Comments on: How much would it cost to set up solar panels to provide energy for your whole house? http://www.mysolarsecret.com/blog/solar-panels/how-much-would-it-cost-to-set-up-solar-panels-to-provide-energy-for-your-whole-house Homemade Energy Production They Don't Want You To Know About Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:59:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: <img class="monsterid" src="http://www.mysolarsecret.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-monsterid/monsterid/62fc5a99c224a12.png" alt="Solar Power For The Whole House MonsterID Icon" height="65" width="65"/> Solar Power For The Whole House http://www.mysolarsecret.com/blog/solar-panels/how-much-would-it-cost-to-set-up-solar-panels-to-provide-energy-for-your-whole-house/comment-page-1#comment-977 Solar Power For The Whole House MonsterID Icon Solar Power For The Whole House Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:45:59 +0000 http://www.mysolarsecret.com/blog/solar-panels/how-much-would-it-cost-to-set-up-solar-panels-to-provide-energy-for-your-whole-house#comment-977 I made my own solar panels for under $300. You can learn how to do it yourself with instruction manuals as well. <a href="http://www.mysolarsecret.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.mysolarsecret.com</a> Teaches you everything for natural energy installation. I made my own solar panels for under $300. You can learn how to do it yourself with instruction manuals as well.

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]]> By: <img class="monsterid" src="http://www.mysolarsecret.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-monsterid/monsterid/11cb5cfc831b4b8.png" alt="Whole House Solar Panels MonsterID Icon" height="65" width="65"/> Whole House Solar Panels http://www.mysolarsecret.com/blog/solar-panels/how-much-would-it-cost-to-set-up-solar-panels-to-provide-energy-for-your-whole-house/comment-page-1#comment-976 Whole House Solar Panels MonsterID Icon Whole House Solar Panels Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:02:59 +0000 http://www.mysolarsecret.com/blog/solar-panels/how-much-would-it-cost-to-set-up-solar-panels-to-provide-energy-for-your-whole-house#comment-976 To power your whole house with solar panels, it depends on how much energy you use, how much sun you get, and how much electricity costs. Our house is in California, in a very good location for solar. Our 3 kW array cost $12,000 after state rebates. Today, that money buys a 4 kW array, according to a neighbor of mine who just got his installed 2 weeks ago. But I think he got a fantastic deal that's unlikely to be repeated until a year or two when panel prices go down. Our array generates more energy than the house uses, so actually, I made a mistake in sizing. Be careful of companies that have the business model of you putting down a deposit, then promising to install the array later. That model may work in the future, but for today, it's vaporware. To power your whole house with solar panels, it depends on how much energy you use, how much sun you get, and how much electricity costs.

Our house is in California, in a very good location for solar. Our 3 kW array cost $12,000 after state rebates. Today, that money buys a 4 kW array, according to a neighbor of mine who just got his installed 2 weeks ago. But I think he got a fantastic deal that’s unlikely to be repeated until a year or two when panel prices go down. Our array generates more energy than the house uses, so actually, I made a mistake in sizing.

Be careful of companies that have the business model of you putting down a deposit, then promising to install the array later. That model may work in the future, but for today, it’s vaporware.

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