Solar?

[LesBaer45]

[quote=Aecetia]Watching it spin backwards is one of the better enjoyments in life, right up there with a really good glass of champagne for me. Good luck.[/quote]

All that watching it spin backwards is during daylight hours I take it? Do you watch it spin forwards at night?

More power to you as long as you are comfortable with the payback.

[Bubblesitter]

I’ve been actively investigating solar with the ultimate goal of going PV EV (Photo-Voltaic + Electric Vehicle). In other words, powering my car with the sun.

I’m still in process of getting quotes for solar install and I’m also on the Nissan leaf pre-order list (put $99 refundable deposit down). Haven’t made any commitments yet for either PV or EV. I’m working the numbers in a detailed financial excel spreadsheet, to determine go/no-go if makes sense. Will keep Piggs updated on status.

But to be honest, after watching all the oil spill crap in the gulf and seeing all our oil money is going to oil dictatorships, I’m now even more inclined to go down this route, even if the financial numbers pan out fully positive.

My Avg kWh usage per month around 400kWh. I’m living in Carlsbad now, with relatively low air conditioning usage of just couple weeks a year. I plan to stay there at least until my kids get thru college, looking like 18 years from now.

Running the meter backwards and getting credit for the power you feed back into the grid is great. With promise of smart metering and time-based metering, you can theoretically do even better. For example during peak hours like noon you get paid a a higher rate for the power you generate. At night when charging your car, you get charged at lower rate.

Example Nissan Leaf 24kWh battery capacity, charge it 5x times a week an that comes out to about 500kWh a month. You get 100mile per charge in city, less for highway. Works for me based on my commute and usage patterns There is a charging infrastructure that is being put in place in SoCal with help of $100M DOE funding. For longer roadtrips we’re using the other family car.

Gotta run the number of the Nissan leaf, buy vs lease, with fed tax credit, etc.. etc..

So, for full household and electric car usage I’m figuring approx a 800kWh system, assuming I eeck out another houndred kWH saving thru full switch to CFCs and other savings.

Bubblesitter

[Bubblesitter]

I’ve been actively investigating solar with the ultimate goal of going PV EV (Photo-Voltaic + Electric Vehicle). In other words, powering my car with the sun.

I’m still in process of getting quotes for solar install and I’m also on the Nissan leaf pre-order list (put $99 refundable deposit down). Haven’t made any commitments yet for either PV or EV. I’m working the numbers in a detailed financial excel spreadsheet, to determine go/no-go if makes sense. Will keep Piggs updated on status.

But to be honest, after watching all the oil spill crap in the gulf and seeing all our oil money is going to oil dictatorships, I’m now even more inclined to go down this route, even if the financial numbers pan out fully positive.

My Avg kWh usage per month around 400kWh. I’m living in Carlsbad now, with relatively low air conditioning usage of just couple weeks a year. I plan to stay there at least until my kids get thru college, looking like 18 years from now.

Running the meter backwards and getting credit for the power you feed back into the grid is great. With promise of smart metering and time-based metering, you can theoretically do even better. For example during peak hours like noon you get paid a a higher rate for the power you generate. At night when charging your car, you get charged at lower rate.

Example Nissan Leaf 24kWh battery capacity, charge it 5x times a week an that comes out to about 500kWh a month. You get 100mile per charge in city, less for highway. Works for me based on my commute and usage patterns There is a charging infrastructure that is being put in place in SoCal with help of $100M DOE funding. For longer roadtrips we’re using the other family car.

Gotta run the number of the Nissan leaf, buy vs lease, with fed tax credit, etc.. etc..

So, for full household and electric car usage I’m figuring approx a 800kWh system, assuming I eeck out another houndred kWH saving thru full switch to CFCs and other savings.

Bubblesitter

[Bubblesitter]

I’ve been actively investigating solar with the ultimate goal of going PV EV (Photo-Voltaic + Electric Vehicle). In other words, powering my car with the sun.

I’m still in process of getting quotes for solar install and I’m also on the Nissan leaf pre-order list (put $99 refundable deposit down). Haven’t made any commitments yet for either PV or EV. I’m working the numbers in a detailed financial excel spreadsheet, to determine go/no-go if makes sense. Will keep Piggs updated on status.

But to be honest, after watching all the oil spill crap in the gulf and seeing all our oil money is going to oil dictatorships, I’m now even more inclined to go down this route, even if the financial numbers pan out fully positive.

My Avg kWh usage per month around 400kWh. I’m living in Carlsbad now, with relatively low air conditioning usage of just couple weeks a year. I plan to stay there at least until my kids get thru college, looking like 18 years from now.

Running the meter backwards and getting credit for the power you feed back into the grid is great. With promise of smart metering and time-based metering, you can theoretically do even better. For example during peak hours like noon you get paid a a higher rate for the power you generate. At night when charging your car, you get charged at lower rate.

