Intriguing Energy

Solutions for Alaska

PRACTICAL WAYS TO MEET OUR
ENERGY NEEDS THAT YOU’VE NEVER
EVEN THOUGHT OF
 Voltage Optimizers (Note: Blue = Customer-Owned, Black= May or may not be Utility-
Owned)

Customer-Owned Solar Electric

Array Utility Grid

Conventional Net-Metered Battery-Based Net

Metered
System Meter
DC Disconnect AC-to-DC Base
Charger Utility
Switch Grid AC In
AC
Internal Disconnect
DC-to-AC Inverter Switch
Battery
Inverter Switch
Management
System Grid AC Out
Transfer Switch
Emergency AC Out

Customer’s
Battery Bank Existing
Electrical Panel

Critical Load Sub-Panel

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Customer-Owned Solar Array Electric

Utility Grid

Utility-Owned Battery and Inverter Grid

Connection &
Transfer Switch
AC-to-DC
Charger Grid AC In
“Touch Existing
Safe” Solar Meter
Internal Solar
Plug & Base
DC-to-AC Inverter Productio
Disconnect Battery
Inverter Switch n Meter
Management
System Grid AC Out

Emergency AC Out

Battery Bank
Customer’s
Existing
Electrical Panel
Conventional 200
Amp Residential
Transfer Switch
• 38 Pounds
• $450
To AC and DC EV
Charger Inside Garage
Meter Socket
Generator
Transfer Switch
• $650
• Limited to 50 Amps (10 kW)
200 Amp Meter w/ Internal Disconnect &
Synchronization Switch
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Battery Back-Up System with
String Inverter and Modules
Voltage Optimizers Electric
Utility Grid

Customer-Owned Solar Array

Internal Meter
Grid Disconnect /
Utility-Owned Battery and Inverter Synchronization
Switch
Battery
Management
Utility System
Service/DC AC In and Out
Disconnect DC-to-AC
Solar and
Switch Inverter
Battery
Battery Bank AC kWh
Meter
Customer’s
Existing
Electrical Panel
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Customer-Owned Solar Array Electric

Utility Grid

Utility-Owned EV Charger and Inverter Utility

Meter w/
Grid AC In Internal
Utility Owned DC-to-AC Inverter Isolation
Utility Solar & Switch
Battery Management System
ServiceSwitch EV Utility
(Similar to Ossiaco)
or DC Plug Meter

Optional
EV DC Fast-Charger, EV J1779 Utility-Owned
EV Battery
V2H and V2G AC Battery Storage Customer’s
Charger Existing
Electrical Panel
Can we please stop doing
this?
• Sucks heat out of the
home.
• Hottest part of the
chimney is outside.
• All the energy stored in
the stone mass is
wasted.
These are not
much better
Advantages
• Heat up very quickly
• Radiates heat
Disadvantages
• Air flow is choked off to
reduce heat output or to
slowly burn wood for longer
periods.
• Inefficient
• Pollutes air
• Creates chimney creosote
Russian Stoves

Pechka - Russians and the Swedish figured out a long time

ago how to efficiently heat a home with very little wood.

• Intense fire that quickly and efficiently burns, to heat up

mass, that then steadily releases the heat over a long
period of time.
Swedish and
Russian Mass
Stoves
• Quick and
clean burning
flame
• Store and
slowly give off
heat over time
 Air Tubes Heat
Compressed Air

Hot Air
Exhaust To
Heat
Space

Cool
Room Air

Electric
Four Cylinders Generator
Two Cylinders Expand Air
Compress Air

Wood Stove with Air

Tubes
 Air Tubes Heat
Compressed Air

Hot Air
Exhaust To
Heat
Space

Cool
Room Air

Electric
Four Cylinders Generator
Two Cylinders Expand Air
Compress Air

Wood Stove with Air

Tubes
Warm Air

Hermetically Sealed
Scroll Compressor &
Motor

Fan

Expansion
Valve
Warm Air

Hermetic
Scroll & Solar Array
Generator

Solar Array

Pump
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Thank you
Jim White, P.E.
jim@applecapital.net
509-741-7466
Twitter @SolarMeter