Comments on: Mobile Solar SolMan http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/build-it-yourself/mobile-solar-solman/ here's a tagline Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:49:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Kate http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/build-it-yourself/mobile-solar-solman/comment-page-1/#comment-5020 Kate Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:22:49 +0000 http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/?p=1684#comment-5020 Freedom my lollypops. Prices like this make this kind of teck avalable only to the rich. People who work for a living cutting your hair, serving your food and taking care of your childern and elderly will never be able to aford prices like that. If you add a cronic medical condition onto marginal work conditions and then price "green" teck up like this you have no one but yourself to blame for "overfilled landfills" and "no future for our kids" that I here (and even say myself) . If we cant make living lightly on the earth not only eco friendly but ecconomy/money friendly then our people as a whole wont move forward to living like they and you dream. Freedom my lollypops. Prices like this make this kind of teck avalable only to the rich. People who work for a living cutting your hair, serving your food and taking care of your childern and elderly will never be able to aford prices like that. If you add a cronic medical condition onto marginal work conditions and then price “green” teck up like this you have no one but yourself to blame for “overfilled landfills” and “no future for our kids” that I here (and even say myself) . If we cant make living lightly on the earth not only eco friendly but ecconomy/money friendly then our people as a whole wont move forward to living like they and you dream.

]]> By: Brent Emery Pieczynski http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/build-it-yourself/mobile-solar-solman/comment-page-1/#comment-4920 Brent Emery Pieczynski Sun, 27 Dec 2009 07:24:09 +0000 http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/?p=1684#comment-4920 That technology will improve, eventually becoming cost-effective roofing along with cost-effective paint, with both supplying solar-power. That technology will improve, eventually becoming cost-effective roofing along with cost-effective paint, with both supplying solar-power.

]]> By: Allan Lasley http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/build-it-yourself/mobile-solar-solman/comment-page-1/#comment-4901 Allan Lasley Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:40:03 +0000 http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/?p=1684#comment-4901 The appeal of Solar / wind power is not about the cheapest way to get power. It's about freedom. Freedom from being tied to the grid or to life within range of the grid. Freedom from being a slave to a corporation for your power. It's about having power during a brownout or when a storm has damaged transmission lines. It's about stepping outside the box of current thinking. It's about creating positive options for yourself and supporting development of alternatives. You can roll your own or now you can buy something prepackaged if you are unwilling or unable to make one. Just like hamburgers. The appeal of Solar / wind power is not about the cheapest way to get power.

It’s about freedom.
Freedom from being tied to the grid or to life within range of the grid.
Freedom from being a slave to a corporation for your power.
It’s about having power during a brownout or when a storm has damaged transmission lines.
It’s about stepping outside the box of current thinking.
It’s about creating positive options for yourself and supporting development of alternatives.

You can roll your own or now you can buy something prepackaged if you are unwilling or unable to make one.
Just like hamburgers.

]]> By: Scott Smith http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/build-it-yourself/mobile-solar-solman/comment-page-1/#comment-4897 Scott Smith Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:15:08 +0000 http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/?p=1684#comment-4897 This mobile unit is an intriging concept...but $4500 for 120 watts of solar power seems a bit pricey. That's $37.50 per watt. Looked at differently, in an ideal location, on the day of the summer solstice the unit would only generate 800 to 1000 watt hours and as little as 360 watt hours on the winter solstice or an average of about 700 watt hours per day, assuming 365 days of sunshine per year. Amortized over 20 years and, assuming no maintenance costs, that's 5100 kilowatt hours or about 88 cents per kilowatt hour over the lifetime of the unit. Pretty expensive power where I live. Now there might be some sort of government or utility company incentive for a permanent installation, but I don't think they apply to this sort of temporary equipment. A do-it-yourselfer could probably buy the components to build this unit for $1000 or less. At $1000 the price of the power comes to about 20 cents per kilowatt hour. Much better, but still about twice what commercially generated power costs where I live.For a Tiny House actually parked off-grid, this type of approach, combined with wind power and fossil fueled generator back-up is probably the most viable option. I believe a creative and resourceful Tiny House dweller could do a lot better than to pay $4500 for 120 watts of solar power capacity. This mobile unit is an intriging concept…but $4500 for 120 watts of solar power seems a bit pricey. That’s $37.50 per watt. Looked at differently, in an ideal location, on the day of the summer solstice the unit would only generate 800 to 1000 watt hours and as little as 360 watt hours on the winter solstice or an average of about 700 watt hours per day, assuming 365 days of sunshine per year. Amortized over 20 years and, assuming no maintenance costs, that’s 5100 kilowatt hours or about 88 cents per kilowatt hour over the lifetime of the unit. Pretty expensive power where I live. Now there might be some sort of government or utility company incentive for a permanent installation, but I don’t think they apply to this sort of temporary equipment. A do-it-yourselfer could probably buy the components to build this unit for $1000 or less. At $1000 the price of the power comes to about 20 cents per kilowatt hour. Much better, but still about twice what commercially generated power costs where I live.For a Tiny House actually parked off-grid, this type of approach, combined with wind power and fossil fueled generator back-up is probably the most viable option. I believe a creative and resourceful Tiny House dweller could do a lot better than to pay $4500 for 120 watts of solar power capacity.

]]> By: Dale http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/build-it-yourself/mobile-solar-solman/comment-page-1/#comment-4892 Dale Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:58:14 +0000 http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/?p=1684#comment-4892 Great product! How much and who sells this currently by zip code or direct meil? Great product! How much and who sells this currently by zip code or direct meil?

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