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For many years now, I've thought about installing a PV solar system on our house to reduce and/or eleminate our electric bill. We're not the most electrically frugal people around, and with SDG&E's tier system, our bill gets pretty big.
But I'm a complete info-geek, and for a long time it was hard to manage the data that your system was producing unless you were to implement a daily log of activity (something I might be able to stick with for a few weeks at best). But with the age of the internet, comes wireless data streamed directly from the inverters and automatic logging and charts showing system history, current activity, etc. Also, I am looking into getting an all electric car from Aptera. The idea of not having to stop at a gas station is appealing!! Check out the company and their car, it's AMAZING!
And so we've finally done it. Our system went on-line on Wednesday, January 14, 2009. It's clean, totally silent, and churns away generating power whenever the sun is up.
Here is our setup, plan, and a few pics.
Enjoy!
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