Author Topic: Whats RJ been doing?  (Read 2081 times)

Offline RJ

  • Administrator
  • Sr. Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 8519
Whats RJ been doing?
« on: April 28, 2014, »
I posted this to the mods and thought some of the members may like to see.

Quote
After I finished the solar array I have ;

Painted the house, redid the deck, pressure cleaned the roofs, removed 5 oak trees, cleaned out and trimmed the other oaks, mended the 800 ft of fence, pressure cleaned the driveways, jack hammered up formed and repoured the back sidewalk that got broke. installed a 7 ft high concrete fountian to include staining it, planted all new landscape with boarder, put down 8,000 pounds of rubber mulch, tore up the yard and admended the soil with 80 cubic yards of peat moss, installed a new well pump in the ground, dug and installed 2400 ft of pvc pipe and 70 sprinklers, replaced the whole 32,000 sq feet of yard with new sod (64 pallets of sod), filled every hole between the pieces with soil by hand, I am now finishing by installing 25 sprinklers in the new landscape beds. So I have been a little busy.

This is what you have to do after working on christmas stuff for 7 years without keeping up your home.

RJ

Below is a before and after photo of the front.
Innovation beats imitation - and it's more satisfying

Offline RJ

  • Administrator
  • Sr. Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 8519
Re: Whats RJ been doing?
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2014, »
A couple more pics

RJ
Innovation beats imitation - and it's more satisfying

Offline MrChristmas2000

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1115
Re: Whats RJ been doing?
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2014, »
Good looking job.

Will the solar array power your lights.  :)

Offline rrowan

  • Administrator
  • Sr. Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5899
  • 08096
Re: Whats RJ been doing?
« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2014, »
Looks Great,

glad to see bumble bee is still around

Congrats on getting a ton of work done (but now back to designing controllers  >:D)

Rick R.
Light Animation Hobby - Having fun and Learning at the same time. (21st member of DLA)
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login
Warning SOME assembly required

Offline RJ

  • Administrator
  • Sr. Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 8519
Re: Whats RJ been doing?
« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2014, »
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login
Good looking job.

Will the solar array power your lights.  :)

Been powering everything for about 8 months.

See for yourself :
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

Made 11.3 Mega Watt Hours so far. Thats 3,780,013 AA batteries worth for those wondering.  :)

I haven't paid a power bill since I turned it on. Got a check from the power company in January for the excess I produced.

RJ
Innovation beats imitation - and it's more satisfying

Offline RJ

  • Administrator
  • Sr. Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 8519
Re: Whats RJ been doing?
« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2014, »
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login
Looks Great,

glad to see bumble bee is still around

Congrats on getting a ton of work done (but now back to designing controllers  >:D)

Rick R.

Thanks Ricky!   <fp.

RJ
Innovation beats imitation - and it's more satisfying

Offline rrowan

  • Administrator
  • Sr. Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5899
  • 08096
Re: Whats RJ been doing?
« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2014, »
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login
Looks Great,

glad to see bumble bee is still around

Congrats on getting a ton of work done (but now back to designing controllers  >:D)

Rick R.

Thanks Ricky!   <fp.

RJ

No problem I am here to push, err oops Help (yeah thats the word) ::)

me again

Light Animation Hobby - Having fun and Learning at the same time. (21st member of DLA)
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login
Warning SOME assembly required

Offline TexasStingray

  • Coop Manager
  • Sr. Member
  • *
  • Posts: 791
Re: Whats RJ been doing?
« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2014, »
Quote
I haven't paid a power bill since I turned it on. Got a check from the power company in January for the excess I produced.

RJ

Sweet, Which I had a place big enough, I only have 1 panel for now.
Scott Wanner
TX

Watch my videos
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

Offline kernal

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 240
Re: Whats RJ been doing?
« Reply #8 on: April 28, 2014, »
Thats awesome RJ!  Both the landscaping and the whole solar energy!  I wish i knew more about how to do it!

Kernal
My license plate says blinky.

Offline duane.mosley

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 988
    • hearthstonelights.com
Re: Whats RJ been doing?
« Reply #9 on: April 28, 2014, »
major difference on curb appeal. nice work RJ.
Florence, KY


facebook.com/hearthstonelights

Offline t.jo13

  • Coop Manager
  • Sr. Member
  • *
  • Posts: 626
Re: Whats RJ been doing?
« Reply #10 on: April 29, 2014, »
awesome.... looks great. Alot of hard work put into it for sure   :)

Offline taybrynn

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 2042
    • RockinChristmas
Re: Whats RJ been doing?
« Reply #11 on: April 29, 2014, »
An amazing transformation ... Good job! 
Scott - Castle Rock, Colorado   [ 2 homes, 100% RGB in 2016; since 2008; over 32k channels of E1.31 ]
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

Offline RJ

  • Administrator
  • Sr. Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 8519
Re: Whats RJ been doing?
« Reply #12 on: April 29, 2014, »
Thanks it has been a lot of work and I am glad to be at the end.

RJ
Innovation beats imitation - and it's more satisfying

Offline twooly

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 837
  • Blah
    • Todd Woolums
Re: Whats RJ been doing?
« Reply #13 on: April 29, 2014, »
Wow its a whole different house, great job.  Can you teach my neighbors to take care of their stuff? :)
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

Offline onesmoothhead

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 865
  • 87031
    • Listen to the Lights New Mexico
Re: Whats RJ been doing?
« Reply #14 on: April 29, 2014, »
RJ, it is really looking grand!  I bet you can not wait to sit and enjoy the fruits of your labor.  Kevin