Installed 8/24/95 . . . Latest up-date 6/20/01
Our Mr. Solar database contains information from "Ask Mr. Solar" columns, as well as other articles. These articles have been written for the local newspaper, Back Home Magazine and contain very few graphics and are written for the average reader so that they may learn and understand the basic of solar energy.
These articles are NOT intended for the electrical or solar "wig", therefore
don't be upset as these were written to make it very simple.
We also welcome articles from other experts in the field of alternative energy.
Should you not be able to find the information you are looking for in our database,
I invite you to contact me via email
at: Prof Charlie@thoughtscreate.com
If you have an interesting subject that you think others would enjoy reading about, I invite you to send me a copy of it. If appropriate, we will be glad to include the information you share with us in our database.
On our personal database we have a large collection of manufacturers specifications as well as information on invertors, pumps, equipment, solar electric panels, wind mills and other solar related items. If you would like more technical and detailed information on any item just e-mail Prof Charlie@thoughtscreate.com typing in the subject area "information wanted" and let us know what you are interested in and we will be happy to send you your request via e-mail.
Feel free to copy any article and give it to your friends, however please do not sell them.
- - Charlie Collins
Appliances
- Is There an Energy Efficient Washing Machine ? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Does Solar cooking Really Work? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- How can I dry food without using electric power?(From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Can I Save Electrical Power on my Refrigerator? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Back-up in country
- Water Storage - Power back-up (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Generator back-up(From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Getting prepared now for Beyond Y2K Problems (From "Ask Mr. Solar" Newsletter October 1999)
- Back up Batteries (From "Ask Mr. Solar" Newsletter September 1999)
- Help With my Batteries (Backhome Magazine - "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Help - I have Battery Problems ? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- IS There A Difference In Storage Batteries? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Winterizing Batteries (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- How Can I Destroy My Storage Batteries? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- The advantages of Alkaline Batteries for Home Power (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- The advantages of Lead Acid Batteries for Home Power (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Use Solar in your R V (Backhome Magazine - "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Remote Use of my Lap Top Computer (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Is it Possible to have Solar Electricity for a Camper?(From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Computer is Campatable with Solar Electricity(From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Is it Possible to have Solar Electricity for a Cabin?(From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Glossary of Electrical Terms (By Charles Collins)
- What is a Watt? (with Power Usage Chart) (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Designing a Home with Low Voltage DC (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Is there a Difference in Inverters Multi Stepped vs.Sine Wave Format ? (From Mr Solar Newsletter)
- DC to AC Inverter Information (By Dave Katz)
- Is It Possible To Upgrade An Invertor? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Inventors (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Maximum Power Point Tracking (From "Ask Mr. Solar" By Harry Brown)
- Hydrogen as a Power Source (BackHome Magazine - Ask Mr Solar 4/01)
- Information available on Solar Electric (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- "Do it Myself" (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Do I Need an Attitude Adjustment When I use Solar Electricity? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Earthquakes - Maybe A Warning (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Solar + boiler gives radiant heat
- What Is A Solar Power Wall (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Can you use Solar Energy to Heat your Home all Winter? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Over - shot wheel (BackHome Magazine - Ask Mr Solar 4/00)
- Hydro System in Vermont (BackHome Magazine - Ask Mr Solar 9/99)
- Cabin - Hydro (BackHome Magazine - Ask Mr Solar6/98)
- Hydro System & the Environment ? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Hydro for Irrigation Canals (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- How To Figure For Hydro Electrical Generation Electricity? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Hydro-electric for a Remote Ranch Electricity? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Should I use Water to Generate Electricity? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Generating Electricity from Spring environmently Friendly (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- How To Figure Power from Hydro Electrical Generation (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- What Is an LCB
- What Size Wire(Article in BackHome Magazine - Ask Mr Solar 12/20/99)
- Planning Ahead Saves Money On Solar Electricity (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- What are the Disadvantages of D. C. Power? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Why do I need a Solar Professional to Help Set up a Solar System? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Under Powered System?
- Should I Install Solar Electrical System
- How Can I Learn About Solar Electricity? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- LIGHTS GAS or DC (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Photovoltaic cost - Colorado (BackHome Magazine 7/01 Mr Solar)
- Is Solar Electricity Expensive? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Cost effectness of Solar Electricity (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- When Is Solar Economical (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Cheap Electrical System (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Can I Depend on Solar for All my Electrical Needs? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- How Should I Start with Solar? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Does Solar Electrical Power fluctate? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- How do Solar Cells make Electricity (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Use American Made Solar Electric Panels? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Do I Need UL Approved Equipment? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- IS There A Difference New and Used Solar panels? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Solar Chip
- Photovoltaic Panels Improve Efficiency
- Tandem Solar Cells Capture More Energy
- Comparison - Hot Water Heating (From "Ask Mr. Solar Newsletter")
- Solar Hot Water Problems (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Introduction to Solar Hot Water Heaters (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Bread Box Hot Water Heater (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Basic Passive Solar Hot Water System (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Active Solar Hot Water System (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Do I Need a Home Electrical Emergency System? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Batteries for Emergency Stand by System (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Controls for Emergency Stand by Solar Electrical System (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Stand By System (BackHome Magazine - Ask Mr Solar 10/96)
- Energy Audit for Independent Power (BackHome Magazine - Ask Mr Solar 1/01)
- Solar in Vermont (BackHome Magazine - Ask Mr Solar)
- Building a cabin with Alternative electricity (BackHome Magazine - Ask Mr Solar)
- Beginning Solar off Grid (BackHome Magazine - Ask Mr Solar)
- How Can I Start on Solar Electricity? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Explaining Alternative Electrical Power (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Should I Consider using Solar Electricity? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- What Service Can I expect from a Solar System? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Large Remote System (BackHome Magazine - Ask Mr Solar - September 2000)
- Solar Power and selling to Grid (BackHome Magazine - Ask Mr Solar June - 1997)
- Plan Ahead to Save Money on Solar Electric (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Multi - Cabin Hook Up (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Transportable Solar Systems (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Do I need all those Switches and Fuses on a Solar System? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Total Home Wind Vse Hydro (From BackHome Magazine - Ask Mr Solar 11/00)
- Telephones and Modem (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Phones = Security at Mountain Cabin (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Total Solar Electric Home (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Is Their an Economic Advantage to Converting to Solar (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- How I Saved Money on my Electrical Bill (by Dave Knapp)
- Is There A Difference In Solar Panels? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Solar Equipment Problems - Suitcase Salesman (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Can you repair Solar equipment? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Salt air + Solar Rack = Trouble ? (By Charlie Collins)
- An Introduction to Solar Water Pumping (By Windy Dankoff)
- Compressed Air to Pump Water (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Solar Electric Uses Diaphram Water Pump (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Water Pump - Spinning Shaft (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Burgey Wind Pump (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Jet Sub water Pump with Trace Sine Wave Inverter (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Hydraulic Rams Use their own Water Pressure to Lift Water (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Use a Slow Pump to Lift Water from Spring (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Teel / Jet sub Pump Powered by an Inverter (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Comparison of Wind Generators (BackHome Magazine - Ask Mr Solar 6/00)
- A Primer on Small Wind Generators (By Michael Bergey)
- Electricity - Solar / Wind Generation Power (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Can I use Wind to Back up Solar Electricity? (From "Ask Mr. Solar")
- Wind Power and Solar Homes (BackHome Magazine - Ask Mr Solar 6/97)