Paul Braren from TinkerTry.com joins me this week and we catch up with him. It’s been a busy time for Paul. Both moving and changing jobs has kept him on his toes when it comes to technology. We talk about everything solar, updating an older house for solar, EVs and the challenges and benefits of managing your own power—that and lots more. Thanks for listening! Full show notes, transcriptions (available on request), audio and video at http://theAverageGuy.tv/hgg584 Join Jim Collison / @jcollison for show #584 of Home Gadget Geeks, brought to you by the Average Guy Network. WANT TO SUBSCRIBE? http://theAverageGuy.tv/subscribe Join us for the show live each Thursday at 8pmC/9E/1UTC at http://theAverageGuy.tv/live Find Us! Join us in the Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/theaverageguy/ On Discord at https://theaverageguy.tv/discord Save as much as $110 on your first 5 boxes of HelloFresh  Use the code MQU328 and get $40 off any machine purchase and a free capsule dispenser. If you are drinking bad coffee – STOP. Great coffee, one cup at a time from people who really know coffee. Check them out at https://Nespresso.com and use code MQU328 and get $40 off your first machine! Show Segments:  Getting caught up? ([4:47]) Selling the other house. ([9:14]) New house, new job, new house, ([14:04]) How much does it cost to buy consumer grade storage? ([20:39]) Does it remind you of windows home server? ([22:58]) New wiring. ([27:18]) How did you find out about solar roofs? ([31:18]) The Electric Vehicle industry is exploding. ([35:22]) How to choose a solar power provider. ([39:31]) How to find good contractors. ([45:28]) Putting fresh air in your house. ([48:50]) Mistakes made by the contractors. ([53:15]) Monitoring the basement. ([57:17]) Electricing a shed. ([1:02:07]) Do your research and be happy. ([1:06:40]) The shed. ([1:11:42]) What happened in texas during the polar vortex? ([1:18:33]) Links More on Paul at https://tinkertry.com/ Learn how Paul lowered his electric bill when rates jumped. https://tinkertry.com/lowerbill Span Panel – a href="https://www.span.