Solar Power
Seeley Lake
Homeowner Installs
Solar, Keeps Surrounding Trees
 To
get a lender to include power in the mortgage for this log home at this remote
site near Seeley Lake, the owner had to buy a generator.
The bank declined to finance the
solar. With energy-efficient appliances and lights, this stand-alone system has
met the home's power needs in spite of a 40 percent loss of solar access because
the owner wanted to keep surrounding trees. Propane provides the power for heavy
heating loads (water, stove, household backup heat) and the refrigerator.
The system, installed by
Solar Plexus of Missoula, Montana, uses six Siemens 75-watt panels, a Trace
2400DR inverter, a C-40 controller and eight T105 220 amp/hr Trojan batteries.
Solar Plexus
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