Subj : Re: Keep cool USA and European folks
To   : Rushfan
From : Gamgee
Date : Tue Jul 18 2023 07:47 am

-=> Rushfan wrote to Gamgee <=-

 Ru> BY: Gamgee (21:2/138)

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 Ru> I live in the middle of California.  We went solar a few years
 Ru> ago, got a 4.2kw setup, and it was ~14k USD to get it installed.
 Ru> Our power went from on average $500 a month (it's 113F outside
 Ru> today) to ~$50.  It's been quite the boon, <4 years to pay it
 Ru> back.

 Ru> Of course CA just made the solar net metering worse this year for
 Ru> new folks, but we'll have this paid for for over 17 years before
 Ru> that hits us.  Also power is more in CA than anywhere else in the
 Ru> US.  The nice part is running the AC and not stressing about it,
 Ru> since that keeps up with 75% of our energy usage daily over the
 Ru> summer and 300% in the winter.

 Ru> Everyone has to do the math to see if it makes sense or not,
 Ru> there's not a one size fits all.

That's a great point, and sounds like it's working great for you.  It 
does seem strange to me how there is such fluctuation in the 
installation costs, and how much it affects the actual power bill.

For me, for now, it's still firmly in the "Not ready for prime time" 
category.



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