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To: LeGrande
How many panels?

Just curious, why is the number of panels important?

That makes calculations easy doesn't it?

Yeah.

Time to move : )

That's a big 10-4, good buddy!

So you get that kind of savings and have to pay for power in the morning, evening and night?

I make enough during the day to cover it. Solar has notoriously poor performance at night...

46 posted on 05/21/2008 7:50:27 PM PDT by null and void (The one word of Chinese our congress really understands is 'kowtow')
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To: null and void
Just curious, why is the number of panels important?

I can determine fairly accurately how many watts they can produce : ) It is simply a percentage of the total solar irradiance and the price of panels is easy to determine.

I make enough during the day to cover it. Solar has notoriously poor performance at night...

With your excess power during the day being given away to PG&E (your meter doesn't flow backwards) you are only benefiting from the system while the sun is brightly shining. It would seem that except for air conditioning, your system is benefiting PG&E more than you.

48 posted on 05/21/2008 8:14:14 PM PDT by LeGrande
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