Getting solar at the house

[spyder]

Are any of you going to add mirrors to your set up for extra power? Also, my wife purchased a bunch of stock in a company that made some kind of amplifier for panels that supposedly tripled the output of them...

Along with solar, are any of you doing wind? It's super easy to make a turbine, well, if you have an old treadmill......

[gnihcraes]

Just waiting on the tree company to come trim things up and then I'll pull the trigger on the smaller system for my house.

I'll get the rest of the roof trusted up and should be able to go for the full system before the end of the year. (i hope) Might be that long before the 3.4kw system is up and running on my site.

[tmleadr03]

Just waiting on the tree company to come trim things up and then I'll pull the trigger on the smaller system for my house.

I'll get the rest of the roof trusted up and should be able to go for the full system before the end of the year. (i hope) Might be that long before the 3.4kw system is up and running on my site.

At this rate it will be next year before I can turn mine on. Still no Xcel meter.

[gnihcraes]

At this rate it will be next year before I can turn mine on. Still no Xcel meter.

that stinks. I figure if it takes that long, I'll be ready for the addition of the extra panels on mine.

[gnihcraes]

i got a $400 referral bonus! I don't even have solar on my house! Anyone else want solar?

I've signed the documents for my smaller 3.4kw system, hopefully we can get it installed and start the wait for Xcel to do their part.

I'll start working on the re-structure of my old section of the house and hopefully get the additional panels installed.

[tmleadr03]

i got a $400 referral bonus! I don't even have solar on my house! Anyone else want solar?

I've signed the documents for my smaller 3.4kw system, hopefully we can get it installed and start the wait for Xcel to do their part.

I'll start working on the re-structure of my old section of the house and hopefully get the additional panels installed.

You only get 400 for referrals? Huh.

[gnihcraes]

You only get 400 for referrals? Huh.

That was a promotion for July only I believe. It's now only 200 or 250 $. Then they immediately send a W9, so the government will take half.

Then my friend wants Lunch out of it, so I'm down to about $20.

[sniper7]

I'm going to look into this for sure. If it looks like a good way to go for my place I'll hook one of you guys up with the referral.

Gnihcraes, tell your wife thanks for the spreadsheets very nicely done! Looks like it could be a substantial savings.

[tmleadr03]

Still havent turned on my solar system. Waiting on Xcel. They are dragging their feet to get as much money from me as possible. On the bright side I am not paying REC for it yet. They won't bill me till I actually use it.

[gnihcraes]

Permits approved, waiting on internal financing or something with solar city. Hope to get install started soon so I can start my Xcel wait.