Solar pay off?
I have a question for those who added solar to their RV. In hindsight was it honestly worth the expense, and how long do you think it has taken you to recoup your investment by boondocking, camping w...
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Rice, that is a tough question. What is the value of a silent evening, miles from anyone else, sitting with my wife in camp chairs outside the trailer, watching a meteor shower without the sound of the generator? How much would I pay NOT to listen to a generator?
I can tell you that we go to a lot of trouble to boondock in total isolation, so maybe you could use the labor expended in that process as a substitute for the market value of the silence itself?
Pick a number.
Now multiply that one-time value by the total number of nights I have been able to avoid using my generator. Hundreds of times??
I think that my point (and there must be one in here, somewhere) is that the intangible and unquantifiable benefits of solar are far greater than the actual dollars involved. I won't say it is infinite -- if someone offered to pay me a million dollars to miss that quiet evening and listen to a generator instead, I would do it.
But not for a hundred dollars.
I can tell you that we go to a lot of trouble to boondock in total isolation, so maybe you could use the labor expended in that process as a substitute for the market value of the silence itself?
Pick a number.
Now multiply that one-time value by the total number of nights I have been able to avoid using my generator. Hundreds of times??
I think that my point (and there must be one in here, somewhere) is that the intangible and unquantifiable benefits of solar are far greater than the actual dollars involved. I won't say it is infinite -- if someone offered to pay me a million dollars to miss that quiet evening and listen to a generator instead, I would do it.
But not for a hundred dollars.
