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Energy-hog plug by SDG&E
Depends on the size of the pool. My pool in Tucson, where I'm at now, is about 18K gallons. Most everything I saw about using 24vdc pumps said 800-1000watts not including the pool sweeping system. Depending on your installation, you're probably looking at $6K or so just for the pool. Still doesn't solve the issue of powering the pump outside of that 6-8 hour sun window, unless you only filter your pool during the day. Mine runs on a timer at intervals throughout a 24 hr cycle. Of course, if you want to add your ac unit into the equation, that adds another twist. You'll need at least 3 or 4 panels for the ac unit, and in that case, since you need the inverter anyway, do you want to spend the $1000 plus labor just to replace the a.c. pool pump with the d.c. pump or put that towards enough panels to power both?. In Tucson, I don't have air conditioning. I have a couple of swamp coolers on the house and one on my workshop and the do just fine. But if I did have air conditioning, this time of year it would run well into the evening. It's already 101 at 10:40 in the morning and it will probably be 9:00pm before it dips back under 100 and probably midnight before it's under 90. So again, no solar assist for those several hours after the sun goes down. Bottom line, I still don't think you can run your pool and ac on 2 panels and you still have to power them when there's no sun available.— June 18, 2015 10:44 a.m.
Energy-hog plug by SDG&E
The average central air conditioning system uses 3K to 5k watts per hour. I have an energy efficient 1.5 hp pool pump using about 1.2 KWs /hour. That's roughly 1.5 to 1.7 kW combined. Home depot has a 2-pk of 265 watt panels for about $700. That's 530 watts per hour under standard sun conditions into the best load conditions with an optimal installation. The math is pretty easy.— June 17, 2015 9:30 a.m.
Plead guilty or else we drop all charges
Actually, the phrase first do no harm isn't in the hippocratic oath, in either the modern or original form. The phrase is said to have come from another of Hippocrates' works.— June 15, 2015 4:55 p.m.
Plead guilty or else we drop all charges
don bauder, I think it would be "healthy" for our society if law enforcement simply didn't shoot/kill innocent and unarmed individuals in the first place, regardless of their ethnicity.— June 15, 2015 2:07 p.m.
Jurassic World
I saw the movie with a friend on Thursday night and we both enjoyed it. Perhaps I have a different criterion when it comes to movies. I go to the movies to be entertained and we both found it entertaining.— June 15, 2015 2:03 p.m.
Turning out the lights on Chargers Charities
Well...since the statistics are from 2013, and the most recent available, I would not consider them as outdated, though perhaps you do. And saying "San Diego indoctrination Charity" puts kids in harms way by intention and design, while parents sit by snorting the opium certainly is creative ( I don't believe that "Opiate of the Masses" could properly be referenced). But fyi, I don't believe that creative thinking and critical thinking in this context and purpose, can be interdependent but rather separately applied.— June 14, 2015 6:33 a.m.
Turning out the lights on Chargers Charities
shirleyberan, And I don't think like you. And that is a good thing.— June 14, 2015 5:14 a.m.
San Diego's convention center sails in choppy financial waters
Yeah, I think narcissistic would be a much better description.— June 13, 2015 10 p.m.
Plead guilty or else we drop all charges
don bauder I suppose that is possible. Nevertheless, because someone with an extremely high IQ can also be lacking in good judgement, "utterly moronic" could indeed be an appropriate description, Mensa membership not withstanding.— June 13, 2015 9:55 p.m.
Turning out the lights on Chargers Charities
Quite often, your muddled posts make almost no sense at all. Almost as if you're the one snorting opium.— June 13, 2015 9:43 p.m.