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Our local utility is paying the rate of 22 cents a kwh. This is a federal government subsidy and the State of Michigan as well to reach that amount.

Well yes, when I say Life, you have to remember I am not 20 years old. 15-20 years is whats expected until they start to degrade, even then your only talking 1-2% loss a year from full power.

If I hit the Michigan Lotto, I would spend it. @ 22.3 cents a kwh for life thats a great return on investment and a healthy annual income without hardly any oversight fees and maintenance. Just cut the grass and take measurements......WHOA..!

Its a wise choice to add to the mortage, and a good selling point if you ever have to move. Let me know if you need any help.

The inverter choices are 6000 and up. I would guess if you buy it right piece by piece I am thinking $8,000.00 tops. I am as frugal as it gets and buy the components cheap or only on sale or make an offer. Rome was not built in a day, took me 3 years to do mine.

FireFighterHill Thats depends on your power usage, is this system for your home..? Will 6000 watts @ 12,000 spike be enough to carry the load..? If so I would get a 48v Gel Cell forklift battery for storage, 6048 Xantrex/trace now bought by Schneider Electrical for the inverter charger, and...

Oh gotcha, I thought it was per month. My bad. I will check the stats over the first 6 months and post the results. Just a thought at 36,326.4 constant amps being dumped back into the grid equates to 101,376 watts per hour for 5 hours a day @ 22 cents a Kwh, I come up with $22,302.72 That...

Hey PP, your system has 96 panels say its 100 so by your math they are going to make $6,150 per month x 12 months = $73,800.00 per year for the installation of 100 panels in Saginaw. Now take $73,800.00 X 42 and you get $3,099,600 per year. Don't discount the inphase micro inverters with a...

I guess we can agree to disagree. The system I have been working on has 4,200+ panels, how many panels are you working with. This is not my first rodeo, but its the biggest one yet. There are a series of 6 net meters, I will keep track of the production with pictures to follow through. I came up...

Thanks, I wanted to make the Island self sufficient for wtshtf. I installed this system 3 years ago and have been happy with the results. :) Have a good one..!

We had a Governor, Jennifer Grandholm. Before she left office she had a law passed that by 2015 the whole State of Michigan would consume 10% of its electricity through renewables. The State has incentives just for this purpose. I am not the lawyer just an installer on this site and have asked...

The Detroit Edison company has a program called "Currents" under Michigan law the utility must buy every KWh produced at the current Commercial rate charged to the commercial customer. When I did the math I used an average of 24v. The solar panel is rated at normal operating 30.2vdc so I...

I would say the data plate says it all and IMHO they have been robbing us blind, where else would you go for power. It's like there is a monopoly and you pay what they say you owe. Think about it, they have their hands in everyones pocket. EVERYONE pays them. They will charge what they want to...

C1, I am not the property owner. But, If I had an inheritance I would do the same thing. All it takes it space and money. Doc Morgan, I have seen your new shop when you bought it a few years ago, then you did the camo paint job. If thats the same shop roof. You may have to many trees around...

Thats my point exactly. All it takes is money to make money. I really did enjoy this project.

Toady we hooked up the combiner boxes to the grid tie inverters. There was a small snafu in the inverter so I had to break down the unit and replace a series of fuses due to the fact they are not polarity friendly. Somme azzhole decided to hook up the bond ground and the DC negative to the same...

The State of Michigan must be by Law 10% dependent on renewable power by 2015 and 20% by 2025 The government hands out grants to get the projects installed as per law.

To keep this MV related just 1 of these panels will keep any 24v battery bank fully charged with a diversion load going to the engine block as a heater. This process starts at 26.5vdc. I have been involved in this solar project for a client with more money than ("BB") Netanyahu. There are 4224...