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Solar Panels: Top 5 things to check before you buy

I share the top five things that are good to know when buying your first solar panels – from my own experience of lurking to find the best deal over a few months

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A Solar Panel in Every Home?

Sometimes, I just wonder when solar energy can be as common as your dishwasher or a TV in your home.  I simply cannot understand why this cannot be possible… if there’s a will, there’s a way right? With gadgets that allow you to simply point a solar panel to the sun and plug-in to your [...]

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Some sample Google Powermeter Graphs working with Current Cost

A quick post showing before and after electricity usage of our house using the google powermeter and the current cost envi and quick steps on how I was able to reduce electricity usage by doing some concrete steps.

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Setting up the Current Cost Envi and Google PowerMeter

Basic information and tips on setting up the Current Cost Envi Power monitor gadget in your home… and how to prepare it for connecting to the Google PowerMeter service

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WATTS the deal? Figuring out your home’s power usage

Simple ways of figuring out power (watts) / electricity usage for your home appliances and devices using the simple power formula trick

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