Yet another solar question
Been RV'ing for a long time & have been reading ALL solar posts with interest. I was reading a recent solar post and one person brought up Solar Blvd. I visited their web site and ran across this d...
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pianotuna wrote:
That's a mere 295 years.
Yes. With a system 3 times larger (not unusual for residential installation), and if you count not $0.04 that the grid pays you but $0.12 that you save on not paying to the grid ($0.13 average in the US, don't remember in Canada), it becomes 30 years. I think it's $0.20 in NY. So solar homes make sense, just not with this particular system.
In RV this mathematics is different. For occasional camping the solar will never pay off, in terms of money. For a seasonal cabin - probably so. With DIY installation - definitely so. Rates in RV parks are ridiculous, or there can be no shore power at all, so without solar you have to run a generator every day.
