[Amps] 220VOLT LINE...Redux and ??

[Merv Schweigert]

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>>You should live in paradise where we pay over 26 cents per kWh.  Not
>>prudent to leave the 4-1000 idling on filament current even ..
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>>Merv KH6/K9FD Molokai Island Hawaii
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> good granny grunt.
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> Solar/wind power should be affordable at those rates...

There are some photovoltiac powered homes, not very many.
Wind is constant in areas due to trade winds, but in these
areas the wind also is salt laden, so generating with a
mechanical device is subject to salt corrosion and extreme
maintenance.  The few photovoltiac set ups I have seen are
working great, a friend has one and has been off grid with
no use of the commercial lines for a full year at a time.
I guess people that have been raised here just figure its
the cost of living.
About a mile from me is a 50KW Am broadcast station, imagine
the operating costs for that.
Molokai Merv