Backlog

We painted our ceiling and mounted a ceiling fan. We purchased a medium efficiency model, which uses on low use ~10 watts on high uses ~50 watts. Very happy with our fan addition, it adds a little style and function to our home. For a ceiling fan we strongly considered a 12VDC unit, but we were disappointed at the high price tags, lack of lighting, and overall unattractive look. We will do a homemade DC fan DIY in the future.

At this point it seemed a good time to install the true sign wave Xantrex. Thank you, Lee.  After installing it, all of our electrical devices were instantly happier to run on the correct wave form, versus our old, cheaper square-wave unit. With true sine wave we don't get the excessive buzzing and heat from motors and transformers. Overall our devices run more efficiently and will last longer.


We are wrapping up our interior, and our walls are almost done being
painted. So at this point we are able to finalize some interior designs
and we are putting a lot of thought into planning our shelves and
cabinets.  In a 300 square foot home layout and storage space is crucial.

We are also working hard on various clients' solar needs. One in particular has an interesting install which calls for 10 pole mounts of PV modules for a total 8kW of PV cells. We are fabricating the mounting structure in-house, with our own engineering. This job also will give us the opportunity to upgrade our welder.


And some things we did in the past month not yet mentioned:


Our workshop/shed. Not bad for ~$500 including the slab. Very happy with this addition, and it's holding us over until the real shop is built.
Big Bend Telecommunications got our circuit board upgrade completed, so now our phone and internet is running direct on 12 volts. At the same time, we also moved the dish to a friendlier location (not pointing at our heads).