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Yes. But small print is crucial and getting a good price is crucial. Personally if in the US I would wait a few months. The new biden bill will provide a big discount on new service.
The small print is warranty... 20 years on parts and 20 years on labor is what you should demand. Check the installation company online. Did they change their company name 4 times in 10 years? Run! Are they 3 years old? Run! You want a company with a 15 year minimum history offering brand name products. No China. I think mine were made in Germany with some parts made in the US. Cables probably came from China. Can't control everything.
Ask for part numbers and look online.
If using financing, payments don't start until the electric company and city signs the inspection as passed and working. Company's that want payments to start right away are a scam.
Feel free to reach out for help. I am good at reading contracts and don't mind having a lookover.
CityDweller (31-07-22), Deku Nut (31-07-22), Doink (31-07-22), Farmer Geddon (31-07-22), GEORGE (31-07-22), Jingo (31-07-22), scoot (01-08-22), V8 (31-07-22)
CityDweller (31-07-22), Deku Nut (31-07-22), Doink (31-07-22), Farmer Geddon (31-07-22), GEORGE (31-07-22), Jingo (31-07-22), mpsj (31-07-22), scoot (01-08-22), V8 (31-07-22)
The big problem with solar as I see it is if you want to run a thousand watt grow room you'll need at least 2,000 Watts of panels and 3000 watts of energy storage. That's if you're in a great sunny part of the country. In my area I would need 5,000 Watts of energy storage and the panels that could charge them up efficiently.
It's pretty easy to come by solar panels right now, but just try and get decent storage batteries and cables. Those are ridiculously expensive or maybe not even available.
If you go with the newer batteries the lithium something something, then you run into the problem with battery maintenance systems built into the batteries. What do you do if you get a solar flare or an EMP? It kills your battery. That was why I went old school with my system that I'm building myself. Lead acid will continue to work whether there's a solar flare or an EMP or anything else.
The risk of fire with the new batteries really concerns me also. Many parts of the country are having real breakdowns in emergency services including police fire and medical. I've been buying 10 lb fire extinguishers and hanging them all over my property and in my house and shop.
My little emergency solar backup system is designed to run our CPAP machines and our electric blankets. Then still have more left over to start up the pellet stove and run it all day and occasionally run the fridge in the freezer.
Right now I have the electrical components wrapped in cardboard and stuffed in the metal garbage cans. That will protect them from EMPs or solar flares. I also keep our old CPAP machines and old shortwave radios and CB radios in those same cans. I'm thinking about building my system to be somewhat modular and have the Faraday shielding built in.
J
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