Archive for August 17th, 2008
MISSING THE SUN
August 17th, 2008 | Author: Scribhneoir
As I mentioned in one of my earlier entries we are living off the grid here in Leitrim, supplying all of our own electricity. We had a very basic system to start with, which we did by ourselves and now we have a more sophisticated system with help from some local people.
We used to have a wind turbine but we took it down late last year to make a larger one so we are relying on our solar pv system for power.
The PV system has brought us though the winter with flying colours, it was installed by a local Leitrim company Eirbyte who do systems design and installation. We were really happy with their work and they are nice people too who also live off-grid.
We do have a back-up diesel generator as do most off-grid people and luckily we have not have to use it often. The pv panels are on a tracker so they get the most out of the sun available on any given day.
Posted in Ireland, Co Leitrim, Renewable Energy | 
Tags: Renewable Energy, The Weather | 
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Rare Blue Skies
August 17th, 2008 | Author: Scribhneoir
Rare Blue Skies
The deluge continues…
A few days ago the rain eased off for awhile and so I went for a walk bringing my camera with me. You gotta take the beauty where you can find it.
I could not resist this shot of a sun dappled ash tree against a blue sky.