Getting solar at the house

[Gman]

...or the government will write themselves a nice little exemption.

[tmleadr03]

Just got an e-mail from REC saying that if I refer someone this month I can get 1k in referral bonus!

So, if you want a set of solar panels attached to your goddamn roof that you can't fucking turn on for three damn months all you have to do is let me know I can put you in contact with someone quickly!


Just let me know! Solar, it would be fucking wonderful if I could fucking use it.

[TFOGGER]

Just got an e-mail from REC saying that if I refer someone this month I can get 1k in referral bonus!

So, if you want a set of solar panels attached to your goddamn roof that you can't fucking turn on for three damn months all you have to do is let me know I can put you in contact with someone quickly!


Just let me know! Solar, it would be fucking wonderful if I could fucking use it.

It's subtle, but I may be detecting a teensy bit of frustration in your comment...

[tmleadr03]

It's subtle, but I may be detecting a teensy bit of frustration in your comment...

Maybe a little.

[gnihcraes]

Solar City Update: I'm scheduled for 18/19 of september.

I went yesterday and saw my Referrals solar city install. Looks great! They were out of 200watt panels so he got a free upgrade to 250watt panels. Jumped his system up to 9kw I believe.

Waiting on Xcel to approve it all.

They are using it anyway by throwing the lever in the meter box to connect the system. Pretty cool to watch the excel meter run backwards and the wattage at the inverter go up and down with the clouds moving overhead. A/C system kicks in and the meter comes to a near dead stop, then flies again when the A/C is done doing it's thing.

Can't wait for my smaller system, hoping to get a panel upgrade too!

I'm not condoning the use of the system without xcel's approval.

A little frustrating that my Referral has his system up and running before me, and before my $400 bonus check! haha

[tmleadr03]

Solar City Update: I'm scheduled for 18/19 of september.

I went yesterday and saw my Referrals solar city install. Looks great! They were out of 200watt panels so he got a free upgrade to 250watt panels. Jumped his system up to 9kw I believe.

Waiting on Xcel to approve it all.

They are using it anyway by throwing the lever in the meter box to connect the system. Pretty cool to watch the excel meter run backwards and the wattage at the inverter go up and down with the clouds moving overhead. A/C system kicks in and the meter comes to a near dead stop, then flies again when the A/C is done doing it's thing.

Can't wait for my smaller system, hoping to get a panel upgrade too!

I'm not condoning the use of the system without xcel's approval.

A little frustrating that my Referral has his system up and running before me, and before my $400 bonus check! haha

And I am still waiting on my damn xcel meter. Fuck Xcell. Fuck them with a solar powered curling iron. But not my solar, cuz it's not fucking on.

[Grant H.]

Wow, you guys seem to have picked some pretty poor examples of solar vendors.

We just got done with my brothers 6K watt panel install and battery bank (enough to cover all of his energy needs). I won't tell you the total cost, but since we did the work ourselves, he will have it paid off in savings not paid to Xcel within 2 years. Took us about 2 weeks to build all the racks and then put them all on the roof.

Yep. We're all paying for something that isn't sustainable nor does it become net positive over time. They'd be better off spending the money for conventional power generation that makes sense instead of making the wind turbine and solar pushers wealthy at our expense. The pushers selling the hardware are the winners in this proposition. The taxpayers get left holding the bag.

The Obama voters across the street love their solar.

I have to ask. Have you done any real research into solar? Recently? Your mostly incorrect responses through this thread would lead me to think that you have not.

Wind power, I will agree, is a total sham that is not sustainable.

Solar however, is viable. Especially now that you can buy solar panels routinely for less than $1.00/watt. Now, I will concede that solar is more viable at the individual level, but there are instances where it works with levels much higher than homes.

The systems we are doing at my brothers house and my parents house will not be grid tie systems. We have mounted separate breaker panels next to their grid panels, and brought the solar power into those new boxes. This way we can move the circuits we choose onto solar, and leave others on grid if we want/need to.

Yes, the tax breaks and incentives are making it easier for people to get into solar, but solar can still be viable even without them.

Despite your apparent hatred of solar, it is a good option.

[Gman]

I have looked into it quite a bit. Cheap Chinese panels have driven panel costs down.

What kind of batteries are you using for storage? Being familiar with battery UPS systems, there is quite a bit of mitigation, maintenance, and replacement costs involved.

[Brian]

FYI, according to this article, both SunRun and SolarCity donated to the pro-Morse defense campaign. I was zooming in to see who the big out-of-state anti-recall donations came from and both of those came up. Not that I'm surprised, given the California background (unless I'm wrong, it appears REC Solar uses SunRun for their leasing program, not sure how else they are connected).

http://gazette.com/interactive-map-w...rticle/1505839

[Gman]

Interesting interactive map at that site.