Example Nissan Leaf 24kWh battery capacity, charge it 5x times a week an that comes out to about 500kWh a month. You get 100mile per charge in city, less for highway. Works for me based on my commute and usage patterns There is a charging infrastructure that is being put in place in SoCal with help of $100M DOE funding. For longer roadtrips we’re using the other family car.

Gotta run the number of the Nissan leaf, buy vs lease, with fed tax credit, etc.. etc..

So, for full household and electric car usage I’m figuring approx a 800kWh system, assuming I eeck out another houndred kWH saving thru full switch to CFCs and other savings.

Bubblesitter

[Bubblesitter]

I’ve been actively investigating solar with the ultimate goal of going PV EV (Photo-Voltaic + Electric Vehicle). In other words, powering my car with the sun.

I’m still in process of getting quotes for solar install and I’m also on the Nissan leaf pre-order list (put $99 refundable deposit down). Haven’t made any commitments yet for either PV or EV. I’m working the numbers in a detailed financial excel spreadsheet, to determine go/no-go if makes sense. Will keep Piggs updated on status.

But to be honest, after watching all the oil spill crap in the gulf and seeing all our oil money is going to oil dictatorships, I’m now even more inclined to go down this route, even if the financial numbers pan out fully positive.

My Avg kWh usage per month around 400kWh. I’m living in Carlsbad now, with relatively low air conditioning usage of just couple weeks a year. I plan to stay there at least until my kids get thru college, looking like 18 years from now.

Running the meter backwards and getting credit for the power you feed back into the grid is great. With promise of smart metering and time-based metering, you can theoretically do even better. For example during peak hours like noon you get paid a a higher rate for the power you generate. At night when charging your car, you get charged at lower rate.

Example Nissan Leaf 24kWh battery capacity, charge it 5x times a week an that comes out to about 500kWh a month. You get 100mile per charge in city, less for highway. Works for me based on my commute and usage patterns There is a charging infrastructure that is being put in place in SoCal with help of $100M DOE funding. For longer roadtrips we’re using the other family car.

Gotta run the number of the Nissan leaf, buy vs lease, with fed tax credit, etc.. etc..

So, for full household and electric car usage I’m figuring approx a 800kWh system, assuming I eeck out another houndred kWH saving thru full switch to CFCs and other savings.

Bubblesitter

[Bubblesitter]

I’ve been actively investigating solar with the ultimate goal of going PV EV (Photo-Voltaic + Electric Vehicle). In other words, powering my car with the sun.

I’m still in process of getting quotes for solar install and I’m also on the Nissan leaf pre-order list (put $99 refundable deposit down). Haven’t made any commitments yet for either PV or EV. I’m working the numbers in a detailed financial excel spreadsheet, to determine go/no-go if makes sense. Will keep Piggs updated on status.

But to be honest, after watching all the oil spill crap in the gulf and seeing all our oil money is going to oil dictatorships, I’m now even more inclined to go down this route, even if the financial numbers pan out fully positive.

My Avg kWh usage per month around 400kWh. I’m living in Carlsbad now, with relatively low air conditioning usage of just couple weeks a year. I plan to stay there at least until my kids get thru college, looking like 18 years from now.

Running the meter backwards and getting credit for the power you feed back into the grid is great. With promise of smart metering and time-based metering, you can theoretically do even better. For example during peak hours like noon you get paid a a higher rate for the power you generate. At night when charging your car, you get charged at lower rate.

Example Nissan Leaf 24kWh battery capacity, charge it 5x times a week an that comes out to about 500kWh a month. You get 100mile per charge in city, less for highway. Works for me based on my commute and usage patterns There is a charging infrastructure that is being put in place in SoCal with help of $100M DOE funding. For longer roadtrips we’re using the other family car.

Gotta run the number of the Nissan leaf, buy vs lease, with fed tax credit, etc.. etc..

So, for full household and electric car usage I’m figuring approx a 800kWh system, assuming I eeck out another houndred kWH saving thru full switch to CFCs and other savings.

Bubblesitter

[Aecetia]

No, but SDG&E is paying now, so that is a bonus. A couple years ago, they did not. Just not having to pay that obscene bill is the payback. The system we used can be added to as well, so if we wanted to really get completely off the grid we could add more panels. One more thing, these are low profile. It must be the pitch of the roof, but luckily you can only see them from one angle where the house faces the front. I suggest for those who are really interested get out and look at some of the installations the company has done and see if you like their work. Believe me LesBaer, I was not thrilled writing the check, but some people finance them. Whatever works. Solar was on my bucket list. I do not consider utility companies to be friends of consumers and after losing the lawsuits with the homeowners after the last fires, they will be looking to recoup their losses at our expense.

