Okay, I've been following some links. http://www.appliedpower.com/defaultother.htm (recommended by BackWoods) had a link to: http://www.greenmountain.com/ca/solar/solar.asp Green Mountain is my electric provider (actually it's PG&E but here in Calif you get to choose the company that procures the electricity. I mentioned here a few months ago that GM had a $5000 (after rebates) solar system that hooked to the grid. Well the lowest is $6000 now but that includes installation. I have to compare prices, I can't tell if it's a good price or not but I think it is. They are claiming you'd get an awful lot of wattage for what they're charging (the estimates are for the SF Bay Area, where I live). Applied Power is the company that does the work for GM and the panels are all made by Solarex. You have a choice between "Thin Film" and "Polycrystalline." The former is more cost effective but the latter takes up less space. They also sell battery backup systems but they aren't on the website. Examples of systems (costs after rebates): Thin Film system producing 1.2 kW kWh in SF area per month = 164 Installed cost $6-7000 Roof area = 10' x 50' Thin Film system producing 2.0 kW kWh in SF area per month = 274 Installed cost $6600-7500 Roof area = 10' x 75' The Real Goods systems I saw were cheaper with much less output. 6-8k is an awful lot of money so we will probably start a lot slower. Cyndi in Oakland -- _______________________________________________________________________________ "There's nothing wrong with me. Maybe there's Cyndi Norman something wrong with the universe." (ST:TNG) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.consultclarity.com/ _________________ Owner of the Immune Website & Lists http://www.immuneweb.org/
