We’ll 300 miles, that’s 1.58 million feet. Assuming 3 panels across the median, we’ll assume 4ft wide. That’s 1.18 million panels.

Let’s say 350w/ panel. That’s 413 mega watts of peak power.

In Maine we get about 1.5mwh of power/ year/ kw installed. So 620mwh total production. Let’s say production can get 17c/kwh, which might be stretching it, that’s 105 million dollars / year in production.

There is nothing in the NEC limiting aluminum to service entrances. You can wire a whole house with the stuff if you want.

Good to point out that you have to sign up.

Air source heat pumps are great, but NG is still often cheaper if you have it available.

Personally I only use Honduran mahogany, ebony, teak and bubinga in my wood stove. Not cheap but the ambiance is unbeatable.

That’s just because heating with electric is expensive. That is why they charge a different rate, so you’re less likely to freeze. They charge the standard rate for the first like 600kwh then the lower rate for the remainder.

They charge less if you heat with electric.

I’m in a very similar situation to you, but smaller house. 1300sqft ranch. Heat pump, hybrid water heater, electric dryer. 2 adults 1 infant one toddler.

We’ve been using ~850kwh. Using wood a fair amount though.

Definitely using more than before the heat pump, but oil bill is basically non existent.

Ahh, yes, so much more harmful than the wars that have been fought and are still fought over oil, deaths of (very conservatively) tens of thousands of women and children. Not to mention the detrimental health effects of smog which has shortened the life of millions and millions of people.

Yes, no one like child labor, but it’s such a whataboutism excuse for not liking EVs. If you don’t like EVs that’s fine, they aren’t for everyone, they don’t fit every use case, but to act like they aren’t an improvement for society and the environment is just ridiculous and wrong.

I love these stupid takes on EVs.

Modern headlights draw what 35w? So 70w for the pair. EV sedans use ~250wh/mile. So you would have to run the head lights for 3.5 hours to burn one mile of range.

13c vs 23c/ kwh. That sounds nice….

What do you mean?

Wood is still carbon neutral when you inhale it.

Wood is not sustainable as a heating source for all, but it’s very sustainable as a heating source for some.

Maine produces a fair amount of its power from burning wood, so using more electricity is causing more wood to be burned…

EPA has required reburners on new wood stoves making them much cleaner and more efficient.

Yes we should use electricity instead and burn natural gas…. Instead of the carbon neutral wood.

Also like 1/5 of the power in Maine comes from burning biomass anyway. So even if you’re not burning wood, you’re burning wood.

Just found the code for anyone interested.

404.2(C) Switches Controlling Lighting Loads.

The grounded circuit conductor for the controlled lighting circuit shall be provided at the location where switches control lighting loads that are supplied by a grounded general-purpose branch circuit for other than the following:

(1) Where conductors enter the box enclosing the switch through a raceway, provided that the raceway is large enough for all contained conductors, including a grounded conductor

(2) Where the box enclosing the switch is accessible for the installation of an additional or replacement cable without removing finish materials

(3) Where snap switches with integral enclosures comply with 300.15(E)

(4) Where a switch does not serve a habitable room or bathroom

(5) Where multiple switch locations control the same lighting

load such that the entire floor area of the room or space is visible from the single or combined switch locations

(6) Where lighting in the area is controlled by automatic means

(7) Where a switch controls a receptacle load.

Isn’t an exception to this when the switch box and wiring is accessible? So unless op is moving switch to wall it’s unnecessary?

I mean that’s kind of what bit(bitch)uthane is.