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oldhippie

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22. Wow! That's a pretty good sized system ...

Reply to REPUguy (Reply #13)

Thu May 8, 2014, 11:00 PM

May 2014

Looks like you have quite a bit invested in it. I hope the bureaucracy moves soon and you get it commissioned and fired up and see how it performs. Once you get some experience with it I hope you will share it with us.

Thanks for the response. You are one of very few here with a real system.

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Wow! That's a pretty good sized system ... oldhippie May 2014 #22

A few of our neighbors have installed them. hunter May 2014 #14

I used to live where you do , and ..... oldhippie May 2014 #18

My parents moved to a place where electric or gas utilities don't matter day-to-day. hunter May 2014 #20

We have an array that provides about half of our needs. broiles May 2014 #15

Do you know its size in kW? oldhippie May 2014 #24

It produces 16K kilowatt hours per year. broiles May 2014 #25

Sounds like about a 10kW array, nice .... oldhippie May 2014 #31

Neighbors? No. But friends? Yes. broiles May 2014 #32

Where abouts? oldhippie May 2014 #35

TXU provider, Oncor transport. broiles May 2014 #37

I too look forward to setting up a system panader0 May 2014 #16

As best I can tell Ruby the Liberal May 2014 #19

My sister and BIL have... MrMickeysMom May 2014 #23

I'm interested too. I got the gas company generator that powers a homes electric if the power goes. Sunlei May 2014 #27

Do you happen to know the kW power rating ..... oldhippie May 2014 #33

no, haven't number crunched as the car hasn't been released yet. Sunlei May 2014 #40

I've got one on my boat and haven't used any accessory power (generator) in about 6 months. cbayer May 2014 #28

That is a great application for a PV system oldhippie May 2014 #36

We have not had any issues with corrosion, but try to keep things relatively clean. cbayer May 2014 #38

I like the idea of the boat systems wind/solar as they are portable. My buddie in the outback uses Sunlei May 2014 #41

I am unable to watch videos at this time, but will try to at another. cbayer May 2014 #42

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That sounds really good, a success story ..... oldhippie May 2014 #34

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