AMPd
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Not to mention when oil prices rise so will the electricity rates.
Youre basically protected against the instability of oil prices!
Youre basically protected against the instability of oil prices!
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I have a ground mounted 70 panel Solar World SW255 with Enphase invertors installed Dec. 2012. The average is up to 78 kwh/day with a high of 100 kwh. I'm banking some on-peak production but that will soon be used up in the summer.
Hawaii Solar setup with 54 panels
If you don't mind the question, who did you use? As your northern neighbor I'm planning on putting a system in relatively soon and was considering Affordable Solar.
:wink: Thanks.Beautiful panels! Oh, and nice car =)
That's one of the reasons it's nice to have a fence around the entire property, with a gate. It won't keep the serious thieves out, but hopefully the small timers will move on to the next place. The three large dog theft deterrent system also works well. :scared:Isn't anybody (specifically with ground-based panels) worried about people stealing them? I'm sure you can insure yourself for this, but it would suck big time if it happens anyway?
I called my home insurance provider and had the replacement value of the entire system added to my policy. I hope they steal all of them very 5 years so I can upgrade to the next best panels
Smallfootprint, I notice you're in NY state. Since I personally live in a shaded house with no good location for solar panels, I buy the '100% renewable' from "Energy Cooperative of America", which mostly operates in NY state. I'm actually paying less than I would by buying the default NYSEG fossil-fuel energy; the upcharge for 100% renewable is cancelled out by the savings from lack of profit motive in a co-op. I suggest you check it out.We don't have a solar system on our house, but we do buy Carbon-free electricity from Con Edison Solutions. 1 penny more per kilowatt hour (with a tax break that almost offsets it). Last time I checked the breakout was about 60% hydro, 40% wind.
I would love to have a setup like any of these listed. But unfortunately for me I was naive when I purchased my town house and didn't understand all the consequences of living with a HOA. After trying for nearly a year to get them to understand and let me put panels up on my roof I am about to the point where I am just going to drop the idea entirely, pay off the Model S, and find a nice piece of land with no one close to me. :smile:
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Head for your local government. A number of local governments have passed laws which require HOAs to allow solar panels whether they want to or not. ...
Here you go.
Thanks, rlpm. I tip my hat to your avatar - nicely done.
As some other remote lodges have done - I know of an "eco-lodge" on the west coast of South Island NZ, for example - I am thinking of augmenting the nature tours we do here to include one specifically showcasing our energy system here. The Tesla will be a terrific addition to it, won't it!!!!!!
Forgot to mention a datum most people use and talk about with their solar PV systems: our panels total a nameplate max of (230W x 18) +(130W x 4) = 4.66kW. We've maxed out at 5.2kW or so on some days. Curiously, I've noticed when we get a mostly cloudy day - but with a hole in the clouds providing full sun on the panels - this provides the highest numbers. I figure it has to do with photon backscatter from the white clouds upping solar insolation to a number higher than the putative maximum.
Of course, you folks in places like Albuquerque have to look up in a dictionary what I mean by the term "cloudy"......