Going SOLAR: Pros & Cons

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Is going solar the right decision for your home? Most solar and home battery systems for your house are expensive and are a long term commitment. Here's a list of pros and cons of putting the solar panels on your home!

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Off grid and loving it. Wish I could have done it sooner. Bad point, I am headed outside right now to clean snow off my panels, lol.

snoflite

I was going to get rooftop solar panels, but decided against it after discoverying these two things contractors never tell you:
1. Some insurance companies will increase your rates - fire risk increased, and value added to house
2. Inverters typically last 10 - 15 years, replacement costs labour + parts about $5000. Add that to the overall cost when calculating ROI

ipower

When I spoke with the utility, they said those of us who are already in the system are grandfathered. It is possible in the future, newcomers may not get one for one back again. It’s up to our legislature to mandate it. Which they have so far.

charliecarolmichel

Alex, you made a couple good points, the one that gets missed most often is the roof renewal. But what you completely missed is the concept of net metering. It’s not in all states, but states that have it it’s awesome because the grid is acting like an infinite battery. When I overproduce, I give my utility kilowatt hours, and when I underproduce, I get them back one for one. I don’t need batteries this way. Batteries have only specific applications. They do allow you to produce when the power is out but how often does that happen? Batteries are never going to work to get you from summer overproduction to winter underproduction. That’s why net metering, and the grid as an infinite batteryis such a great concept.

charliecarolmichel

There is definitely a change in the way you think to go this route. Wish more was mentioned how to calculate your energy needs.

kRaCkrrjAcK

I have been off the grid for 7 years now. My $30k system paid it self in 5.5 years. The key of making your system pay off this fast is adding a electric car so you do have to buy gasoline.

terrya

I guess I'm lucky because it took me about 14 months to finally get solar going. Completing the solar generation agreement with the utility company took another two months. None of the delay was due to government red tape because I live in California. In fact, the permitting, inspection and solar generation agreement were done in less than a month, if I include the wait time. The delays were caused by the incompetence of the solar contractor who wouldn't keep us informed about where they were in the process and wouldn't work with the roofing contractor that we needed to make sure we had a viable roof for the life of the solar system. The contractor was also lazy about submitting documentation to the utility company until I lit a fire under their asses. I sure don't feel lucky after the shenanigans of the solar contractor.

AhBeeDoi

What are the pros and cons of leasing them?

Tee-Catin

Do you have a personal channel? I’d like to hear about your move to Thailand and differences with the women etc. update please

joeykunz

Saving over time is not a good deal if you're already old. I won't live long enough to break even and that's if NOTHING goes wrong and I'm thinking it will. And if the value of my house goes up so do the taxes. This deal just keeps getting worse. I might use VTG or a powerwall so I can be in a VPP but not solar.

frankcoffey

Its a bad time right now with high interest rates and new much better systems finaly in supply.
Integrated solar roofing is the future and already cheaper than a new roof with solar ontop.
they are also much more durable than normal american roofs.

nox

How about Bangkok? You probably wouldn’t install solar panel on it, I guess you live in a condominium. Not suitable to mine as well, but we’re going to install our solar panels on our plant.

willykang