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GREETINGS FROM OUR SOLAR POWERED OFFICE!
We will have new winter hours starting
November-March! 9am - 4pm MST ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NEWS LETTER INDEX:
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Protecting rare fish
becomes easier with a solar power pumping and aeration system;
the arctic grayling's habitat in the Big Hole River has been
suffering due to drought, irrigation and livestock use of the
river. Now we can keep more water in the river to protect these
fish; check out our article and installation pictures here for a
more information:
http://www.pvsolarpumps.com/pumpaeration.htm. At present,
the fish are slowly increasing in population as the water
resource improves -- and more water-saving projects are planned
for the future.
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The folks at Midnite Solar have been at it again! They
have a new charge controller called the KID. It's a 30A
MPPT (maximum power point tracking) controller, great for small
renewable energy systems, allowing for true input paralleling.
If your power needs increase, you can add more solar modules and
another KID, giving you twice the power from a single array.
Features:
> Up to 30A battery output
> Solar, wind or hydro modes
> No fan
> MPPT tracking
> Reverse polarity protected
> True paralleling; inputs and outputs for two KIDs
> 3 LED Bar Graph for battery status at a glance
> Up to 150V input
> Keypad for menu items and set points
> Exclusive HyperVOC entends the input voltage above 150VOC for
cold climates.
> Sealed for harsh environments
> 12V, 24V, 36V, 48V Battery output, field selectable
> Made in Arlington, WA, USA
> Lighting controller: dusk-dawn, hourly, day, night settings
> Dimensions: 9 1/4" x 5"H x 3 5/16"
> Weight: 6 lbs. (2.73 kgs)
> Cost: $399 + shipping
> 2 year manufacturer's warranty
Marine Version:
These are also available as a marine/RV version ($499,
includes marine mounting bracket, available in white or
black); you can view more information about these excellent
controllers at
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For your hunting camp...
It's hunting season here in Montana, as well as many other parts of the
country! If your hunting cabin needs the right appliance to cool or cook
your meat, we offer several sizes of non-electric gas refrigerators and
freezers, as well as stoves that require no AC power (and
will run off of a small battery pack of eight double A cells). Visit our gas
appliance site at
www.LPappliances.com for more
information; if you find something of interest, call for your freight costs.
The least expensive freight deal is if the appliance can ship to a
commercial drop point (business that's 'on the beaten path' or a freight
terminal) that has a dock or forklift. These appliances ship from the midwest and are not stocked locally.
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Solar power for RVs
Many people have added photovoltaic modules to the roof of
their recreational vehicle, giving them added charging
for their coach batteries to reduce or negate their
generator run time. If you are powering lights, music,
fans, water pump or perhaps a small microwave, solar
power can be a very cost effective addition to your RV
system. But, some folks do not want to compromise the
integrity of their rig's roof, or they want to park in
the shade to keep the vehicle cool, which is quite
understandable (but not-so-great for solar power
production)! If your power requirements are modest, a
simple fix can be to add a 'leg' to the back of your
solar module, so you can park in the shade and place
your panel in the sun. We do this with our old Dodge
camper van on our fishing trips, parking in the shade
but placing our solar module in the sun, moving it
around from time to time to keep it as perpendicular to
the sun's rays as possible. That way we have plenty of
power for our radio, DC water pump and ventilation fan.
If you are considering adding solar to your RV or boat,
give us a call to talk about the particulars. You can
also view more information about these kinds of systems
at
http://www.oasismontana.com/RV_systems.html.
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Information on a little bit of
everything. Have you checked out our resources
page? Do you have an interest in solar water heating? Gardening
tips? Hydro or wind power? Renewable energy news? Efficient
products for the home and business? Alternative building ideas?
Recycling? Cool projects for kids? If any of these have your
interest, take a look at all the links at
www.oasismontana.com/links.html for some help and
information about almost any project you may wish to undertake.
