-D-T fares well too.CS6P-260P/SE3000 - http://tiny.cc/ed5ozxComment
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You might want to consider running your TOU projections in the spreadsheet that member InsaneOctane made available in this post, or share your data with him so that he can look at it for you. He, and others in forums like ours, have found that for systems sized close to 100% offset, TOU-D-A actually generates the largest potential credit that could be spent on additional consumption, although TOU-D-T fares well too.Comment
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I hope you know how, and approve of, how 1 KW is consumed all night. My entry into energy
conservation started when I noted the meter spinning around (at 300W) while every last
thing was off or not running. The 300 W "phantom" load turned out to be a hundred small
items, most powered by very inefficient "wall wart" supplies. It was reduced to 50W.
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Sounds real good Bob! Is there monthly service charges/connection fees, that SCE charges regardless if you have a negative usage?Comment
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Originally posted by takeastepBruce what were some on the steps you did to reduce from 300W to 50W?
engineering a fix for each. There are still several on my hit list like the transformers
in my garage door openers.
Click on my bcroe, then VIEW PROFILE, then ABOUT ME. Use the link
for PHOTOBUCKET, album ENERGY CONSERVATION, find 6 sub albums.
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