[ausev] Residental Solar Power ROI

[Brian Lasseter]

2008/8/7  <gregmckay at aol.com>:
> You should look into a more efficient Air Conditioner.  Our AC system is
> more than 30 years old and we use less than 500kwh of electric most months.
> When we replace it, it will be with a 12v system that can be supported by
> its own solar even when the grid is down.

That is most definitely on our todo list.  :-)   But it is hard to
justify replacing the air conditioner when the current system isn't
broken.


> If you are chewing up 6KW of electric at any given time during the day you
> are using a bunch.
> ...that would be more than 10 to 20KWH a day.....by a lot !!

We do average 18kwh per day through the year... or about 6500kwh for
the year.  Granted, I only have a 1200sq ft house with all LED
lighting.  We did a lot of conservation efforts before putting up the
solar.  Obviously using 6kw at a time is a maximum for us.  I rarely
have the A/C, TV, and oven on all at the same time.

(Also, that is not taking into account the electric car... Our
electricity jumped by 200kwh per month when we added the electric car.
 That was the main reason for installing the second set of solar
panels.)


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Brian "Lasso" Lasseter

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