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The Steel Seal fix worked for HOTLNC. I donated the car because I could not pass emissions testing.

Other than the 30% tax subtraction, we didn't get any incentives. Based on our average electricity consumption, our ROI is about 20 years! Return on investment wasn't our goal. Our dream was to go green with an earth sheltered house and a wind turbine or a solar system. I guess our daughters...

Even though 1/2 the size and up in frozen north, that array outputs impressive power. Thanks for the link.

Ok, we went live Thursday, the 21th of December at 12:15. The shortest day of the year. Just in time for clouds to start rolling in. But we still generated 4KW. Yesterday, on the 22, we had heavy clouds and rain all day. We generated a whopping 3KW. Today, It is clear and the panels are working...

No, just connecting to the grid. I figure the AC battery is a combo battery charger/inverter. But I don't really know as I have not looked up any specs on it. Reading an schematic of an out of date grid and battery system, both are not connected at same time. In battery mode, the grid is locked...

All Wiried Up -- The panels at any Rate The micro inverters are in place. The two panel connections are connected to each inverter. The three trunk lines (220VAC) are connected. Two lines have 11 inverters and one has 10 inverters. Now I need to dress the wires. The inverter has a lamp that...

I'm using an Enphase IQ 6+ micro inverter. Their address is enphase.com. You daisy chain the micro inverters together at the 220VAC outputs. Each panel feeds one inverter. Due to wire loading, you can only connect together 13 IQ6's. So I'm running two 11 panel strings and one 10 panel string.

All Panels are Up The next task: Install the micro-inverters and wire them up. There is one inverter per panel. By the way...the panels are Made In America (San Antonio, Texas to be exact.)

Long Sad Story Yeah, that's the way it's done around here. But it wasn't the local codes. We live out on the boonies. The story is: Back in April we contracted with a company that had great references and were in the solar business over 30 years. But a month later the owner, Donald, started...

Yes. Long, sad story.

Look at what we're doing this holiday . We put up 16 panels today. When we're done, there be 32 panels in all. About 10.8KWatts.

The official call for 2018 Lincolns Of Distinction dues is Nov 1 through December 31st. If you are not a member, please think about joining and supporting the Lincolns Of Distinction car club. As a Paid Member you will receive an ID card and a windshield sticker for your Lincoln. You will...

Yeah, Badsax's message is always good for a laugh. The message I was looking for is: "Passenger is not wearing underwear"

Does anybody remember the posting about the message center's displaying the state of the passenger's underwear? I cannot find that posting. Is it still around?

Why do I get emotional about a car? Now that I upgraded the truck, I gotta sell an even older friend --Big Bad Blue

If you don't mind going to school for a couple of years, I would suggest becoming a Cancer registrar. These guys do NOT work with patients. They are the guys that collect the facts you hear on studies that such and such area has this high of this type of cancer. My wife is about to retire as a...

Goodbye HOTLNC Off to Cars For Kids.

Well, I'm not sure how bad TX is to other states, but this last test did me in.

As far as I can tell, it is not legal to sell used cats in Texas. When I asked about it from "Car Recyclers" they laughed. The aftermarkets would run 250 bucks each and maybe last 2 years. Maybe. I've also heard they last three months.

Well, after new O2 sensors and all the other minor fixes possible, HOTLNC is still failing emissions. After each part replacement or fix, the numbers are getting higher. That leaves the cats. With a motor that is still strong at 300K miles, I'm done spending money on it. I'll be donating the...