skokie
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| Solar panel install update
People have been asking my for a update on this thread.
»Solar system being installed.
How its working, how much power are you making, how much money are you saving etc..
It is working just fine. Looking back now I wish I would have gotten a 6.0 system instead of a 5.2 so I could make more power.
As far as how much power is being made. Well right now on the inverter its showing 3300KW. From 9-12 it ranges from 2200-3800. From 12-4 it tops out at 4100-4200 and slowly goes down from there. At around 4 it will still be making 2500-3500. All of these are more than enough to power the house and feed back power to the grid.
As far as how much money have I made off of it. It is paying for itself. I sold stock for half of the install and took out a Home equity loan for the rest and the money I am saving off of my electric bill is making the payment. I hope that answers the questions everyone has been having. If there are more go ahead and ask.
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UncleScooter
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Tallahassee, FL | Is that 3300KW or 3300W?
3300KW would be enough power to run over 100 homes????  |
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Ken
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What I would like to know is on an average day what is the total output of the system, and what is your total consumption. For example you generate X kWh during the course of a day (24 hours), and your house consumes Y kWh during the course of a day (24 hours).
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skokie
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3300W. Typo there. That would be nice to get a check for that |
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sempergoofy
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Have you had a cloudy/rainy spell of any type? How does it do on a cloudy/rainy day?
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Anonymous_
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2 edits | reply to skokie
are you getting an check in the mail for selling extra power
i would not be an sucker and give them the power for free |
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acuraman
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| said by Anonymous_  :are you getting an check in the mail for selling extra power i would not be an sucker and give them the power for free You do not get a check for feeding your unused power back to the grid. You get a statement every month showing what you used and made and a bill every 12 months showing you have credits = $0 bill or you used more then you made and you owe $. The best you can do is have a $0 bill. Pretty fair IMO.
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Anonuser
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Milwaukee, WI | reply to skokie
in Wisconsin, you get paid for what you sell back. |
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skokie
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I did not have the module installed into the inverter that would give me that info. The software on the inverter only shows the total of power created so far for the day and for the total that I have done. |
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skokie
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Have had a few cloudy days. It cut the production in half and at worst 2/3rds. |
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skokie
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Trust me I am not s sucker. They are paying me for the power I am sending over by crediting my account. |
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skokie
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Actually I was told by a rep at the Solar dept at PG&E that if you have credits on your statement after your true up period you can get a check cut. But then again this is PG&E we are talking about. |
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skokie
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Through out today I will share what I am making and what is going back to the grid.
As of 9:30 am th inverter shows 1840 and the meter is showing that I am pushing back .60 KWHrs. Also lets take into account that I have two kids playing some video games on two tvs Cant have then fighting now can we LOL |
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skokie
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I wont be doing them this close again but ust wanted to show everyone how it can shoot up. As of 950 am the inverter is showing 2380 and 1.06 KWHrs going back to the grid. |
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seaquake
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This is cool. You should keep readings, enter them in excel and then show us a graph |
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skokie
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clubs: | Yep later in the year I am going to get the module installed into the inverter from there I can pull down just about everything I need. |
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skokie
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as of 10:30 2340 at the inverter 1.6KWHrs going back to the grid |
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Anonymous_
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well i would not give them free power
cause behind your back they are selling it for big $$$  |
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skokie
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1 edit | Oh I wont. And I know they are. I would have to go back and look at the docs but I believe that residents can go up to 10 Kwatt and get money back. Anything after that they wont pay you for it. But I would have to check into that. Its buried in a mound of paperwork. |
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Boricua65
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Thank you, skokie for all your documentation on your install and updates. I've been reading all of it and have concluded that I do want this, as well. Up here, where my house sits, I get sunlight ALL day long (from dawn to dusk) the way my roof faces. I just bought my house last year, so I do know I have a ways to go before I can even attempt to get something like this. Again, thank you very much for all the info you've provided.
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