Monday, August 11, 2008

It's Not What You Know...

It's who you know.

One thing that didn't get done this past weekend is the backup camera installation.

I told a friend that tonight and she told me she was going to make a phone call on my behalf.

Next thing I know, I've lined up someone to install not only my backup camera, but also a whole house inverter and a solar panel, and this at an hourly rate that would be absurdly reasonable for an amateur but is a real gift from a retiree who made his living doing this.

I now have a week to do my energy audit thingy to determine exactly how much of an inverter I need, do some research on my solar panel to see if it'll suit my needs or if I need another one, find both items... and fork out another boatload (erm, RVload) of money.

Please excuse me while I run around the house screaming 'YIPPEE!!!' at the top of my lungs.

4 comments:

Kevin Read said...

Where is the best (or cheapest) place you've found for buying your solar panel(s)?

Rae said...

No idea yet. :-) Miranda came with a solar panel, which the installer is going to look at. If it's not suitable, he'll use his connections to hook me up (pun intended) with the right connections.

Kevin Read said...

Okay, well I'm curious as to what you come up with. I'm looking for one myself...75W to 130W, and Canadian prices are ridiculous compared to American.

Rae said...

Aren't they ludicrous?! Frankly, I find the differences positively insulting.