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Re: My thought of practical off grid electric


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Posted by John T on June 26, 2016 at 14:44:29 from (216.249.76.23):

In Reply to: My thought of practical off grid electric posted by wilson ind on June 26, 2016 at 13:25:18:

Howdy Good Hoosier Neighbor,,,,,,,,,,The last year or so I have been checking out Solar equipment the Odon Amish are selling and using, they generally have like 5 KW of fixed pointed south earth mounted arrays so its easy to keep clean and snow free NOT up on a roof. Of course, there's no utility grid so they use like HUGE HEAVY L 16 Lead Acid Battery banks and 4 to 5 KW Inverters. They use fiberglass channel and angle for mounts so it never rusts. Still Grid Tie is soooooooooo much cheaper as you don't need expensive batteries and inverters BUT if the utility goes down you don't have any stored energy.

Same as I posted before, its an investment and a choice but subject to your local energy costs and installation and maintenance to install a system, if the payback is lets say 7 years ITS DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO CONSIDER as after the payback period you're approaching energy independence yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. However if you don't want the hassle or bother and maintenance and cant afford the initial cost and are satisfied as you are DO NOT BUY A SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM because you will be an old unsatisfied grouch lol

Those diesels with brushless alternators you speak of sure sound good if youre off the grid.

In the event I sell my farm and go to a smaller more energy efficient home and a few acres you can rest assured I'm choosing to invest in Solar even at my age since I understand it and have done some engineers research AND I ABSOLUTLEY LOVE IT IN MY RV.

Do your homework, crunch the numbers, study and make an informed decision is my best advice ITS NOT FOR EVERYBODY MIND YOU

John T Long retired Electrical Engineer


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