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3.6KW with 16 225w Schott panels with 16 Enphase micro inverters. 2200 sq ft home with 5 ton 10 SEER AC unit used 4 months a year. PNM rate is currently about .11 KWH.

Could you please debunk my "break even" for me..? My system wipes out the $1200 I was paying yearly for electricity. The utility sends me a check every month totaling around $1000 for the year. Since cloudy days, and losses are already included to arrive at those numbers....and my system cost...

Becoming more efficient is the same as installing several solar panels. Every bulb I have is a CFL. I have my TV, and components, the PC, router etc., on power strips. Phantom loads add up.

Teken, Yeah with this kind of money you want a credible contractor. I found out about mine when I saw the neighbor up the street having Solar installed. I called the number on the sign when I had my list of questions ready. I was very impressed. He came out to the house and drove me around to...

Sure. In this photo, you can see the Enphase inverter attached to the back of a panel. The contractor installed the varmit screen over it all. This is the Enlighten monitoring system the contractor installed in my garage. It sends the information to an powerline bridge you can see...

Teken, I had put up a post of my landscaping, and it was noticed in the pictures I had solar power. I posted information in answer to some of the questions I received. http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=162010&highlight=landscaping+pics The check I wrote was $27,400. After the...

One of the cons to my having 16 inverters is there is 16 chances I can have a failure, vs. 1. (the Enphase come with a 10 year warranty) However, that in itself is pro, because if I do lose one inverter, the rest keep right on going. Lose your one inverter and that's it. The micro inverter is...

Teken, You seem to use about the same amount of energy I do. If I didn't have any incentives from PNM, and didn't use my AC in the summer, my 3.6KW system would provide me 100% of my power requirements. The difference is we get a lot of sun here in NM. You need to research your "sun hours" per...

What size system are you talking about? You can spend less than 20k and get a very decent size system. Or you can spend as much as you want on a very large one. Lots of variables. Remember the Feds will return you 30% on your tax return, and most states 10%. Some states utilities pay for part...

Solar prices have dropped over the last couple years. To the point the panel manufacture's profit margins are pretty thin. When I bought my system it was over $7 a watt installed. I believe it's $4 or less now.

All states are different. I "think" in NJ, every Megawatt you generate (million watts), is 1 credit. And I believe you can set it up with a broker to sell your energy credits on the open market. I may be wrong about this, but I think this is how NJ is set up. NJ used to have the best deal in...

Yeah, I thought it was 2016.

First of all, if your state has net metering with the utility, then I really doubt you would need a system as large as 10KW. If off grid, then yeah. I can only tell you about here in NM. I have a 3.6KW that has allowed me to pay zero for the 2 1/2 years I've had it, and because of the...

You chose a great car to put in there, maybe my favorite car after mid year Corvette's.