Fubar231 Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 Been thinking of somethin lately, and was curious if anyone on here had experience with solar panels. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ross Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 What are you looking to do? Go off the grid, tinker with running small electronics, etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Karacho1647545492 Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 A friend of mine in VT has 9 solar panels and a pellet furnace and the electric company pays him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Flyer1647545514 Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 I know that if you add them to your home they don't add value to the house that you would have to pay taxes on if it were any other upgrade that added value to your home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akula Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 The best solution is to have them always facing the sun directly. This is achieved by using a dual axis tracking array. Basically I looked at my house and electric use. I need about $15k in panels/system to get a fixed system. Dual Axis would be almost $30k. This would have the electric company pay me. What are you trying to achieve? Net-0? Off-Grid? If you are going to put up Solar, think about Wind too. Around here if the sun isn't shining, the wind is blowing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buteo Posted January 2, 2013 Report Share Posted January 2, 2013 What are you wanting to know? I have 24 panels on my house... Installed last August. I'm completely self sufficient and then some... In fact I get a check from the electric company. Granted, I am in Denver. We have 300 plus days of sunshine. You would want them facing south, don't even attempt it if youre thinking north. Axis panels are lots of upfront money. They weren't worth it IMO. I've got the tallest home around with a custom mount to face south. My system in total was around 30k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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