Original Message:
Sent: 06-06-2023 11:25 PM
From: Ella Nielsen
Subject: K.I.S.S.
Thank you for the update! I looked up platforms that can create a cartoon from scratch, and there seem to be a few good ones: Adobe Animate, Moho (formerly Anime Studio), and OpenToonz. I'm happy to see if I can create a cartoon from any of those platforms if you think that would be helpful! I don't want to step on your toes by any means, and of course, there's no rush at all on my end. I am just excited about this flyer!
Thanks so much,
Ella
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Ella Nielsen
Membership & Engagement Manager
American Solar Energy Society
Boulder CO
Original Message:
Sent: 06-05-2023 06:36 PM
From: william fitch
Subject: K.I.S.S.
Hi: I to have been trying to work getting my barn array actually off the ground and onto its East/West roof location.
Had to upgrade my house/barn circuit breaker. With the full 18 panels on the ground (upgraded from 14), I blew the 50A breaker yesterday so I ordered a 70A which should deal with it and anything else I happen to add, like my eventual wind turbine.
SO I have not progressed any more on the KISS flyer. I think to make it what it needs to be (In my mind), cartoon drawings that are exactly what I have in my mind, need to come to reality.
The how of course is the problem. Such a "flyer' could go hand in hand with any other info designed to simply RE and of course solar, for everyday people.
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william fitch
Owner
www.WeAreSolar.com
Original Message:
Sent: 06-05-2023 01:52 PM
From: Ella Nielsen
Subject: K.I.S.S.
Hi Bill,
My apologies for the delayed response here. Your draft is excellent! Where do you envision this document could potentially go? Is there anything ASES can help with? I can try and play around with finding a cartoon inverter charger combo?
I really appreciate how the goal is to present to an audience that is new to solar. ASES is in the process of coming up with a SOLAR 101 Toolkit to help folks understand and go solar, and our goal is to also keep it as simple as possible.
Thank you for all that you do!
Ella
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Ella Nielsen
Membership & Engagement Manager
American Solar Energy Society
Boulder CO
Original Message:
Sent: 05-11-2023 03:08 PM
From: william fitch
Subject: K.I.S.S.
OK. This is the next part, Off-grid. The cartoon drawings were hard, especially the idea of an inverter/charger combo.
But the text is pretty straight forward. There is a whole lot you can say about off grid from many directions, but my goal was NOT TO GIVE THEM a Stephen King nightmare.
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william fitch
Owner
www.WeAreSolar.com
Original Message:
Sent: 05-09-2023 11:12 AM
From: william fitch
Subject: K.I.S.S.
K.I.S.S. is known to many as, "Keep It Simple Stupid". It is a very old expression that explains the engineering postulate that the fewer the parts a system has, the greater the possibly that the system WILL NOT fail. It probably is a distant cousin to the saying, "If Its Not Broke, Don't Fix It."
Sometimes a simple statement is just an exercise in oversimplification or lazy brain activity. And sometimes it is in fact really that simple and true.
So, I got the idea to be a thief in the night and hijack that very old KISS and change the last S reference to Solar, creating a new KISS called, "Keep It Simple Solar". OK. So, what might that mean? From an action perspective, I think it could mean produce a single 8-1/2" x 11" single sided piece of paper that shows the major types of solar energy, grid-tie, grid tie backup or off-grid capable, off-grid, solar with EV (Future proof it), etc... The level of presentation should be in keeping with the title acronym.
I googled 'keep it simple solar' and of course got a bunch of hits, but none that linked the KISS acronym to the phrase.
This is just a thought that I had about 15 minutes ago and thought I would throw it out there. I will try and do a very rough draft in a few days or so.
The goal of this is to present to an uneducated audience (Solar wise) the important basics of solar and its simplicity. There is allot of flexibility in the structure from the basic text, images, comics style drawings (Humor), etc., etc... no borders except to convey concepts easily.
Like many technical areas, solar has been struggling to do the above suggestion. There are many books, articles, pictures, on and on trying to convey these ideas. But given the general publics long attention span, I thought if you could actually convey unbiased info of importance on a single sheet, and make it "entertaining", well, it couldn't hurt.....
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william fitch
Owner
www.WeAreSolar.com
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