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Originally Posted by Gideon911
Fun project! Being from southern CA I love seeing all that greenery
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Just an extra idea my KIWI friend 1 km up the road does that I forgot to mention. He has 800 tsubo (x 3.3 square meters) longer thinner property. On both ends he pulls water from the river out front, or the creek behind as well, and with sort of water sprinklers it does his roof like a lawn. The workshop the same way down the other end. In this heat it brings the temp down several degrees celsius on both buildings. Of course the water is free (village water rights) and the electricity is free via solar and huge storage in EV (leaf) batteries that he's configured. If you want some pics I can take some with his permission. In essence, there isn't a penny being spent there. Normal is Japanese have solar panels some on their roof. By law, any of those systems have a shunta inverter, meaning they give you a discount on the energy you produce, still charge you and then steal all the rest which goes out into the grid. My friend keeps and stores all of what he alone produces, so he can sprinkle his rooves, charge his car or whatever. It's all free...
