I'm contemplating this myself. There are cheaper kits though, http://www.renogy-store.com/category-s/1872.htm
The only thing I worry about is the building department and permits, the mounting and wiring looks easy enough. On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Robert Bruninga via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Has anyone had experience getting a local electrician to install a > grid-tie-solar kit such as the one offered by Home Depot? The cheapest > one is about $2588 for a 1kW kit. > > http://www.homedepot.com/p/Grape-Solar-1-060-Watt-Expandable-Mono-Crystall > ine-PV-Grid-Tied-Solar-Power-Kit-GS-1060-KIT/205495634 > > That is my recommendation to all DIY folks. Buy the $2588 kit, pay $500 > for an electrician to install it and help him with any local solar/utility > paperwork. Get Grid-tied, approved and certified. Total cost is about $3 > per watt but only for this first 1kW. > > Then add on to it at UNDER $1/watt after all the approvals and > certifications and grid tie are complete. > > The typical cost for full contractor systems is up around $4 to $5 per > watt. > > Application to EV's (and EVDL list) is that this is the CARBON FREE way > to charge. > > Bob, WB4APR > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -- www.electric-lemon.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20141222/3999eecb/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