[Aecetia]

No, but SDG&E is paying now, so that is a bonus. A couple years ago, they did not. Just not having to pay that obscene bill is the payback. The system we used can be added to as well, so if we wanted to really get completely off the grid we could add more panels. One more thing, these are low profile. It must be the pitch of the roof, but luckily you can only see them from one angle where the house faces the front. I suggest for those who are really interested get out and look at some of the installations the company has done and see if you like their work. Believe me LesBaer, I was not thrilled writing the check, but some people finance them. Whatever works. Solar was on my bucket list. I do not consider utility companies to be friends of consumers and after losing the lawsuits with the homeowners after the last fires, they will be looking to recoup their losses at our expense.

[Aecetia]

No, but SDG&E is paying now, so that is a bonus. A couple years ago, they did not. Just not having to pay that obscene bill is the payback. The system we used can be added to as well, so if we wanted to really get completely off the grid we could add more panels. One more thing, these are low profile. It must be the pitch of the roof, but luckily you can only see them from one angle where the house faces the front. I suggest for those who are really interested get out and look at some of the installations the company has done and see if you like their work. Believe me LesBaer, I was not thrilled writing the check, but some people finance them. Whatever works. Solar was on my bucket list. I do not consider utility companies to be friends of consumers and after losing the lawsuits with the homeowners after the last fires, they will be looking to recoup their losses at our expense.

[Aecetia]

No, but SDG&E is paying now, so that is a bonus. A couple years ago, they did not. Just not having to pay that obscene bill is the payback. The system we used can be added to as well, so if we wanted to really get completely off the grid we could add more panels. One more thing, these are low profile. It must be the pitch of the roof, but luckily you can only see them from one angle where the house faces the front. I suggest for those who are really interested get out and look at some of the installations the company has done and see if you like their work. Believe me LesBaer, I was not thrilled writing the check, but some people finance them. Whatever works. Solar was on my bucket list. I do not consider utility companies to be friends of consumers and after losing the lawsuits with the homeowners after the last fires, they will be looking to recoup their losses at our expense.

[Aecetia]

No, but SDG&E is paying now, so that is a bonus. A couple years ago, they did not. Just not having to pay that obscene bill is the payback. The system we used can be added to as well, so if we wanted to really get completely off the grid we could add more panels. One more thing, these are low profile. It must be the pitch of the roof, but luckily you can only see them from one angle where the house faces the front. I suggest for those who are really interested get out and look at some of the installations the company has done and see if you like their work. Believe me LesBaer, I was not thrilled writing the check, but some people finance them. Whatever works. Solar was on my bucket list. I do not consider utility companies to be friends of consumers and after losing the lawsuits with the homeowners after the last fires, they will be looking to recoup their losses at our expense.

[moneymaker]

I’m a little confused, I thought legislation was just written to ensure the consumer/producer could sell the electricity back to SDG&E. I’m thinking about doing it, I suppose what is keeping me from doing it is I don’t fully understand how the electricity gets back to SDG&E. I assume it goes to the neighbors. Does anybody know if SDG&E meters at the stepdown transformer. I doubt that they do, so they are just trusting the meter I suppose. Without selling it back I don’t think it pencils out for us as we are not really using much electricity during the day when the panels are producing the most.

[moneymaker]

I’m a little confused, I thought legislation was just written to ensure the consumer/producer could sell the electricity back to SDG&E. I’m thinking about doing it, I suppose what is keeping me from doing it is I don’t fully understand how the electricity gets back to SDG&E. I assume it goes to the neighbors. Does anybody know if SDG&E meters at the stepdown transformer. I doubt that they do, so they are just trusting the meter I suppose. Without selling it back I don’t think it pencils out for us as we are not really using much electricity during the day when the panels are producing the most.

[moneymaker]

I’m a little confused, I thought legislation was just written to ensure the consumer/producer could sell the electricity back to SDG&E. I’m thinking about doing it, I suppose what is keeping me from doing it is I don’t fully understand how the electricity gets back to SDG&E. I assume it goes to the neighbors. Does anybody know if SDG&E meters at the stepdown transformer. I doubt that they do, so they are just trusting the meter I suppose. Without selling it back I don’t think it pencils out for us as we are not really using much electricity during the day when the panels are producing the most.

[moneymaker]

I’m a little confused, I thought legislation was just written to ensure the consumer/producer could sell the electricity back to SDG&E. I’m thinking about doing it, I suppose what is keeping me from doing it is I don’t fully understand how the electricity gets back to SDG&E. I assume it goes to the neighbors. Does anybody know if SDG&E meters at the stepdown transformer. I doubt that they do, so they are just trusting the meter I suppose. Without selling it back I don’t think it pencils out for us as we are not really using much electricity during the day when the panels are producing the most.

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