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Old 07-13-2016, 04:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Markam View Post
There is a fairly thorough article on this subject in the August issue of Consumer Reports.

Also make sure your homeowners insurance will cover wind or lightning damage to the cells and roof.

Another wrinkle might be to add big batteries to the PV system to retain excess power instead of selling it to SECO. Tesla's Powerwall or a somewhat similar products from Sonnen are discussed here.
One of the problems with solar customers is that they operate to the disadvantaged of non solar customers who pay for the slack. Its the same with companies like Telsa and Solar City who have never made a profit and has actual millions in losses but because they are subsidized by government and because customers get a tax credit they can continue; albeit at taxpayers expense.

I paid $1400 for a solar panel for my electric golf cart that returned zilch despite the promises of extend travel and life of my batteries. Green is clean but then so is money...if you get my drift go fossil fuels