Got solar power installed yesterday
 

I am getting solar power installed. They showed up yesterday to install the panels and I posted it to Facebook, and a number of people in the industry asked me about it on Facebook.

My house is three thousand sq feet and my power bill ranges from $150 to $450 depending on the time of year. The solar panels will cost me $117 a month for twenty years, and that price will never go up. These panels and the system are covered under a full warranty for the twenty years. I'll be saving $2200 a year and my energy costs will never go up. We also sell power back to the power company.

The best part is the referrals. They kick back $500 to me any time I recommend someone to them who signs up for solar. So far I've sent two people over to them and already made $1000.

It took four people most of the day to install the system. It turns out my house was partially set up for solar when it was designed, including conduits built into the house running from both garages to the attic which saved them a lot of time. They did all of the permits for me, the city is coming over Monday to inspect it, and then we switch over to solar. It was a rather painless process.

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This is so awesome man congratulations!

I had no idea yoh had to get a permit from the city and they have to inspect what a racket. Very cool you went solar: thumbsup

Dont ever move to FL.. you almost need a fucking permit to paint your house..

As for the solar, congrats Rockhard. Personally I'd rather build my own system so I could play with it,but the deal they give is a pretty damn good one.

SunPower not doing really well this days

https://i.imgur.com/n1IslcV.jpg

To save up to $450 a month with power bill. That is awesome! Congrats! :thumbsup

My power bill is only 35 USD a month.

You don't want permits ?? Then move to Maine, in most towns you only need a plumbing permit, but building, electrical permits, etc are not required. All you would need here is the OK from Central Maine Power who will pay you a fraction of what they charge for a KW for any supply sent back to the grid. :helpme

You need a permit to recover (replace) your roof here.

If you get enough sun days solar power can make sense
solar panels will cost me $117 a month for twenty years --WTF can you write off the interest? What was the interest rate? 2nd mortgage for power?

117*240
28080
Do you have batteries to power the house with an inverter at night -- no sunlight?

congrats man!

Thats how he got such a good deal :winkwink:

Do you get a tax break for solar? Also how long do the batteries last 8 hrs ,12 hrs? I think you are smart, when we drove to LA from ATL. We drove thru New Mexico and Arizona , its all flat and sunny. I thought to myself this should all be solar.

There is a 30% ITC on solar installations ..
https://s18.postimg.org/y8qwbqcw9/01...xtension-1.png

so some tax advantage

Why the Solar Tax Credit Extension is a Big Deal in 2017 | EnergySage

but it is 30% of the installation cost * your tax rate -- the rest is out of pocket.

Need a permit from the city, the homeowners association, and the power company wants to inspect it too.

No, but I guessing that will be an option in the near future.

WTF? Do they all get paid a fee ? How much?

Solar company pays all the fees.

https://www.tesla.com/powerwall

Order Summary

One 14 kWh Powerwall battery

$5,500

Supporting hardware

$700

Total estimate

$6,200

Requires $500 deposit for each Powerwall

The above total does not include taxes or fees.

Installation will be scheduled after you place your order. Tesla does not make any profit on installation. It will vary based on your electrical panel and where you would like your Powerwall installed. Typical installation cost ranges from $800 to $2,000 plus tax and permit fees.

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so another $7K or more?

not sure do they make extra electricity and sell it?

I am sure they all get a small fee. The solar company took care of everything.

On the tax break depends on if you buy or lease. If you lease which sounds like he did the solar company gets the tax benefits and any rebates thus lowering your monthly payment.

Battery is a add on item and most of the companies do not offer them. I have solar city for my solar and it is an option since Solar city is owned by Tesla. So we can buy or lease a battery or batteries that can run the house 100%. I have heard other solar companies are starting to offer Tesla batteries also. The batteries are like $7k so not a cost effective item, more of a convenience. I had a battery on my first house and was nice when the power went out as it would run my basic items like my Refrigerator which was built in and could not be pulled out to plug into a generator.

i cunt a4d a roof... :(

If you have solar city, you can get the battery way cheaper. They quoted me $5k out the door installed or $40/mth for 10yrs as an addon. I am on the waiting list to get it installed.

you are going off the grid completely ?
or are you going to use grid power at night ?

if not, then you need batteries, inverter and you gotta change batteries every 3-4 years.

