[Eric in the Ozarks]

When we were designing our new house (built in 2002) we chased down all the solar stuff we could get but the payout was way, way out there and maintenance was questionable.
We spent our money on a ground source heat pump, thermal floor system and lots of insulation. Glad we did.

[aces]

They are huge on solar because the govt subsidizes it, I have many German colleagues who boast of their 10000 dollar solar panels for hot water, I told them I could have 2 seven year hot water heaters for 700.00 and they would last as long..they just think we are idiots..killers of the world..they are just soooooo civilized..

[WestwardHo]

We went with a small panel house, and a little woodstove.
A little fire in the morning to take off the chill, sun in the south windows all day. Furnace only runs at night when the house drops below 60 degrees, and that only happens when it’s in the ‘teens outside.
Smartest move we ever made.
Some years ago, we lived in a house with solar. What a bunch of junk, and actually made the house colder. We had to replace the wornout workings when we went to sell.
Expensive, inefficent boondoggle. (Try roofing around those panels.)

[Right Wing Assault]

I wonder what the “cost per charge” is going to be.