Getting solar at the house

[Irving]

Is the system called EagleView?

[rbeau30]

Is the system called EagleView?

I am doing the Solar City "MyPower" program.

http://www.solarcity.com/residential/mypower-solar-loan

[Irving]

No I meant the system where they show satellite photos. Sorry, completely unrelated. Carry on.

[rbeau30]

No I meant the system where they show satellite photos. Sorry, completely unrelated. Carry on.

You know I think that is what it was called.

[Brian]

Nevermind... bad edit

[rbeau30]

Solar City here.

3.5kwh system (ugh)

max produced 21kwh in a day. (that i've seen) i've got a tree in the way too, so i'll trim that sucker up again and should get more out of it.

297kwh this month so far.

Producing about 1/2 of our daily useage. It saves me $25 and I pay $25 to solar city. (i think, gotta look at the Xcel bills again to see)

All is good.

(one half shown)

Did you take this pic off the "gallery page"? ;-) LOL

[gnihcraes]

Nope

[al_g]

For those with a solar system, is it mentioned on your monthly bill from Xcel? I thought it would be but there isn't anything on our bill so now I'm wondering if everything got setup right since we bought the house with the system already installed by the previous owner.

[Gman]

If someone wanted to go off grid with some creativity... a storage system that works more efficiently than batteries (and with better longevity) is pumps + gravity. Pump water somewhere higher, have a generator on the output. Some high end power systems use this technique, never heard of it in residential but someone should be the guinea pig if they have the right circumstances. Some have done it with air too but it has serious complications with temperature differentials. Basically your "battery" capacity is your water storage potential, and it doesn't fade.... power stored in July would be available in December without any degradation.

Most of you suburbia's can already cross this off the map though, I don't see this working in a neighborhood.

It's a shame that this country has become so turned off to hydro-electric generation (We must stop it...for the fish.) In Europe, this method is used with wind power. When the wind is blowing, use the electricity generated to pump water up into a reservoir where it is stored until it's actually needed. Wind is inconsistent where hydro has that potential energy stored until it's needed. The scale needed for this is much larger than at the residential level.

[KevDen2005]

I am thinking of getting Solar at my house in Brighton. Any issues with the system and would you recommend the company?