Grid-tied solar

[ultrarunner]

One more thing about my location is the housing market. Investing in $20K of solar will bring $0 in resale of my home. We have a 40% housing vacancy rate. The city of South Bend, IN is trying to tear down 1000 houses in 1000 days. While our home appraises for X dollars, we'd be lucky to 1/2 of that value if we tried to sell it. There are just too many houses on the market for less money. So those things have to be considered, too. If you're planning on moving before its paid off, will you get back what you invested? Other markets, I'm sure you might. Here... no way.

Turn Key solar is seen as a big selling point... also homes with the perfect orientation are marketed that way.

Could be a Bay Area thing... people will spend extra just to be green...

My home is mostly vintage... 1950 windows, 1960/70's appliances and my electric kWh hours averages 12 per day...

Only thing I have done is convert to CREE LED lamps in the old fixtures... noticed the difference right away with 30 cent per kWh from the utility...

A new trend is to size big enough to charge your Tesla or Leaf all electric...

A little off topic... multi pane windows add distortion when looking outside... more so at night... my view is spectacular and I can live with my single pane windows just fine... not sure how much I would shave off my 12 kWh per day if I dropped a bundle on new windows.

 

[MossRoad]

Turn Key solar is seen as a big selling point... also homes with the perfect orientation are marketed that way.

Could be a Bay Area thing... people will spend extra just to be green...

My home is mostly vintage... 1950 windows, 1960/70's appliances and my electric kWh hours averages 12 per day...

Only thing I have done is convert to CREE LED lamps in the old fixtures... noticed the difference right away with 30 cent per kWh from the utility...

A new trend is to size big enough to charge your Tesla or Leaf all electric...

A little off topic... multi pane windows add distortion when looking outside... more so at night... my view is spectacular and I can live with my single pane windows just fine... not sure how much I would shave off my 12 kWh per day if I dropped a bundle on new windows.

Big selling point here is no bullet holes!

Seriously! :laughing:

I believe I pay 11.5 cents. I'll have to check again.

We have windows from the 20's. I like the distortion in the glass. I installed storm windows many years ago. Made a big difference in winter. No cold breezes through the windows anymore. :thumbsup:

 

[ultrarunner]

My first home had all the original 1922 wood double hung windows... all I did was replace the sash cord.

The old hardware store that had everything just closed... took a full city block... bet the big box stores would be hard pressed on this old stuff.

By the way... I have bullet holes... bondo works great on the metal and plastic wood for wood and fixall for plaster... done it all...

 

[ultrarunner]

My first home had all the original 1922 wood double hung windows... all I did was replace the sash cord.

The old hardware store that had everything just closed... took a full city block... bet the big box stores would be hard pressed on this old stuff.

By the way... I have bullet holes... bondo works great on the metal and plastic wood for wood and fixall for plaster... done it all...

I still would like say and 3000 Watt array to get my feet wet on solar... was going to put one on Mom's home because she wanted it... brother told her it was a waste...

 

[Jim Nelson]

My first home had all the original 1922 wood double hung windows... all I did was replace the sash cord.

The old hardware store that had everything just closed... took a full city block... bet the big box stores would be hard pressed on this old stuff.

By the way... I have bullet holes... bondo works great on the metal and plastic wood for wood and fixall for plaster... done it all...

Bondo works great on wood too.I have a couple of carpenter friends that do a lot of termite repair and they use a lot of bondo.

 

[dave1949]

Results for January/2015

*********************************** Model Prediction ***********************************************
OLD
_______388____412____509_____374____353____308____341___383____394____369____283____331____4,447

NEW
_______273____322____491_____449____417____375____438___542____443____408____350____319____4,827

GENERATION
Year___Jan____Feb____Mar____Apr_____May____Jun____Jul____Aug____Sep____Oct____Nov____Dec____Total

2012____NA____NA_____NA____NA_____NA_____NA_____NA___461_____481____378____400____297____NA
2013____440___375____462____487_____375____379____377___470_____476____453____414____278____4,986
2014____360___446____577____525_____361____390____395___453_____489____380____295____299____4,970
2015____431


Values are AC kilowatt hours.
Model source: PVWatts Calculator

 

[fordmantpw]

Must have been a sunny January in Maine!

 

[SirReal63]

Excellent numbers!

 

[dave1949]

Must have been a sunny January in Maine!

Excellent numbers!

Not new numbers LOL, just trying to get a better format. The TBN editor is a corker.

 

[SirReal63]

A suggestion, create a Word or Excel file, save file, then save as a .jpg or .bmp and upload the pic. No editing required and the original file can be updated and preserved.