Heat pumps on walls, balconies, roofs, and chimney stacks in Marseille

I have a Daikin Heat Pump installed on one unused chimney stack on our building and it has been working well since 2008

I thought it was a rare installation, but not at all, as I discovered many like these in Marseille, during my last week of vacation there; It is in the south of France where the climate is warmer, so I guess most of them are actually air conditoning units 

DAIKIN Heat Pump yearly check up

Tuesday, we had our yearly Daikin heat pump check up, performed by the same company who did its installion back in 2008
With the rain, the technician decided not to go up on the roof and did not see the external main unit, and we will have to re-schedule an appointment for that part; He did clean & check the 5 internal units though, which is half of the job

Riding through Bois de Boulogne with another Vectrix

What a coincidence ! This morning, as I exit my parking, another Vectrix slows down and to help me merge in traffic ... Nice ;-) Later at the next stop, he gives me a "V" sign with his fingers, I guess it is the Vectrix riders sign (?, you learn every day), I said hi and told him I had not seen any Vectrix for a while ...
We rode all the way from Boulogne to Neuilly, through the Bois de Boulogne, then I lost him ... Too fast :-)

I should have an SMA Sunny Boy 3000 Inverter installed soon

I recently talked to my solar contractor and since his home made grid tie inverter is delayed for now, he proposed to install a regular inverter few weeks ago, and last tuesday, he said it would be an SMA SunnyBoy 3000 (with galvanic transformer)
If you remember, bmy Uni-Solar PVL124 and PVL68 had been installed on the building zinc roof back in october ...
We talked a lot about the details, junction box, Wattson sensors, integration of my LiFePO4 ESS, etc
We are now waiting for the bad weather to go away  !!  :-)

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EVTV Friday Show - May 10, 2013

- Tesla Stock Soars
- New Electric's NEDCRAFT luxury aluminum electric boat
- New Curtis 1239-78501 Controller




"Hello I'm Jack Rickard and welcome to Tesla TV !" :-)

Battery Electric Vehicles growth and adoption curves

Toyota EV Race Car, the TMG (built in Germany), is getting ready for Pikes Peak

New items in the online store

Shop Cam

Heating system available as a kit in the online store

The other VW Thing is rolling ! Good job Jeff !

More about Jeff Southern's VW Thing on Youtube

In-Depth Tesla Model S Walkthrough For Owners

A detailed walkthrough through the Tesla Model S