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Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion
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Biodom
on 01/10/2019, 03:11:04 UTC
I paid US$6,500 installed for a 8.5kw system which is a very large system including top quality panels and microinverters (not the cheaper string inverters).  You should be able to get a decent smaller system for less than US$3k installed.  I don't understand the pricing you have quoted.

If you size the system appropriately, you should be able to pay off the panels in 3 - 4 years.  Yes this requires staying in the same house for 3 - 4 years  Grin   After that it is free electricity.  But it also improves the resale value of your home.  

The power companies pay me about $4 per day for the solar I send to the grid.  My quarterly power bill is the power company paying me about $360.   Once your HOA realises they can make money off it, they will come around.  I put some panels in suboptimal positions so that I do not have any panels directly visible from the front but the system is deliberately oversized to cope with imperfect panel placement.  



Sorry, pal, in my neck of the woods the cost of solar is $2.81/w or $23.8K for a 8-9kw system and $28.1K for a 10kw system.
After tax rebates (one year later if 'someone' does not cancel them) it would be $16.7 or $19.7K respectively.
Plus, i would need to install new roof-another $12-14K.
Why would i need a small system, btw? I have needs Wink