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Hmmm. Seems I misread my solar quote a bit. The certasun is a 7,650w production system (10,640 kWH/year)

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) May 11 '22, 09:56

They are second to best in terms of cost per watt but only 18 vs. 21 panels

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I'd love to go solar but my strata bylaws likely wouldn't allow it. And in terms of surface area, probably not enough to be worth the investment. -- nm - Beryllium May 11, 10:07 13
- This is easily two years in the making for us but we knew we didn't want to do it before we moved. Some of our neighbors have systems with just a few - oblique May 11, 10:21 12
  - Our townhouse is basically 3 stories (storeys?), so it has a lot of internal space but a smaller overall footprint. -- nm - Beryllium May 11, 10:21 11
    - just put them on your neighbor's roofs too - they probably won't notice -- nm - decline May 11, 10:28 4
      - Our strata corporation has 40 units, and more than half would complain at the bylaws violation. -- nm - Beryllium May 11, 10:31 1
        
        And I have zero yard space, which is one of the only major downsides to our place. -- nm - Beryllium May 11, 10:33
      - I'm thinking ground based installation and just remove my backyard :) -- nm - oblique May 11, 10:29 1
        
        Your back yard is pretty big. There's a guy near me who did that. stacked 3-4 rows in his back yard instead of on the roof -- nm - decline May 11, 10:31
    - You need unfolding solar wings! -- nm - oblique May 11, 10:24 5
      - I need a sailboat with an inflatable solar array when at anchor. Also I need to patent that. -- nm - Beryllium May 11, 10:26 4
        
        You can buy a portable solar panel for about $150. -- nm - David May 11, 10:27 3
        
        (The reason for an inflatable solar array for a sailboat is to use off-boat surface area instead of cluttering the deck) -- nm - Beryllium May 11, 10:30
        
        Oh, I'm well aware. I'm tempted to become a Jackery affiliate for my ChargeBySolar.com domain. -- nm - Beryllium May 11, 10:28 1
        
        In fact, if STers want to help me turn that domain into an actual site with actual content, please let me know. -- nm - Beryllium May 11, 10:28
Yeah, that's why I was saying they're offering a rosy production estimate. - Reagen May 11, 10:00 8
- Those numbers on b2 were like Greek. What should we be looking for? -- nm - David May 11, 10:04 3
  - First line was the number of panels and their power output - Reagen May 11, 10:43 1
    - Generally, how much power have needed/saved with panels? - David May 11, 10:53
  - Cost per watt. # of Panels * panel size / cost -- nm* - oblique May 11, 10:10
- Appreciate your input on all this. It is a big step to take but I'm very excited about it -- nm - oblique May 11, 10:02 3
  - You start to get angry at clouds. "You're costing me money!" -- nm - Reagen May 11, 10:05 2
    - It's clouds illusions that you recall, you really don't know clouds at all -- nm - zeitgeist May 11, 10:16
    - I did get to enjoy mocking the news story about gas prices spiking this morning. I laugh in your face petrol! -- nm - oblique May 11, 10:15

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Hmmm. Seems I misread my solar quote a bit. The certasun is a 7,650w production system (10,640 kWH/year)

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