Electricity

Infrareddit – A Second Look at Infrared Cameras

September 18, 2012
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    In the early days of this blog, I slammed out a few articles about various pieces of equipment regularly used during audits. Looking back, the posts were a little too technical and didn’t cover enough of their practical uses in investigating homes. While the various screen resolutions and USB ports are nice, it’d [...]

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Natural Cooling – Like Trellis for Shade

September 4, 2012
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  The title may not make much sense but I just saw ‘Like Water For Chocolate’. When we first were house shopping, I looked for a place with a good south solar facing. I had thoughts of a PV system tied in with a mini ductless split heating/cooling system and heat pump down the road. [...]

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Natural Cooling – Awnings and Eaves

August 31, 2012
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  Hah! I haven’t dropped of the planet. Wrapping up the natural cooling series, I’m covering awning and eaves. Granted, they’re radically different in utility as one can be added easily (awnings) and the other can be added even more easily by calling a contractor and dropping a couple grand (eaves). Seriously, I thought I’d [...]

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Get Natural Cooling with Shade Trees

August 20, 2012
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  Anyone else want to crack a Monty Python shrubbery joke first thing? No? Just me then. Oh, well anyway … My company, Free Energy Maine, has a motto: “The best bill is one you don’t have to pay.” We were thinking about heating and oil bills when we coined it, but it’s just as [...]

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Get Ready for Air Conditioning Season (In Time for September)

August 13, 2012
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  Yeah, this is what happens when your writing begins to back log. At least future summers will be able to enjoy this post. In any case, I’m pushing for a September-October heat wave. I’ve written in-depth articles about each of these snippits before. I figure it’s about time we had cursory, tossed-off versions collected [...]

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