Today, we replaced our “house” batteries. These batteries are to us, what the electric company is to “normal” folks. They store all the power from our solar panels, and supply ALL of our electricity for lights, information, entertainment, and even cold beer.
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In order to maintain our independence and lifestyle, we added a solar power system to Pearl Lee. While solar power can make us more independent, you must consider power generation, storage and consumption as a complete system.
We started by cutting our power consumption. We found LED bulbs for our original interior light fixtures on Amazon. These use less power, and give off less heat, a real win-win for us. We wanted to keep a warm glow similar to incandescent lights, so we stuck with “warm white” or 2700k color. You might notice one bulb is brighter than the other. That’s no accident, it allows us warm, soft light when one is lit, but nice, bright light when both are lit.
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