Subj : Re: Pic
To   : Gryphon
From : Finnigann
Date : Thu Sep 01 2005 02:19 am

-=> Gryphon wrote to Angus McLeod <=-

 Gr> On 08-31-05, Angus McLeod said...

 AM>   Re: Pic
 AM>   By: Frank to Angus McLeod on Mon Aug 29 2005 22:58:00
 AM>
 AM>  >  > 	http://www.anjo.com/misc/cw.jpg		(308Kb)
 AM>  >
 AM>  >    I find these pics irestiable. I've never traveled that much. I've
 AM>  >    sandbagged your RC pics and I have this one also. I hope you don't m
 AM>
 AM> Uh...  "Sandbagged?"
 AM>
 AM>  >    May I ask what are the canisters/tanks on the rooftops adjacent to t
 AM>  >    solar panels? I had to ask, I just couldn't stand it!
 AM>
 AM> They are the tanks that store the hot water.  The entire process operates
 AM> on thermal convection.  The tanks are all mounted UP-slope to the panels,
 AM> so when the water in the panel heats up, it *rises* into the tank. and the
 AM> colder water from the bottom of the tank *settles* into the panel to be
 AM> re-heated.

 Gr> Here in Kingwood, TX, (A suburb of Houston), we have Home Owner
 Gr> Associations that prohibit the usage of solar panels.  They think that
 Gr> they are too unsightly and would bring down property values.  I wanted
 Gr> to add a solar panel on my roof so that I could heat up the pool and be
 Gr> able to use the pool for more days out of the year.  However, the local
 Gr> pool supply who sold the panels cautioned me about the HOA regulations.
 Gr>  Very sad.

Any chance of changing the rules? Maybe if the instalation isn't visible from
the front, it might not be so bad.

Or moving.

But sooner or later they will change their minds. Soon solar capability will be
a value added item.

.... Documentation:  The last resort.
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