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Yes, on the third day, boost converters, buck converters, and wiring with a higher voltage rating would arrive via UPS and that would be the end of the "safe" l

Yes, on the third day, boost converters, buck converters, and wiring with a higher voltage rating would arrive via UPS and that would be the end of the "safe" low voltage neighborhood grid idea; replaced with the much more efficient high(er)-voltage neighborhood grid.

msandford 12y ago
Actually that's a great point! If you're not grid connected I don't think you have to deal with inspections and the like anymore; the inspections are regulations are usually tied in (hur hur) with the idea of being allowed to hook up to the utility company. Welp, I guess I have to take my stupid idea back then huh?
- hga 12y ago
  In some places that'll get your house condemned as "unfit for habitation" or the like.
  - msandford 12y ago
    That's really interesting. Not being connected to grid power means that your house gets condemned. A part of me wants to believe that there's a justification for most if not all of the laws on the books. I wonder what the justification for condemning an off-grid house is. There are places where it's sufficiently expensive to bring grid power in that people will have solar, wind and generators and that's cheaper at least for any given decade. Should those houses get condemned too? Or are you talking about in big cities where the house is already hooked up to the grid? Have you got any links? I'd be interested to read about it.
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    - hga 12y ago
      Try this Google fu: https://www.google.com/search?q=house+condemned+off+the+grid https://www.google.com/search?q=house+condemned+off+the+grid
      - msandford 12y ago
        Jesus that's fucking depressing. I knew of the lady in FL but that was just for water; I didn't realize that people were getting condemned for not having what the city considers to be enough electricity. I can't believe that the hypocrisy of the government officials isn't blatantly obvious to all. Lady can't afford electricity so they kick her out of her house to sleep in her car. Disgusting.

msandford 12y ago

Actually that's a great point! If you're not grid connected I don't think you have to deal with inspections and the like anymore; the inspections are regulations are usually tied in (hur hur) with the idea of being allowed to hook up to the utility company. Welp, I guess I have to take my stupid idea back then huh?

hga 12y ago
In some places that'll get your house condemned as "unfit for habitation" or the like.
- msandford 12y ago
  That's really interesting. Not being connected to grid power means that your house gets condemned. A part of me wants to believe that there's a justification for most if not all of the laws on the books. I wonder what the justification for condemning an off-grid house is. There are places where it's sufficiently expensive to bring grid power in that people will have solar, wind and generators and that's cheaper at least for any given decade. Should those houses get condemned too? Or are you talking about in big cities where the house is already hooked up to the grid? Have you got any links? I'd be interested to read about it.
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  - hga 12y ago
    Try this Google fu: https://www.google.com/search?q=house+condemned+off+the+grid https://www.google.com/search?q=house+condemned+off+the+grid
    - msandford 12y ago
      Jesus that's fucking depressing. I knew of the lady in FL but that was just for water; I didn't realize that people were getting condemned for not having what the city considers to be enough electricity. I can't believe that the hypocrisy of the government officials isn't blatantly obvious to all. Lady can't afford electricity so they kick her out of her house to sleep in her car. Disgusting.