Good to install Solar Panel now ?

[an]

ucodegen, since you’re very knowledgeable in this area, can you give me your take on this? http://ezinearticles.com/?Solar-Panel-Breakthrough—Twice-the-Efficiency-at-Half-the-Cost&id=1327077. They’re claiming twice the efficiency with 1/2 the cost, using transistors, which HP has recent just invented.

Then there’s this: http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/breakthrough_solar_panel_technology_a_12_year_old. Is this a hoax or is it real? This is coming from a 12 year old. I can only imagine what he’ll think of when he’s 22.

These are the kind of innovation I’m referring to.

[UCGal]

[quote=flu]What is the life expectancy of a good solar panel? Just curious. 10 years or is it more?[/quote]

The all seem to offer 20 year warranties – that they’ll produce 85% (or more of the power) up to 20 years later that they produced at date of manufacture.

15% drop isn’t bad over 20 years.

[UCGal]

[quote=flu]What is the life expectancy of a good solar panel? Just curious. 10 years or is it more?[/quote]

The all seem to offer 20 year warranties – that they’ll produce 85% (or more of the power) up to 20 years later that they produced at date of manufacture.

15% drop isn’t bad over 20 years.

[UCGal]

[quote=flu]What is the life expectancy of a good solar panel? Just curious. 10 years or is it more?[/quote]

The all seem to offer 20 year warranties – that they’ll produce 85% (or more of the power) up to 20 years later that they produced at date of manufacture.

15% drop isn’t bad over 20 years.

[UCGal]

[quote=flu]What is the life expectancy of a good solar panel? Just curious. 10 years or is it more?[/quote]

The all seem to offer 20 year warranties – that they’ll produce 85% (or more of the power) up to 20 years later that they produced at date of manufacture.

15% drop isn’t bad over 20 years.

[UCGal]

[quote=flu]What is the life expectancy of a good solar panel? Just curious. 10 years or is it more?[/quote]

The all seem to offer 20 year warranties – that they’ll produce 85% (or more of the power) up to 20 years later that they produced at date of manufacture.

15% drop isn’t bad over 20 years.

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Also be sure to keep them clean. Check out what Google found out about cleaning your solar panels:

Since the carport solar panels have no tilt, rain doesn’t do a good job of rinsing off the dirt they collect. (Also, our carports are situated across from a sand field, which doesn’t help the situation.) We cleaned these panels for the first time after they had been in operation for 15 months, and their energy output doubled overnight. When we cleaned them again eight months later, their output instantly increased by 36 percent. In fact, we found that cleaning these panels is the #1 way to maximize the energy they produce. As a result, we’ve added the carport solar panels to our spring cleaning checklist.

According to the article, tilted panels don’t see as much of a decrease in output assuming you have enough rain to clean the dust off them every so often. This probably doesn’t apply in San Diego.

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Also be sure to keep them clean. Check out what Google found out about cleaning your solar panels:

Since the carport solar panels have no tilt, rain doesn’t do a good job of rinsing off the dirt they collect. (Also, our carports are situated across from a sand field, which doesn’t help the situation.) We cleaned these panels for the first time after they had been in operation for 15 months, and their energy output doubled overnight. When we cleaned them again eight months later, their output instantly increased by 36 percent. In fact, we found that cleaning these panels is the #1 way to maximize the energy they produce. As a result, we’ve added the carport solar panels to our spring cleaning checklist.

According to the article, tilted panels don’t see as much of a decrease in output assuming you have enough rain to clean the dust off them every so often. This probably doesn’t apply in San Diego.

[afx114]

Also be sure to keep them clean. Check out what Google found out about cleaning your solar panels:

Since the carport solar panels have no tilt, rain doesn’t do a good job of rinsing off the dirt they collect. (Also, our carports are situated across from a sand field, which doesn’t help the situation.) We cleaned these panels for the first time after they had been in operation for 15 months, and their energy output doubled overnight. When we cleaned them again eight months later, their output instantly increased by 36 percent. In fact, we found that cleaning these panels is the #1 way to maximize the energy they produce. As a result, we’ve added the carport solar panels to our spring cleaning checklist.

According to the article, tilted panels don’t see as much of a decrease in output assuming you have enough rain to clean the dust off them every so often. This probably doesn’t apply in San Diego.

[afx114]

Also be sure to keep them clean. Check out what Google found out about cleaning your solar panels:

Since the carport solar panels have no tilt, rain doesn’t do a good job of rinsing off the dirt they collect. (Also, our carports are situated across from a sand field, which doesn’t help the situation.) We cleaned these panels for the first time after they had been in operation for 15 months, and their energy output doubled overnight. When we cleaned them again eight months later, their output instantly increased by 36 percent. In fact, we found that cleaning these panels is the #1 way to maximize the energy they produce. As a result, we’ve added the carport solar panels to our spring cleaning checklist.

According to the article, tilted panels don’t see as much of a decrease in output assuming you have enough rain to clean the dust off them every so often. This probably doesn’t apply in San Diego.

[afx114]

Also be sure to keep them clean. Check out what Google found out about cleaning your solar panels:

Since the carport solar panels have no tilt, rain doesn’t do a good job of rinsing off the dirt they collect. (Also, our carports are situated across from a sand field, which doesn’t help the situation.) We cleaned these panels for the first time after they had been in operation for 15 months, and their energy output doubled overnight. When we cleaned them again eight months later, their output instantly increased by 36 percent. In fact, we found that cleaning these panels is the #1 way to maximize the energy they produce. As a result, we’ve added the carport solar panels to our spring cleaning checklist.

According to the article, tilted panels don’t see as much of a decrease in output assuming you have enough rain to clean the dust off them every so often. This probably doesn’t apply in San Diego.

[briansd1]

What is you monthly electric? $200/mo?

What would be an acceptable payback period? If the panels last 20 years, they’d better payback in that amount of time.

[briansd1]

What is you monthly electric? $200/mo?

What would be an acceptable payback period? If the panels last 20 years, they’d better payback in that amount of time.

[briansd1]

What is you monthly electric? $200/mo?

What would be an acceptable payback period? If the panels last 20 years, they’d better payback in that amount of time.

[briansd1]

What is you monthly electric? $200/mo?

What would be an acceptable payback period? If the panels last 20 years, they’d better payback in that amount of time.

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