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Originally Posted by NorCal
With a the nature of Solar, you have to run batteries for it to be effective (as most people are not at home during the day to consume that power). Solar panels are actually fairly cheap. However it is the dc/ac inverter and the batteries that are the expensive part.
You can spend up to 30k just on the inverter and batteries. Most homes that do not have the batteries are just providing power to the grid and earning credit for the Grid Power they use at night.
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I actually asked about batteries, which they do supply, but it adds a huge amount of $$$ to the system. The sales guy who came over for our initial estimate told us to wait a few years for the costs to drop before even thinking about it. Right now, with our typical grid-tie system if the power goes out from our utility it will go out in our own home as well. This is actually a safety precaution to keep solar panels from backfeeding into the grid while electric company employees are working on the lines.
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