Matt really likes his ground source heat pump (GSHP). TBF, if I had one, I would probably be trying to keep making it look good too. This isn’t the first time Matt has brought up the ASHP (air source heat pump) comparison, but it is the first time he’s done it with “real” data comparing his house + HP and […]
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Here I am again, posting about another TC video… Of all of his videos that I’ve mentioned, this is the one to watch all the way through (yeah, I know it’s long)… My recommendation is to do it at 1.75x, he talks slow :).
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I watch a lot of this guy’s videos, he does his homework, and I’ve yet to find something where he’s totally wrong (cough, V2L)… per se… but, I often find myself in the “can do” vs. “should do” place with his conclusions… Sure, that is an approach that will work, for you and people who think like you, but is […]
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I’ve mentioned a few times that we’re building a passive house (fence just went up, Yay!). One of the “different” things about passive house is that everything is electric – everything. In a recent discussion around HVAC in passive houses, I mentioned that using natural gas (NG) would be a really bad idea. The other person asked, why. Having spent […]
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Yesterday, I made the mistake of clicking on an xkcd Facebook post and reading some of the comments. Today, you get to pay for my indiscretion 😛.
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In general I like my Ford Mach-E (or Mustang Mach-E, or MME, or whatever), but every now and again I run into a rough edge because Ford is really bad at technology. Today’s rough edge is in how they manage credentials for the Phone As a Key (PAAK) feature. For those who aren’t familiar, PAAK lets you use your phone […]
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Last night I participated in a panel discussion around building sustainable homes that was sponsored by NextHaus Alliance, the folks who are building our passive house. This is totally why I was included in the discussion. It makes sense to put your customers in front of a bunch of people and have them talk about why they selected your business, […]
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The SPAN IO Smart Electric Service Panel is a really neat approach to solving some electrical service load issues. But there are several drawbacks that make it the wrong choice in many situations. Especially all-electric homes.
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Every so often I see an opinion piece like the one by Steve Hanley at CleanTechnica (which TBF is a heavy copy/paste/echo job based on an opinion piece by Christoph Schwarzer) around why we should expect DC fast charging (DCFC) to become The Way we refuel battery electric vehicles (BEV / EV). I think that’s crazy talk, and have to […]
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Starting January 1st, 2024 new residential housing will need to include the infrastructure necessary to enable owners to easily add Level 2 (L2) EV charging (SB40). That’s true for single, and multi family housing. I think that’s great. Not everyone in the state is on board with that approach though. Which is how we get to this post :).
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