> Also, we currently do around half our household driving on electric, > and I would like to push that up in the next couple of years... > but that will take some creativity as I got as many solar put on my > southern facing roof as there was room for,,,
Nothing magic about south. East facing will still generate 85% of what south can do. West can do the same thing. Even on my NORTH roof, I get 60% of what ideal south can do. And since adding solar panels at 50 cents per watt is dirt cheap, just put them ANYWHERE that you have sun. And now that you have a net meter, all you have to do is jut PLLUG THE SOLAR PANELS (and GT micro- inverter) into any outlet. You can add 2 to 4 panels at a time using the cheap 600W plug-in micro grid tie inverters. And being a plugin appliance, you don't need an electrical permit. Just common sense. Here is one good for two panels at a time. For example. https://www.amazon.com/SUN-600G-Micro-Solar-Inverter-Seller/dp/B0089UA9KO And remember, that if you can point solar panels in 90 degree or more different directions, then the same inverter can handle twice as many panels. This keeps invertor cost low while doubling your effective solar power (same power as 2 panels but twice as long). I have solar panels on the roof of my boat, on my ham radio trailer, and even on my van. These yard ornaments are just sitting there in the sun 99.99% of th e time, so I just put ssolar panels on them, and these cheap GT inverters and justs plug 'em in. See the solar panels on the van about 60% down this page: http://aprs.org/alternative-energy.html And on the useless boat about 30% down the page... Bob, WB4APR _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