You can get ideas for making your automobile less of a gas
guzzler; how to make you home or office less polluting; where
you can take classes to learn to build a wind generator; how to
build a well-insulated home addition; how to save on water use,
or build a rainwater collection system....and many more! We
simply can't sell everything, but we can provide interested
people with the data to live better and more efficiently.
Knowledge is power!
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Are you a Northwestern Energy electric customer?
NWE is still offering grant opportunities for those who
choose to invest in a wind or solar grid-tied power system. The
amount of incentive depends on the project; we have applications
for these grants that we can e-mail you, for residential or
commercial endeavors, or you can contact NWE for the particulars
at (888) 467-2669. Combined with the 30% federal tax credit and
our $500 state tax credit, it can really bring down the cost of
a solar power system--and you can start reaping the benefits of
a lowered utility bill now. For those outside our
service area or in other states, you can view what incentives
may be available for you at
www.dsireusa.org.
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| QUOTABLE
QUOTES 
"The things that unite us as a people
are more important than the things that divide us. No particular
interest group can prosper for long if the nation is disintegrating.
Our agenda must be an agenda for all Americans – for the poor, the
comfortable and those in between, for old and young, for black and
white, for city dwellers and farmers, for men and women." -- John
Gardner
“Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything
bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all
year for the grand finale.” -- Lauren DeStefano
"You can always count on Americans to do the right thing, after they
tried everything else." -- Winston Churchill
"Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please."
--Mark Twain
"When you are courting a nice girl, an hour seems like a second;
when you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's
relativity." --Albert Einstein
“Out of the long list of nature's gifts to man, none is perhaps so
utterly essential to human life as soil.” -- Hugh Hammond Bennett
“October extinguished itself in a rush of howling winds and driving
rain and November arrived, cold as frozen iron, with hard frosts
every morning and icy drafts that bit at exposed hands and faces.”
--J.K. Rowling
“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and
compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over
the world...would do this, it would change the earth.” --William
Faulkner
"The fundamental cause of trouble in the world today is that the
stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt." --
Bertrand Russell,
“Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more
than gain in fruits.” --Samuel Butler
"Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible god and
destroys a visible nature, unaware that the nature he's destroying
is the god he's worshipping." --Hubert Reeves
"No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, no fruits, no flowers,
no leaves, no birds - November!" --Thomas Hood
"If I'm ever reborn, I want to be a gardener—there's too much to do
for one lifetime!" --Karl Foerster
“Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained
through understanding.” --Ralph Waldo Emerson
"I believe that when life gives you lemons, you should make
lemonade...and try to find someone who's life has given them vodka,
and have a party." --Ron White
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WHO WE ARE and ORDERING
INFORMATION: Chris Daum, owner
and manager of Oasis Montana, has been in the renewable energy field for
25 years, and our system designers will help plan a system for your needs. Our
staff offers experience, personalized service, tech support, quality
components, and good pricing. We are happy to work with your installer,
electrician, or contractor, and locally we can install your power system
(or even fly to your site for installation). We provide detailed wiring
diagrams with the systems we sell. TO PLACE AN ORDER: Email or call
us for your freight costs; if you have any questions about your system or
product, please contact us. Email is easiest and fastest (but we know that
you aren’t all online). We accept Visa/MasterCard (personal and business
checks are fine). For our international customers, we accept bank
transfers— email or call us for our banking information. Our summer hours
(April through October) are 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Mountain Time, Mon. –
Thurs, 8 to 4 on Fridays. If we‘re on another line when you call, please
leave us a message and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can, but you
may have to leave a message if we’re with a customer or on one of the
other lines. Call 406-777-4321 or 4309 or email us at info@oasismontana.com. For
tech support on renewable energy systems, again, email us at
info@oasismontana.com. We’d
be very happy to help you with your power project — send an email or
give us a call! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Thank you for your
interest in Oasis Montana. For more information go to http://www.oasismontana.com/, send
us an email at info@oasismontana.com, or call us
at 406-777-4321or 4309.
And feel free to share this newsletter with your friends; knowledge is
POWER!
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