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 [...]
Keybase Adds Teams
Over a year ago I talked about Keybase and I am back to say more. When I posted before it was an alternative way to confirm the identity of others (using other sources of [...]
Practical Public Key Encryption
We are used to using PGP, GPG, ... to do public key encryption. But, what's wrong is that using PGP or GPG is relatively confusing. Any good geek can figure it out but it has [...]
Vocho — Update 1
This story started when we got the car, a 1972 VW SuperBeetle. The plan is to restore it and then covert it to electric. Note that all future posts will be tagged with Vocho [...]
ToDo Lists in DokuWiKi
Much to the disgust of many of my friends, I love Wikis. The flexibility they offer you is perfect for the way I think. And one thing that is beyond a Wiki is Zim. It's like a [...]
My New Car Project
I just bought a "new" car. That is, it is only 45 years old. A 1972 Super Beetle or, as we say here, Vocho. The first question you will ask is, why? I have lots of reasons. [...]
Electric Car Conversions
Back in the late 1990s I converted a VW Rabbit to electric. A totally low-tech conversion with a DC motor and lead-acid batteries but it became my primary transportation until [...]
Learning Things
When I was first learning Spanish I agonized over the rules for "por vs. para", "ser vs. estar" and a few others. I was afraid to speak because I might make "a stupid [...]
Is “fyl” a Code Name?
I have been watching a lot of George Webb youtube "episodes". One thing that comes up is who on-line personalities really are. George, Trish and Jason have been up-front with [...]
Off-Grid Systems Design
Designing an off-grid system doesn't need to be complicated but it needs to be done. Not doing it can be expensive. Things continue to change (mostly, things get cheaper) so [...]