Has anyone had experience with a solar battery?

[Miguelito Loveless]

22. Resale value for solar equipped houses

varies depending on the market, so that is hard to predict.

The best case for solar is an all electric home (electric heat pump, electric hybrid water heater, electric range/dryer), with either an EV, or a PHEV (Best pick 2016-2019 Chevy Volt). We were able to reduced out gasoline usage from 800+ gallons a year to <50 gallons with a 2012 Nissan Leaf, and a 2017 Volt (both used). Using electricity for transportation means greater savings, thus faster ROI. The cost of fuel for the average ICE car is about 8¢/mile in my area (central NC), versus 3.5¢/mile for our EV. Areas with higher gasoline prices and/or electricity prices will see greater savings with the solar/EV combo.

At the moment, we are meeting 100% of our EV/home needs, except for heat. When our furnace dies, we will replace with a geothermal heat pump, and that will be the end of our FF consumption.

Our grid is coal-powered, so our array kept about 55,000 lbs of CO2 out of the air, plus a quantity of heavy metals, and other dangerous PM 2.5.