News and Views

Devon passed round one of the singing contest, and is going on to the next stage, which I think is next weekend. Here’s a picture of him someone took from the TV: Here’s a picture that was in the local newspapers, with a caption from the English language paper: I didn’t understand this before, but […]

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The contractor was out today doing some painting and checks, and briefly activated the solar power system. It was generating about 5000 watts, most of which was flowing back out of my house into the power grid. No air conditioning or TV was on, so besides my computer, refrigerator and some lights, we weren’t using […]

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… the non-expert is probably wise to withhold opinion, or at least not be too dogmatic about it. Economics is the first thing that comes to mind. Maybe Keynes is right, maybe Friedman, maybe neither. I tend to lean towards Keynes, but with all the disagreement between the experts, I have to confess that I […]

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They didn’t quite finish today, but all that’s left is some trim, wire termination, and a little roof repair. Here they are installing the first solar panel: Here’s what it looked like with several panels installed: And here’s the finished job: Here’s a close-up, looking up the array: And here’s a close look at one […]

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The past couple of days, Devon has been in most of the Taiwan newspapers and and TV news shows. I think it’s some kind of publicity push by his agency to try to make him a star. He is getting ready to participate in a Taiwan “American Idol” show, or similar contest. Here’s an article […]

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Looks like there’s going to be a “Day 4” post. They didn’t finish today. I guess the rain Friday and Monday set them back a little. Most of the work today was wiring, in and out of the attic. Not much to show, but I’ll post some pictures anyway. Here you see where the wires […]

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Two things were accomplished today: They cut the tiles so the mounts could extend up through them, and they fastened rails to the mounts. Here are the rails. Tomorrow they should fasten the solar panels to the rails. Looks like the ends still need to be trimmed. Here is a close up of one mount […]

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I woke up this morning before 7:00 to the sound of boots on the roof. They got an early start. The job for today was to install the mounts into the roof that the panels will attach to. They also mounted the inverter to the wall. As usual, right-click and select “View Image” to see […]

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