Re: Solar

Posted by Jimmydog on April 02, 2016 at 16:25:22 from (198.47.53.196):

In Reply to: Solar posted by steve terplak on March 31, 2016 at 17:06:48:

Steve,

Do I have solar? YES! I have been off the grid since when "off the grid" meant off the electrical grid and not the internet. Solar makes this possible.

Does it make me money? No, but I have most of the modern day conveniences that we take for granted.

Does it work on metal roofs? Of course it does. As long as the sun's rays can strike it. There is a slight loss in power output with higher temps, but unless you're hell bent on measuring output all the time you will not notice this. Generally, depending on where you live you will want to scale up your installation 150-300%. The further north your latitude the more you'll want to scale up.

How far from the road is it? We're about one hundred yards off the road. Grid power is available but we're quite happy with our little system. There is even a pole with a transformer on my property that, when they send the tree and brush removal guys to cut down my apple tree like they did, I will have them remove it.

Can the wires be buried under ground? As long as they are rated for direct burial, then yes. Mine are.

jeffcat: too bad about that oak, but maybe it was time to take the steer to market. You can't have your steer and beef too. Hopefully it was recycled...furniture or firewood. Anyway my apple tree did not need to come down and they said it would not... but lo, it did.

Mr. Newell: A lot of these companies offering to put panels up are trying to make a profit on margin. So they recognize the potential. As to wear out it's a matter of what you mean. Manufactures give a warranty that their panel will produce a given output for a given time frame. So twenty years from now they may only give 80% of the rated power new, but is that worn out ? they're still putting out current.

Mr. Shafer: thank you for your honesty for disclosing up front that you use to work for the power industry. Your post is about what I would expect from an industry insider. My (current -pun intended) installation is about fifteen years old and chugging along just fine.Yes there is maintenance and yes I'm the one responsible for it.

Is solar the end all and be all to our energy needs? No. Is it right for everybody everywhere? No. Will it be a significant part of our energy in the future...? Heck yeah. My first panels (twenty years ago) cost four times as much per watt as the ones I added a couple years ago. So the argument that they're not economical feasible is quickly falling to the wayside.

So that's my anecdotal two cents. JD

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