Re: Re: Midterms
  By: Rob Mccart to ARELOR on Sat Aug 13 2022 12:58 am

 > My sister covered her garage roof with solar panels that feed back into the
 > grid to save them a small percentage of their power costs. The panels cost
 > them $80,000, make about half the power they were estimated to produce and
 > have to be cleared of snow in winter. There are frequent equipment
 > failures, mostly with the computerized parts of the collection knocking out
 > individual panels. Being into the grid there are no batteries involved.
 > 

It sounds to me like she is using microinverters.

I like to keep deployments simple, precisely because if you use multiple
complex components at once, they have a tendency to fail in your face.

The hidden cost with home power generation is you are actually responsible for
keeping it in operational order. That is why I hate the standard prices you get
for selling kwhs to the grid. You get to pay for the generation system, you are
responsible for keeping it well maintained, and you are paid scraps for the
honor.

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