And, with regards to permitting and interconnections. Depending on the utility company and building department, I easily spend more time on that than on site labor :(
Z On Monday, December 22, 2014, Zeke Yewdall <[email protected]> wrote: > Here in Colorado, many companies are bidding $3/watt or less installed for > grid tied Pv. Not good for the business long term as a lot of installers > are going out of business but it's pretty cheap for customers..... > > On Monday, December 22, 2014, Robert Bruninga via EV <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[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.comhere in Colorado, many companies are bidding >> $3/watt ir less/p/Grape-Solar-1-060-Watt-Expandable-Mono-Crystall >> ine-PV-Grid-Tied-Solar-Power-Kit-GS-1060-KIT/205495634 >> <http://www.homedepot.com/p/Grape-Solar-1-060-Watt-Expandable-Mono-Crystalline-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) >> >> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20141222/ade53014/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)
