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re: pv shingles
20 feb 1997
ferrisfami wrote:
>call me crazy, but i live in the suburbs and want to install an pv array
>on my south facing roof.
you are crazy.
>i'v even heard of pv "shingles" that can be used as weather proofing as well.
right, but i've heard they are bit more expensive than regular shingles.
>i don't want to mess with batteries so i'm contemplating an a/c system
>with a converter and "reversable" electric meter.
hey, maybe that's not so crazy, especially if you replace the roof shingles
with a single layer of polycarbonate plastic, and hang the long uncut strips
of solar shingles under and parallel to the rafters, and collect solar heat
for house or water heating, as appleby restaurants are beginning to do.
>why pray tell is this not being done more often. are these arrays so
>expensive it just dosn't make sense?
yes. they are hideously expensive.
nick
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