Gov’t Built Solar House Falls Apart

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Originally Posted by J. T. Toad

This "maintenance problem" is like, to use the prior analogy, showing up to race @ LeMans with square tires, a Briggs and Straton power plant, and forgetting fuel.

I hate to say, but the application of present day technologies to prove an "everybody should be doing this" mentality is juvenile.

The energy storage (battery) wouldn't have been able to realistically sustain the house from the get go. Let alone the implied environmental concerns for the ENTIRE experiment.

I would hate to be on the space station, submarine, airplane, to find out failure would be written off as a "maintenance" issue.

I did not see any comment made about 'everybody should be doing this'.

Ever hear of a pre-flight checklist, or race car scrutineering? And do you have a checklist for performing your house maintenance or going for a drive?
I bet you, like most of us, wing it when it comes to home repairs, driving down to the hardware store, or a variety of other things.

This maintenance failure did not happen during the competition which was in October of 2007. Oh, and somehow the thing survived during the winter of 2007-2008.

It is more appropriate to say that they showed up with proper engine, tyres, gas, and were able to compete. They were beaten by teams with more experience and better resources, though they did manage to get in some fast laps.
Later the new owner forgot to add oil and blew the motor.

Steve