What a Smart Energy Management System Actually Saves a Two-Income Household There’s a specific kind of household that’s perfectly positioned to get the most out of a solar-plus-battery energy management system, and almost nobody is talking directly to them. Double income, no kids. Two people working. Both out of the house most of the day. […]
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This is just a way to get people up-to-date on what I’m working on. Your House Is Wasting Energy Right Now How a smart energy management system pays for itself — and how you and AI can build one fitted exactly to your home Here’s a question worth sitting with: what percentage of the energy
March 2026 • 10 min read • Beginner-friendlyIf you’ve been watching your electricity bill climb every month and thinking “I wish I could do something about this” — this post is for you. You don’t need a rooftop. You don’t need an electrician. You don’t need to spend $20,000. What you need is a south,
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Project: Save Your Home From Wildfires With Solar Power Episode 1: Introduction Can Solar Power Help Protect Your Home From Wildfire? Yes it can, and this project will show you how. There is a long list of preparations you can undertake to make your home more defensible. We’re going to cover most of them. But
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A recent comment from Will Prowse about PV disconnect switches really turned a light on for me (pun intended). Especially since it contradicted some bad advice I’ve been giving people. He was saying, for lower current installations that a properly rated little polarized DC breaker makes a serviceable disconnect switch, as long as it’s ganged
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I didn’t really want to write this, but there is so much confusion about lightning protection I think I need to. Yay, an explainer video! I stole the cloud pictures (and corrected my faulty understanding of charge generation from Encylopedia Britannica. Wikipedia and web resources are cool, but Britannica is Britannica. Lightning starts off as
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