Sleep in your net zero home. Consuming mains electricity via your grid tie.
If you truly need to be off grid, use propane appliances for everything. You
can get by with a small battery and array if you only need to run a computer
and TV. Propane lights are pretty efficient. Sunfrost fridges are
electrically very efficient and you can have them run on a UPS during the
night. Or a propane fridge.
If you truly want to be off grid, focus on being off electricity first. Then
you can add the stuff that can only use electricity thus making your system
much smaller. I knew a guy that had a generator and he ran it to do laundry
and pump water.
From: David Kunat
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2016 3:11 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Solar costs dropping
And what do you do at night?
On Oct 3, 2016, at 12:52 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
Don’t store it.
From: Eric Kuhnke
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2016 1:06 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Solar costs dropping
PV can drop to $0.20/watt to buy bulk 300W polycrystalline PV panels, but the
problem remains storage.
Storing many kWh in a reliable system that won't wear out after N cycles is
the costly part. No matter what you do. Lead acid, aquion batteries, tesla
powerwall type system, whatever.
On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Rory Conaway <r...@triadwireless.net> wrote:
https://electrek.co/2016/09/26/solar-power-cost-down-25-in-five-months-theres-no-reason-why-the-cost-of-solar-will-ever-increase-again/
And wait until Peroksvite starts selling….
Thought you might like that Chuck.
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