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Old 12-22-2010, 11:22 AM   #28 (permalink)
Piwoslaw
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Rather weird to see PV panels at 90° angles

Is that heat-collecting piping along the walls ?
Yeah, those are evacuated-tube solar collectors doubling as balcony railings. In many designs the tubes can be rotated by a few degrees to slightly compensate for the angle at which the whole array is mounted.

I think northern areas are where vampires like to spend the winter: You get up - it's dark. You leave for work/school - it's still dark. You leave work/school - it's dark. If you know when to look out of a window, then you'll see that sometimes it goes from dark to grey. Sometimes even light grey, light enough for the street lamps to turn off.
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