and between tax credits etc. from state and feds, and electric bills cut by about a third, and the sale of SRECS, we reached payback a few months ago. We have an array of 14 panels, installed at a cost of $40,000. We paid out of pocket about $25,000.

Kolesar

(31,182 posts)

5. You are my hero...eom !!

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Tue Oct 24, 2017, 12:14 PM

Oct 2017

liberal N proud

(61,203 posts)

7. Even at $25k, it would have been difficult

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Tue Oct 24, 2017, 01:08 PM

Oct 2017

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Woodwizard

(1,339 posts)

9. How many KW

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Sun Jan 27, 2019, 01:35 PM

Jan 2019

How many kilowatts is your system? We installed a 9 kw system in 2014 36 panels at 250 watts apiece on my shop roof, it feeds our house too. Added another 1kw ground mount system and have another 3kw of panels I picked up on sale from solar boulevard I still have to install. We are close to 80 percent in energy generation. With the additional 3k should hit 100.

cyclonefence

(5,167 posts)

10. I bow before you

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Mon Jan 28, 2019, 07:45 AM

Jan 2019

We are only 6.75 kW. Well done, especially picking up panels on sale andn installing them yourself.

mac2766

(658 posts)

11. Had a 10.2 kW system installed just over 3 years ago...

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Sun Jan 31, 2021, 01:20 PM

Jan 2021

Paid somewhere around 38k for the system, including a 10kW battery. We use slightly more than we generate annually, but not by much. I don't think in terms of ROI. If I reduce the cost by the amount we paid for the battery, we'd be at around 28k. We did get the federal tax deduction when we purchased the system. I can't remember what that was.

I'd do it again and would advise anyone who asks to go for it.

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