You normally sell your unused electricity back to the electric company but for way cheaper. I pay .15 per kilowatt that I generate but anything I do not use I only get .02 from electrical company. Since my lease is setup as a pay for what you generate alot of the time I turn off my solar last few days of the mth to off set it.

There are normally 4 commmon ways to get solar
1. Pay cash
2. Finance it
3. Lease it - like a car
4. Lease it as a per per use - same as 3 but only pay for what you generate so payment can fluctuate.

The Tesla battery he mentioned has an est 10yr life and comes with a auto switching inverter.

That is amazing, Rochard! Where do you live?

fantastic saving and great job with cleaning more air...


:thumbsup

We will still use power at night, but our power usage at night is small really. It will most likely be offset by what we sell back to the power company.

Northern California near Sacramento. The weather here is great - not too hot in the summer, always cools down at night, not too cold in the winter and never snows.

Rochard is the man!!

that's awesome hopefully we can all get them installed one day

More pics please when you can Rochard, thanks!

Not too hot! I'm just south of you 60 miles or so and it's 115 during the summer, I think that's hot lol.

but damn 117 a month for 3000 sq ft house is a great deal........I wonder how much solar city is with the tesla battery? Anyone know by chance?

Is anyone familiar with the Tesla Powerwall?

http://insideevs.com/wp-content/[email protected]

they use solar and they seem pretty killer

Woe that's awesome!

OOPs 30% ITC == 100% 0f the 30%

Six miles might just make a huge difference. We are usually in the mid 90s during the summer, but it cools down at night nicely.

https://weatherspark.com/y/1138/Aver...-United-States

If you are in the Mantecca / Stockton / Modesto areas.... It's a bit warmer.

Modesto is the right guess........it gets so hot and no delta breeze here so it's really stifling in the hot summer months. Yeah it cools down at night but from like 2 pm to 7 pm wow.

If you have any DIY ability, you can build one yourself for about 1/4 of the price. Quite a few videos on youtube on building them.

Here is the original Tesla one I had but that was installed 6 yrs ago. I was a testing house.

New ones are suppose to be way better, more efficient and 1/4 the size.

http://adultdvdbunch.com/powerwall.jpg

Congrats on getting ass raped. 20 years? Holy fuck shit.

I will only heat my home with coal thank you very much!

Do the math. Last July my power bill was $450. This July my power bill will be $117. No matter what I will be saving money every month. My power bill will never go up.

Also, for every person I send them who signs up makes me $500. In the past thirty days I've signed up two people, which almost makes me enough money to pay for my power for the entire year.

Not getting ass raped at all.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh You just committed to 20 ass fucking years of paying $117 a month for a few grand worth of shit that's probably already obsolete.. lmao Let's revisit in a few years. Have plenty of lube ready because I want 2nds. :thumbsup

And just think..the sun is FREE.

The reason that solar energy isn't more widespread is because of this kind of thing. :(
We should all be able to BUY a solar system at a reasonable price, install it on our homes, and never pay a power bill again in our lives.

Your salesman is on a serious coke and whore binge this weekend. Probably loaded a limo and went to Vegas. :1orglaugh:1orglaugh

I'd never lease solar, I've seen too many issues arise when the homeowner goes to sell his home and tries to get the prospective buyer to take over the lease. Often the buyer doesn't like the outdated technology of the solar that's on the house or can get a much better lease currently because costs are now lower than when the panels were originally installed.

Ok so what if in two years solar panels are more efficient and better/cheaper. He's still guaranteed only 117 for twenty years! That is awesome. SO maybe in 3 years it might cost 99 bucks or less a month, sure you can ALWAYS wait for a better deal you'll be waiting forever. Warren Buffet says don't try to time the market on an entry point, it doesn't work. Don't buy a new Samsung S8 because next year samsung will have a better one and this one will be cheap.

While you wait 3 years for prices to fall, Rochard just saved however many Thousands of dollars in electric costs while we all continue to pay 400-500 month here in CA. So not only did he save probably 11k (300 more a month he would have paid) in those three years, we put out 15k in buying ours from PGE. That's a net gain of 25k over those three years for him NOT counting referrals. Pretty fucking fantastic, especially where here in the valley it can get to 105 regularly for a few months every day and you're bill can be 600-700 sometimes.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh Another idiot. You can bet Warren Buffet didn't get rich signing 20 year agreements for yesterdays technology.