[aclug-L] Re: January Aclug Meeting?

[ironrose <ironrose@xxxxxxx>]

Yes, the snow or ice would make the solar panels not work until the snow 
or ice melted.  That's when I would use the electric company as a backup 
until the solar panels were cleared.  Most of my life has been spent 
where I didn't get very much snow or ice.

Jonathan Hall wrote:

>Who are you gonna hire to scrape the ice and snow off your solar pannels?
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>I spent an hour just scraping the windows off my my *car*... and I did that
>while standing on flat ground, and with a few trees and buildings blocking
>at least some of the wind.
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>>That is very sad.  I hadn't thought about a generator being stolen.
>>It's not like a car or stereo--I don't think they have wheels or are
>>small enough to be carried off easily.  I don't know--I have never used
>>a generator before.  I'm all for putting lots of solar panels on roofs
>>or a solar panel dish and only use the electric company as a backup.  I
>>just don't have the money to make that change on my house right now.
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>~Anne
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