Appliance Energy Use tables - Solar Capability Tables, etc.

Many people here probably have all of this data tucked away on their computer hard drives somewhere :) But, since we get new arrivals from time to time, I thought I'd post these links that I've found very helpful.

How much energy average appliances use (for those of us who have not purchased our watt measurement do hickies)

http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/your_home/appliances/index.cfm/mytopic=10040?print

Solar radiation data manual for US states (can be downloaded as a whole book, or state by state) PDF format.

http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/pubs/redbook/

An article that helps explain how to translate the solar radiation data:

http://www.countrysidemag.com/issues/91/91-3/Rex_A_Ewing.html

And my all time favorite article so far on how to assemble a system for under 1000.00 to run a *minimalist* cabin or such (including what you have to purchase):

http://www.countrysidemag.com/issues/89/89-4/Rex_A_Ewing.html

I like this magazine's site so much that I canceled another subscription (get something new, get rid of something) so that I could take this one instead. Probably everyone here already knew about it, but I was slow to finding out about it :)

Hope this is helpful for peeps!