On Fri, 01 Apr 2005 11:41:19 -0500, WillR
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The more for less is a consideration, too... not so much now, but within a year
or so, I hope to move the shop to Baja, and power conservation will be much more
important..

Actually if it is like some of the places I have lived and worked there
... having any power is a greater consideration.

Reliable power is of course a significant issue there as well. Just make
sure you have a UPS for your computer system...

yeah, we have a good ups on our 2 main computers and those will go with us..
The way they're progressing in the area that we're building, the power will be
in before we start the first house..
The economy part comes in with the pricing of the electricity... since the
government controls the power, it's priced so that the Mexican people can afford
it, about 2 1/2 cents a kilowatt...
OTOH, after a fairly small amount of kilowatts, (the amount a middle class
Mexican family would use), the price goes WAY up....
For most of the folks we've talked to that have lived thee a while, they seldom
hit the higher rate, but none of them have a shop, either..


mac

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