Steve Nash, star guard of the Phoenix Suns, explains why “Suns” is more than just the name of an NBA team.
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Turns out someone else is blogging his way through a similar solar adventure. George Musser is his name and he blogs for Scientific American’s Website. The blog is…
…and it looks great. Check it out. He’s a bit further along in the project so maybe I can steal some ideas learn through cooperation in a mutally beneficial relationship.
Here’s our house from Google Earth’s Eye-in-the-Sky, with our “battle plan” marked on it.
Photo 1. A very, very, very fine house.
We’re fortunate to have a couple of good-sized surfaces facing due south, with no shade at any time of day. Up ’til now that’s been more of a curse than a blessing, especially in the summer when the temperature reaches 120° F (49° C).
Prime location for The Array is the green-tinted area #1. If we need to, we can also add panels to area #2.
The black rectangle outlined in red is our solar water heater. More about that later.
