My Solar PV journey is officially ending
or at least going on a very long Hiatus. So I built a passive solar house- the roof is 35° slope facing 4° west. no penetrations, no shading. I built it to be perfect for solar panels. BUT, net metering ended two months ago before I could get in and I have spent the last two months trying to...
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I had decided not to go solar due to the cost vs benefits. Well, after being on here a while and seeing some great deals, and doing endless spreadsheets and calcations, the decision has been rescinded! ?
I decided to do an offgrid system and use all my production(the house will still be fully on the grid)
So far I've purchased:
Two lv6048s for less than $2k
12kw of pv panels for $5500
43kwh of batteries for $4800
25 unirac rm10s for $400 that I won't use yet but may in the future, for expansion.
Total cost after tax credit should be about $12500
And looking at annual savings of almost $2000 t current energy prices, And, I no longer have to spend big bucks on a wood stove for when we have power outages in January, or a large generator just to run my well pump so I have water. So all in all I was able to make it make sense.
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