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Going solar electric ?
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10-07-2021, 03:41 PM
It seems it is at a point to make sense.
Combined with inflation, unstable energy costs, shtf events this is making sense to me. Any of you all done it? 
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10-07-2021, 04:44 PM
Too many trees where I live unfortunately but would seriously look into it if that wasn't the case.
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10-07-2021, 07:13 PM
My electric bill was $500 last month, so looking in to…. Anything
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10-07-2021, 08:02 PM
Apparently the inverters are a point of failure. They can wear out before the batteries or panels (depending on your setup). Normally, it's not a problem. But now that the global supply chains are shutting down, maybe buy a couple extra?
I will not need electricity when the grid goes down. Steel is weak, flesh is strong. 
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10-07-2021, 08:45 PM
(10-07-2021, 07:13 PM)Trub Lou Wrote: My electric bill was $500 last month, so looking in to…. Anything Damn home-slice. How many kw you burn through? I chewed through about 2700kw last month and bill monthly bill was like $260. And that's running the AC full time and sleeping at 68. Running pool, hot tub, and errything else.
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10-07-2021, 09:26 PM
Full disclosure-former power company employee.
I haven't given it a look. Just over a 1 year old house so its well insulated, and we're at 8.something cents per kwh. Only way I'd look into it would be for 1-prices to jump and 2-they go to time of day charges for power. Solar could then be effective shaving off peak costs when the AC is ratcheting up. Even then, its not an assurred deal since most peak loading is now being carried by nat gas turbines, and gas is still cheap. Factor in a carbon tax, or more gas line restrictions and that could change though. Consumer Reports did an evaluation of 3 houses in the southeast a few years back. Looked at cost financed over time vs savings. IIRC, only one case came out ahead of the 3.
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10-07-2021, 09:44 PM
I don't expect it to be cheaper quickly if at all.
I do want price stability, and the self sustaining results in case of chaos. I think I can get it set up for 25k ish with around 15kw system and a decent battery storage. Doing a lot of the install myself. My goal is to use batteries only for backup and feed grid during day, draw from grid at night, outside emergencies. |
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