“Really really hoping the electric grid doesn’t go down. Hubby is an electrical engineer and has designed a solar system to run our water pump, but big enough to run the whole house would involve a battery bank half the size of a 2 car garage and solar panels over the whole roof and the tens of thousands of dollars to pay for it. :) “
That was my concern before we escaped Mexifornia. Weather was certainly at the top of our list when figuring out where to Go Galt.
In Mexifornia, they were going nuts putting solar on everyone’s houses. I hear the PG&E bill really did go down to very little. I wonder why it works so much better out there - more days of cloudless, blistering sun I imagine!
Isn’t it great having handy husbands? Mine is fixing a pump for our well, in case the city water fails us. He fixed the A/C unit after the Carrier technicians came out, shook their heads, called the manufacturer, and still didn’t know what to do! We never heard from them, other than them recommending replacing the whole unit! It’s only 5 years old, BTW. I think the dumbing of our country has had it’s desired outcome, in every sector :)
I LOVE having a hubby that can fix anything and everything. Funny about your A/C. Our upstairs unit went out. Hubby had been pretty busy at work and some other projects around the house and didn’t feel like really digging into it, so he told me to call the repair guy. Hubby had looked at it for about 15 minutes, took his meter out there and whatnot and said it was his guess it was either the capacitor or the whole compressor needed to be replaced. Turns out it was the capacitor, you can buy a new one for $20. A/C guy charged $80 for the house call and $70 for the part. Hubby was ticked he didn’t just do it himself. Taught him a lesson I think. LOL.
Wish we had 4 seasons. We have 2, probably similar to where you were in Cali; cool and hot. Both of us are 4th gen Floridians, but I hate the heat.