PV Solar Up and Running
I recently installed a PV solar grid-tie system in my house in Guatemala City. I posted the basics on https://gringo2gt.com. Here are the details.
Grid-tie inverters and safety stuff.
The inverter has a capacity of 3000 watts and includes WiFi and Bluetooth so you can talk to it. In the box on the left are DC and AC breakers, a DC fuse, and both DC [...]
From L.A. to L.A. Part 1
I grew up in Los Angeles California and have been living in Latin America for the last 22 years. That should explain the title. This is the first in a series of posts about [...]
El Duraznito Part 2
Looking south in the morning
The escrituras for the land were ready so I made trip two to the finca today. The plan was to try to fix a few things and figure out what was [...]
El Duraznito
For you Gringos, that's "The Little Peach". It's the name of what is being called a little farm. At a little over 2000 square meters I would call it a house on a decent-sized [...]
Why the Saveiro?
It's a strange combination of characteristics. Here is a list:
I don't want a non-electric car but electrics are not ready for prime time in Guatemala yet. Thus, this [...]
What Electric Vehicle to Buy
Living in Guatemala, there are no choices today and the only one in the short-term is apparently a Volvo. That's the reason I bought a "temporary" gas vehicle. The economics [...]
New Family Member
On Monday we added a new family member, a VW Saveiro extended cab pickup. If you have never heard of it it is probably because you are in the U.S. VW has decided it doesn't [...]
We’re Moving
Fylz is not going away or being replaced. What is changing is the hosting for the site. I am posting this as a warning at there will some time when this blog and/or email [...]
Are Electric Vehicles a Disaster?
I continually hear all the reasons freeing us up from using petroleum is a disaster. Last night (in coast-to-coast-am) I heard another "electric vehicles are a disaster" [...]
Oh So Much Has Happened
No, I have not been lost. I have just been posting a lot of stuff in a lot of places. I now realize the error of my ways so let me get you up to date. Well, sorta up to [...]
Talking to Cameras with Motion
Adding pictures from web cams used to be easy. They usually had the ability to FTP an image to wherever you want. Unfortunately, "modern" web cams have more features and, it [...]