Suggestions for using "wasted" solar power?

Grit dog wrote:

pianotuna wrote:

Grit dog wrote:
I’d say you’re trying too hard to find a solution to nothing.
The libby EVers on this forum would tell you how you could sell it back to the utility company.
Just don’t ask them to run the numbers as to whether it’s feasible….lol.

I have run the numbers for a partial year. The return on the investment was over 4%. That number does not include any government grants. System was active starting in May.

One does have to have the cold hard cash to pay for the system.

You’re selling power from your RV batteries back to the electric company?

Fundamentally that doesn’t make financial sense to me. You’re saying you could purchase, build and operate your own solar powered system (like an off grid system except larger to power all the systems and conveniences of a typical home) cheaper than the utilities rates?

Interesting.

The issue is most net-metering plans effectively pay you full retail price for electricity...not the wholesale price that a typical electric producer would get paid.

So if you have a solar system already for the RV and can easily connect it to the grid, yeah, it can pay off.
- As an individual playing the system it makes great sense.
- In terms of the larger community system, it's an expensive way to generate power and your neighbors wind up subsidizing you.