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Originally Posted by pj67coll
Solar tubes can work exeptionally well in certain applications. My father in law just installed some in his house and in a couple of instances no longer needs to turn on a lights in rooms. Of course he's in Tucson. Your mileage may vary depending on locatoin and weather.
- Peter.
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I'm still thinking they may be a viable option for us since we're only open during daylight hours. The lights would theoretically only be needed on rainy/snowy/cloudy days and around 4:00 during the winter. We do have some skylights but because of the greenhouse effect in the summer we end up covering them. The tubes do minimize that.
We haven't completely given up on solar electricity yet. Due to our proximity to Hartford, we don't qualify for many of the programs available (they're based on population density and we're considered Greater Hartford even though our pop. is <26,000). We did have a consultant come out last week to take some measurements and he is going to come up with a plan for us.