Brewbeer

Moving this to banter, I installed a 8.5 kw system about the same time you did and also have 1 for 1 net metering. I don't have a minimum charge and have a large credit with the POCO, system generates more power than my family uses on average. The credit was up to $1,200 last summer but the inverter died and was replaced (under warranty) and lost 2+ months of good generation (August-October). This winter has also been bad, November December and January are usually net negative months, and this February was the lowest generation month I've recorded since install, persistent snow and cold kept the panels covered. I still have 7 panels with some snow on them even now. I would consider a heat pump but I don't like forced air heating. When the badly designed and installed forced air heat system in my house died 10 years ago, it was replaced with a high efficiency warm water baseboard system. That system operates at less than 130F and could be run off a warm water heat pump some day. But for the now the gas boiler installed 10 year ago has been economical and has operated flawlessly and also provides hot water.

my last house (20 years ago) had an oil-fired boiler when purchased, I ditched that for gas before the first heating season

34/33 and mostly rain, some mixing do you have two cars in the garage rn ?

I installed a natural gas fireplace insert about 10 years ago. At the time, I was looking to install a wood burning insert (or pellet insert). Looking at the cost of the various fuel sources at that time on a BTU output into the building basis, what I learned was that pellets AND purchased cordwood are just as expensive as natural gas as a fuel source for a fireplace insert. The only fuel source less costly is free (or nearly free) cordwood that comes from you property or that you can scrounge.

hoping the sun pops through here soon and clears the ice off the driveway

sleet here AWT

About 6 in here so far, 27/26. Blowing like it rarely does here in the valley, this winter just went up a grade.

Light flurries here, 32/27. There's a little less than 8 inches of pack behind the house on the south-facing rear patio, should be a good location to benefit from drifting off the roof:

Hot take

some progress, was hoping for more

hoping the rain melts the ice dams off my roof

people still watch teevee ?

it's a forecast, not a prediction

Down to 3F here Got into the mid 30s here yesterday for about 2 hours, warm enough to wash my car

12 / 2 F, bluebird skies here, a bit breezy

That already happened, check previous page, the usual suspect

studded snow tires also back in that era we weren't slaves to our automobiles like we are today

I turned my boiler's circulater pump up a notch

Hit Jiminy Peak with my son this afternoon into the evening. Great snow, cold and windy at the top. First time out in a few years.

7/-6 flurries have started

hype .... sells

good map

12/8F, chilly morning here

needed the snow blower again this morning, I think I used it more so far this year than all of last

needed to use the snow blower when returning from Boston last night