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Down Range Cafe / Re: Home Solar Power ??
« Last post by Rastus on May 11, 2024, 11:40:18 AM »Solar is a niche. No doubt. It's going to work in my specific application but widening it to other applications isn't cost effective.
However...if there were an EMP (note CME solar activity that is ongoing) solar could be a lifeline. I believe that if you were to disconnect each of your solar panels from wiring they would survive EMP. Due to the nature of the charging and inverter equipment if unhooked from wiring those to may very well survive along with unhooked batteries.
Another consideration that might make solar appealing is if electricity is "rationed" or unavailable for a while. Increased costs of electricity to support just what Mike wrote about above...would also expand the applications where solar makes "sense".
Again, I'm thinking about now is a good time to start looking at solar applications you may have because solar systems prices are beginning to look more attractive. I also think a recession in the solar industry is here and hope to see cost reductions from today's prices. See link below about the solar industry:
https://time.com/6565415/rooftop-solar-industry-collapse/
However...if there were an EMP (note CME solar activity that is ongoing) solar could be a lifeline. I believe that if you were to disconnect each of your solar panels from wiring they would survive EMP. Due to the nature of the charging and inverter equipment if unhooked from wiring those to may very well survive along with unhooked batteries.
Another consideration that might make solar appealing is if electricity is "rationed" or unavailable for a while. Increased costs of electricity to support just what Mike wrote about above...would also expand the applications where solar makes "sense".
Again, I'm thinking about now is a good time to start looking at solar applications you may have because solar systems prices are beginning to look more attractive. I also think a recession in the solar industry is here and hope to see cost reductions from today's prices. See link below about the solar industry:
https://time.com/6565415/rooftop-solar-industry-collapse/
I put the Strike Industries enhanced bolt catches on both guns this morning. I chose these over the extended bolt catches. They both have extra wide bolt catch lever surfaces, and I didn't want the oversized bolt release lever on them too. I switched apertures on the sights so the large aperture is with the tritium front sight on the 16" barrel. That was easier thanks to my sight adjustment tool so I didn't have to turn the windage wheels one click at a time with a bullet tip or other tool. I took the Magpul extended mag release off and put the other Armaspec B1 Extended Mag Release on. I have 2 places to put the rear sling swivel on the 16" gun, not 3 like I was thinking. The CAR-15 stock on my MechTech CCU has left and right QD sockets, but the M4 stock only has one where the rear sling swivel used to be. The other place is the Magpul end plate that they tell you doesn't need to be staked, and say is really hard steel and hard to stake. but I staked it in 2 places when I put it on. The Dead Foot Arms folder has a QD socket at the rear, just below the buffer tube where you might expect one to be. I don't know if I'm going to use one of my single-point bungee slings on it, or a 2-ponit sling. I'll probably try the single point and see how it hangs. I'll be putting extra power ejector and extractor springs in the bolts on the 16" and 20" uppers, and maybe in the 12.7" and can cannon at some point in the future. Other than that, I thought I was done with them, but I remembered I have a couple magwell skins from GunSkins to put on. I have a Punisher skull and Molon Labe. They also sent me a limited edition Behind Bars mag skin with Hillary on it. If it was on a PMAG the bars would line up with the ribs on the mag. I don't have any PMAGs and tried giving it away once. I could put it on a SureFeed E2s, G.I. mag, or one my new DuraMags.