[geeks] living cheap (moved from rescue@)

Rick Hamell hamellr at heorot.1nova.com
Mon Nov 4 23:06:09 CST 2002


> > to convince family members with a truck to go fetch them for me. I'm
> > planning on using it to run a hydroponic farm first, central HVAC 
> > second,
> > then my computer room last.
> 
> Did I just read that right?  Photovoltaic powered HVAC?
> 
> Ambitious.

	Yep... It's my single biggest electrical expense. Even with all
the stuff I've done to conserve heat, I don't feel it's as good as it
could be. My parents have had a solar water heater for years. In a family
of ten, that payed for itself pretty fast. :P I feel this is the next
logical step.

	Rick



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