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oh oh oh oh - that is sooooo sweet! Posted by Scott Paterson [Email] ![]() ![]() ![]() In Reply to: Check out this Sunroof!!!!!! Awesome!!, 92Scarab, Sat, 12 Jun 2004 08:29:58 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
We have less than one row of those photovoltaic cells (look exactly the same - produce electricity not heat water) on our roof on a southwest slant with great sun exposure and here in June (the optimal month), we're doing over 10kwhs every single day and getting credit for 40 because of the 4X peak hours multiplier! We use about 13kwhrs a day and get to draw fro the excess at night and during the winter... The only problem I see here is that you CAN'T make money... you can only offset your full year's electricity bill here in California. I could probably add another two panels to get right down near exactly zero without giving away free electricity (I think ALL my extra power goes right next door to my neighbor's air conditioner!). But wow, especially here in California, we could produce a freaking crapload of solar power - it boggles the mind and my house doesn't require coal burning or imported oil from somewhere else in the world. The other bummer is that with these budget crunches, a lot of rebates and tax credits that made the numbers work out for us are starting to shrink and will make it a lot harder to work out for others. We have a hardware store in downtown Palo Alto that completely covered their roof like this house too.
Thanks for posting this. I really enjoyed that!
-Scott
p.s my roof below.
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