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Important Step Before Going Solar

03/13/2014 1:45 AM

I believe in the future of renewable energy. Our house has solar panels to save money on our bills (which are extremely high). I suggest anyone with a bit of property, a business or a roof to see if you can put solar, it's really worth it. Quick tip: we used www.mysolarinstaller.com to get tailored quotes for our home. They got us the top solar installers in our area to send free quotes...it took us less than a minute with their process and we got to compare apples with apples.

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Re: Important step before going solar

03/13/2014 1:56 AM

I am planning to install it.But wooried,is there any risk involved in solar energy panels(lightning,thunder,shock,etc..,).

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Re: Important step before going solar

03/13/2014 2:23 AM

Yes could you list cost of install and equipment, so we can see the savings...?

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Re: Important step before going solar

03/13/2014 3:57 AM

Should there have been a disclaimer with that?

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Re: Important step before going solar

03/13/2014 4:09 AM

I dont smell a slight conflict of interest here do I ?

If so then we will see the quotes and judge for ourselves.

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Re: Important step before going solar

03/13/2014 4:15 AM

Important to notice:

...which are extremely high...! The bills! Oh yeah!

Ever had a look why they are extremely high? Is it maybe that you simply use too much energy?

Get real! Saving energy has precedence over installing expensive solar systems!

It just takes a little bit brain to know that and this information comes totally free.

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Re: Important step before going solar

03/13/2014 7:32 AM

I looked at solar for the roof of our plant. And it would take 5 years + for them to produce enough energy to pay for themselves. Some of that is do to how they would have to be install. Though the government has mandated that the utility companies must buy the excess energy. They set no regulation on how the solar system are tied in to current electrical systems. Most utility companies have you connect before the meter going into your home the grid side. So you get the savings from the amount of power you produce at wholesale cost. But you pay the utility company usage charges even on what you produced. Not only that there are other charges that are dependent on that meter reading. Allot of which would be reduce drastically if the connection was to the home side of the meter.

So whom is really benefiting from this?

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Re: Important step before going solar

03/16/2014 4:01 AM

Just install solar as a separate system for lights, laptops, TV, etc and use the grid for 220 only.

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