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I had built a shop trailer and the solar is integrated in it, battery bank and all.
When I move the trailer goes with me, and so does my solar power.
You couldn't pay me to attach it to a house , I like what I have built and enjoy having the advantage .
I also have a wind mill attached to the trailer as well.
I am in an ideal location to install solar electric grids on my roof. Unfortunately the condo association "owns" the roof and is too conventional to agree. I already use solar heating in the winter through 12 ft. of glass doors on the southeast side of my unit to provide a substantial part of the winter heat.
If I were designing my own house and outbuildings I would collect as much solar heat as possible for the buildings. The house would have properly set glass and the outbuildings roof top collectors sending heat to the floor slabs. The likelihood of this happening is about the same as willing Powerball or bouncing off zero.
Here is how it runs in my location in VT... It is very different per state. VT stands somewhere in the middle.
Panels - 6.2 KW = 24 * 260 watts.
Cost : $26200 - $1500 state incentive, $7862 fed tax credit = $17k installed
Generates 7189 KWH a year (3.177 hours * 365 days)
Electric credit on your bill - .201 per KWH = $1444 = 9633 KWH per year = 802 KWH per month.... That is a lot for us but will include HEAT pumped heat.
$17,000/ $1444 = 11.77 years.
My bill will be $10 from the start but that is putting $17k down to get the panels. Still undecided on this either way.
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make sure you won't need to replace your roof in the neat future either....
unfortunately here in AZ, it is not cost effective for me. Solar City came out and quoted me a price that would take me close to 15 years to break even. And the lease price wasn't any better either, it was about the same price per month! He said you would lease to just be green.
I am in an ideal location to install solar electric grids on my roof. Unfortunately the condo association "owns" the roof and is too conventional to agree. I already use solar heating in the winter through 12 ft. of glass doors on the southeast side of my unit to provide a substantial part of the winter heat.
If I were designing my own house and outbuildings I would collect as much solar heat as possible for the buildings. The house would have properly set glass and the outbuildings roof top collectors sending heat to the floor slabs. The likelihood of this happening is about the same as willing Powerball or bouncing off zero.
Another reason I will not own a condo. I was thinking about purchasing a condo, but it would be in my best interest to build a smaller home and do whatever it is I want with my own money, not what someone else decides.
I would like to know have you ever thought about getting solar panels on the roof of your home? If so when and why?
The roofs of our 3 buildings are covered with solar power panels since 2005. My older brother built them, I just replaced the oldest one.
"Why" is a strange question. "Why not" is the right one. And "of course" is the answer.
Every single kWh these panels produce does not have to be made by using gas, coal, or uran, which exist only once on this planet. In my opinion it is simply theft and a crime to take all the resources without caring for the next generations of people.
I can not change the world, but we produce a lot more wind and solar power than we use for heating, driving and electricity. And a lot of people could do the same, but prefer to buy a new car instead every few years.
Having been involved with photovoltaics and solar energy for many years, and currently living in an area with a very high installed base of residential solar power and a lot of sunshine, I have long been a booster of solar systems. And with the roughly 80% drop in prices of PV panels over the last 5 years, primarily due to a flood of Chinese products, solar power systems have become both increasingly affordable
Are there certain brands of panels you recommend? Brands to avoid?
And are there 2 major types of panels?
Thanks
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