GeneralMuffinMan

4657 pts ยท January 20, 2016


O I forgot to mention, there are little plastic feet things on the end of the legs

2 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Nope, used a screen protector and plexi on my last gaming table and hated the extra layers between us and the TV, so far so good on this one but there's a strict no-rolling-on-the-screen rule in place.

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I use a laptop, the HDMI pass-through goes from the TV to that port to the laptop, and I can plug a C-to-C cable into the outlet for charging.

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Good question, I didn't do a great job of keeping track on this one. (All in CAD) I think about $300 for the TV, about $600 in wood, and about $200 for everything else I had to buy. My dad is an amateur wood-worker and already had lots of stuff we re-used.

2 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Not too bad, I can easily slide it around by myself and two people can pick it up to carry it.

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We will indeed be building a leaf-style over-lay eventually so it can double as a dining room table (or just big flat surface for other board games).

2 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Uh-oh

2 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

About $8000 CAD in costs, about $700 in annual savings.

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About $8000 CAD, more details in the original installation post

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See original installation post for more details, but 20 to 40 years

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We were doing Froinus as the end as well

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Very common floorplan in my city, they built thousands of them after WW2.

2 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

2 Bedroom 2 Bathroom at the moment, originally 3 bedroom 1 bath, but I've done some renovations.

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I go into more detail in my original post, but about $8000 CAD.

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My original installation post goes into more details, but the panels would be about 20 - 40 years, however the microinverters I think are more like 10 - 25 years.

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I don't think solar panels have been around long enough for anyone to say with certainty how long they last. I remember when I was in the industry, manufacturers would tell us to expect lifetimes of around 30 - 40 years. I'd be more concerned about the microinverters, I think they would die long before the panels would. From what I remember swapping them out one-by-one would be possible if they were similar specs, there is a standard connector, but I would just upgrade the whole system at once.

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Yep, Schletter's flash-mount system from a few years ago.

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Whoop's

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Ah, my brain's too smooth for that, I paid in cash, so I think it's as simple as when I have saved as much as I paid for the system, which will be in 2029-2030 ish.

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I'm projecting I'll break even in 2029-2030.

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I've never cleaned them, rain and snow seems to handle them just fine for me.

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Since I don't know WACC is, probably not :)

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My original installation post goes into all the details, I paid about $8,000 CAD.

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25' x 25' house, 10/12 pitch roof.

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I have a 10/12 pitch roof, that might help, is your roof more shallow? I have never cleaned them, just let rain and snow handle it so far.

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There's always more you can do, but for me I'm almost at the bare-minimum electrical charge year-round, so not much point for me.

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Yep, you nailed it.

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My original installation post goes into more detail on how Net Metering works here. Right now I have a tiered plan which costs me either 10.3 or 12.5 cents per kwh. I earn a credit for each kwh I send back to the grid which reduces my electrical bill.

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I've never cleaned them myself, I let the rain and snow handle it. Not sure how I would calculate the overall carbon neutral date.

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Not sure what the R value is, house was built in the 50's, so probably not great. My HVAC is a forced air gas powered furnace and central AC unit. My usage has definitely gone down in the past couple years.

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