Posted on 05/06/2024 7:55:17 PM PDT by ransomnote
Systems to sell power back to the grid - to use your own solar power and any that you don't use can run the electric meter backwards - has one deceptive flaw: when the grid goes down your solar power is dead... UNLESS you wire with a special load switch AND add maybe $10,000 worth of batteries.
They make this power sharing deal seem attractive to the average homeowner but leave out important considerations. Consider spending $20k - $30k for a solar system on your roof able to produce 240vac @ 200 amps (a bare minimum.) Then when your grid power goes down - so does your solar system! The reason for that is simple: they don't want your system voltage feeding the grid while they are working on it to fix it.
As I say, you can invest another $10k+ on batteries and a load switch that blocks your power from feeding the grid while the power is down. It is easy to end up investing $50k - $80k - just to have a solar backup to relatively cheap grid power.
With the simple original hookup for most homeowners (without batteries), the investment tends to come to a break even status in about 7-8 years. The solar panels are generally good for 15-20 years. Batteries tend to only last 10 years, a bit longer with some battery types.
Myself, my modest solar system does not connect with grid power at all - except 'grounds' which are naturally the ground. I have a separate breaker panel with (for now) about 6 120vac circuits run through the house. All the receptacles are red in color so there can be no confusion. I may add 240vac circuits when I can afford more panels and batteries. My panels are NOT on my roof!
Thanks for posting a favorite, the whip smart Kid Intel.
It is Finally starting to look just that way, that Derek is on the money. I do not fear Russia and China and Trump. I still want to bet on a faux show that veils a great alliance against the WEF and Globalist West.
I see WINNING on our side, the collapsing narrative on the dark side, but not a single arrest of any significance, after Eight Years of sedition, treason and large scale corruption.
There is no Justice Department. Just Marxist-Communist collaborators, collaborating. 😎
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I see AOC went to Nancy Pelosi’s school of aggressive, bullying body language arts. A good blocking communication maneuver is to turn one’s back to it and ignore it.
BookmarQed!
Most content I’ve ever seen in Noah’s newsletter?
I think you should resurrect that research!
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