www.solardave.com SolarDave: Please tell me about your solar panel system and how you saved some money? Adam Stevenson: The total of the system and materials was K. I ended up spending about another 00 in permit fees and a structural engineer and 0 for an electrician, several hundred dollars for a guy to come help me out for the two afternoons he spent with me. Xcel (Energy) gave me 538 rebate. Fix cost based on the number of kilowatts you are installing and has nothing to do with how much you pay the permit office or the electrician. My final cost after rebate was 37. (SolarDave note: that is cheap!) I started my research in solar probably about a year before I actually installed it went and got a couple of bids from some of the local solar people both from contractors that my friends have used as well as just searching the internet and while talking to one of the guys I find of developed a good feeling from him, and I asked the question “Would it be possible to do some of the work myself” and kind of learn along the way he said “Sure I absolutely support the do-it-yourself-er (DIY) so I said why don’t you throw me bids, what it would cost just come home and have solar one day and what it would cost to have it done where I do some or all the work myself. And throw them both to me and I said let’s try the second one. The guys name is Steve Cross from Sun Spot Solar. I gave him my electric bills and said this is how much I think I need to generate and he …
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the turbine car at indy500. al didnt make tome ogles galaxie 500 go away.
because our ancestors broke their backs to build this country to what it is now. thats why we can be rich.
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The problem home owners are having in getting a solar system is due to all of this new “Solar” companies that charge as much as the cost of all your equipment. + permits. They charge per watt installed. On this video,you have spent $23.8K installed($6.29/W installed).If I was going to get a contractor and get the same number of panels but 215W w/c would generate 4.5kWh DC, this would cost me $36.2K! Thats a $13K difference for a 3-day install. Here in Ca. the usual rate of installed is $8/W.
I have taken 8 different bids from all this installers and the best i have gotten is $7.70/W installed + permits. Subtracting the $18K rebate still leaves me with $16,765 vs. your $7,237. I need to find a “Steve Cross” here in LA
All this solar companies are not giving me any option.
I absolutely agree, man.
great vid, thx Its cool you get major rebates in CO.
Very cool. Let me know if you need pannels. I have discounts to many states.
I just got my 5″ monocrystalline solar cells at Solar-Deals(.)com for a great price! I’m going to use these for my DIY solar panel.
Great you got your rebate in CA (2005) you only got full rebate (18K on a $38K system) if you used a contractor for 100% of the work. You get half ($9k) if you do it by your self so finding a contractor to share the labor under his lic. would be a rarity here in liberal union lobby land.
10 K…we spent 10K Cdn, our system is amazing. Hooked it right into the main power box….impressive.
We can run a washer or dryer, over, anything we want.
I built my own Solar Panels for UNDER $100 which are currently providing free electricity for my 1700 Square Foot home using the plans at:
ambigrid-review.blogspot(DOT)com
I built my own Solar Panels that currently provide free electricity for my 1700 square foot home using the simple plans at:
ambigrid-review.blogspot(DOT)com
I built my own solar panels for under $100 which I currently use to provide free electric to my 1700 Square Foot home using the plans at:
ambigrid-review.blogspot(DOT)com
the cost is like 12 year worth of a tripical electric bill…..not including battery maintance and replacement ….i dont see how your saving money
Pretty sure the panels will pay for them self in about 2 – 2 1/2 years….Total cost was $7,237 calculating at about 300 a month
There is places to get good prices and cheap stuff if you can look in the right places…
Maintenance might depend were you live, My buddy hardly ever cleans his panels as they look clean always and we rarely get rain or snow or anything like that…
His batteries have been going strong and they are like 7 years old already…
What else would you maintenance?
Once the contractors helper showed up the owner of the license is deemed responsible for all the work as the law views the contractor now as the ’supervisor’ regardless of what other contracts were drawn up. Homeowners in the eyes of the court are seen as ‘retards’ to be protected & are treated differently than a commercial enterprise doing biz with another commercial biz. This cheapskate homeowner would turn on ‘Steve’ as soon as it benefits him. + all the materials used cost planet more.
I built my own Solar Panels for under $100 and a Solar Water Heater for under $10 that I am currently using to power my 1700 Square Foot home using the plans at:
ambigrid-review.blogspot(DOT)com
I built my own Solar Panels for under $100 as well as a Solar Water Heater for just $10! I currently use them to power my 1700 Square Foot home! Get the plans at:
ambigrid-review.blogspot(DOT)com
looked to me it was a grid system. No batteries
I built my own Solar Panels for Under $100 and a Solar Water Heater for $10 that are currently powering my 1700 Square Foot home using the plans at:
ambigrid-review.blogspot(DOT)com
If you live in an area that has winters where it snows and such, how does that affect the panels? Would icing of the panels be a problem or concern to consider when doing this kind of work?
I have a video on that topic, but I am not sure how I can link to it within these comments.
me 2 ……………i live in canada quebec and here the winter r hard so how i can keep the snow out of my panels [no i dont wanna go up all the time and clean it]
up load the video of your in toutube or megaupload and send us the link……….
any help with uploading let me know