KWhI live in Florida, Pasco county. I need the grid to deliver high loads in the summer. But when the grid goes out I do make it with the 42 kw of storage I got here.
9 months later but I had to address this. a homemade CIWS firing a 6 barreled .22 rimfire cartridge should be adequate to keep the scumbags away form it... that Or some home made claymores.How exactly are we supposed to build a fortress style bunker if it's electricity can be simply shut down from the outside?
Hardly seems worth it to save $20 / month. Especially since the grid supplies so much convenience.I've designed an built in Florida a net zero energy home with lots of subs for the various trades I couldn't do myself, it is quite the under taking!
$20/mth?Hardly seems worth it to save $20 / month. Especially since the grid supplies so much convenience.
I was saying that if I made my on grid house off grid, I would save $20/month because all of the energy I use is from solar.$20/mth?
If the average home is using 1,000kWh per month, at an average cost of 15-cents per kWh - isn't this 150 per month? (and then again a lot of homes use more than 1,000kWh per month running A/C)
Maybe I missed what you mean?
I was saying that if I made my on grid house off grid, I would save $20/month because all of the energy I use is from solar.
If I was to go completely off grid it would be a huge expensive pain in the ass to save $20/month. Being connected to the grid has many benefits. I decided to keep the connection
It's $32/mo minimum bill which gives you 239 kWh per month to use or lose.And when you look at it this way, $20/mo is cheap insurance. $250/year for access to a grid...
That makes the $24 a month proposal in California seem small in comparison. That is until you compare kWh rates?The minimum charge here ends up being just short of $30 a month
Interesting. Can you post a screencap of your bill details? I hope one day to test this minimum bill deal myself (which should be around Dec-Jan if put my panels up on the roof).The minimum charge here ends up being just short of $30 a month but that does not give you x amount of kilowatt hours to use, you're paying extra for those on top of the minimum fee structure.
Except that everyone pays this minimum bill here, rich or poor.That makes the $24 a month proposal in California seem small in comparison.
I do this as well. Mostly due to the northern lat / crappy overcast Nov-Dec period.I was saying that if I made my on grid house off grid, I would save $20/month because all of the energy I use is from solar.
If I was to go completely off grid it would be a huge expensive pain in the ass to save $20/month. Being connected to the grid has many benefits. I decided to keep the connection
With utility rates (likely) increasing, the payback will be even shorter.Payback time is 8 years at current rate.