How do you calculate "doing well" in the long term? Not trying to start an argument. Just want to know why your math is different then mine.
I've lived with solar for 12 years off-grid and grid-tie solar for 5 years. I've got first-hand experience with some of the pitfalls, what tends to fail, and what does not.
Batteries are a huge expense and there's no way around it. Yes - there are batteries rated for 25 years of use - but they cost 3 times as much as 8-10 year batteries. Inverters and controllers are expensive.
My neighbor has been off-grid for 15 years. He uses a lot of propane for his electric generator that he uses for many weeks in Feb and March. In 15 years two have failed beyond repair and he's on his third genset. He is also on his fourth set of batteries. One was a set of AGMs that failed the first year. He's back to flooded lead-acid now. I know, for sure, he has not saved a penny. But it is also not the #1 reason he went to solar. Many, like him . . did it for the idependence.
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