Do you have Solar panels on your house?

[Doubleajaybrock]

What company did you go with? Are you happy with the work they did?

What’s you average monthly bill?


Thanks

Aaron

[gnihcraes]

Solar cuty now tesla.

System is good.

Service sucks if you need them. Hail storm roof repairs was a pain.

Tried to add more panels recently, some 100$ fee just to talk with them about it. Gave up.



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[Gman]

No.

[tmckay2]

We have ion solar. Works well, but we are also energy conscious (cheap skates) so we have always kept our energy low. We dont crank the AC and only have lights on we are actively using. Our power bill is effectively zero and we actually bank quite a bit if power. But they buy it back for pennies on the dollar at the end of the year so doesnt mean much. Theres always a flat power fee just to be hooked up. Ours is like $15. If batteries were more affordable (they're improving a lot) then I would like solar even more since we could store the power for weather and such. As it is now its kind of a bummer that we are predicting power to the system but if the power goes out we are still out.

It was worth it with the tax breaks. Without them I wouldnt do it. It will pay for itself in about 10 years with average cost increases for power, so anything after that is gravy. If batteries get down to the 3k range or so (currently around 8 to 10k) then I would get one and that would make it more worth it.

[tmckay2]

One thing I will see is if you do it get 2 or 3 quotes and negotiate big time. Youd be surprised what you can get. Also they word things such that you really need to read carefully and make absolutely sure it will cover your energy needs. Sometimes their projections are based on things like switching out all your bulbs for more energy efficient ones, or using a nest thermostat, or whatever. But we had already maximized our savings and told them this so they dropped the price some since we wouldnt budge.

[Great-Kazoo]

We have ion solar. Works well, but we are also energy conscious (cheap skates) so we have always kept our energy low. We dont crank the AC and only have lights on we are actively using. Our power bill is effectively zero and we actually bank quite a bit if power. But they buy it back for pennies on the dollar at the end of the year so doesnt mean much. Theres always a flat power fee just to be hooked up. Ours is like $15. If batteries were more affordable (they're improving a lot) then I would like solar even more since we could store the power for weather and such. As it is now its kind of a bummer that we are predicting power to the system but if the power goes out we are still out.

It was worth it with the tax breaks. Without them I wouldnt do it. It will pay for itself in about 10 years with average cost increases for power, so anything after that is gravy. If batteries get down to the 3k range or so (currently around 8 to 10k) then I would get one and that would make it more worth it.

Did you buy, or leasing? If leasing (if you don't mind) what's the average monthly payment made to the solar co.

Even the lowest quote was 3x the cost of utility bill in CO. Here 3x easy.

[Zundfolge]

I have old school passive solar heating/lighting panels all over my house. They work great. And you can use them in the summer to let air out of the house too.

[DFBrews]

If anyone wants some nerdy entertainment look at the guys doing their own Tesla style
Power wall with harvested lithium ion batteries from laptops and such in the 18650 platform.
These guys are building like 50-100 KWh systems out of questionable battery chemistry eBay bulk buy cells

[Rucker61]

Did you buy, or leasing? If leasing (if you don't mind) what's the average monthly payment made to the solar co.

Even the lowest quote was 3x the cost of utility bill in CO. Here 3x easy.

I got a quote of $120 a month for 20 years.

[Gman]

If anyone wants some nerdy entertainment look at the guys doing their own Tesla style
Power wall with harvested lithium ion batteries from laptops and such in the 18650 platform.
These guys are building like 50-100 KWh systems out of questionable battery chemistry eBay bulk buy cells

That sounds like a heckuva fire waiting to happen. I wouldn't risk my home and my family's lives for that.

Also ask about who gets the government incentive dollars, you, or the folks making the sale?