AlanG <[email protected]> wrote: Inverters are required to have a 5 year warranty and initial reliability > (2003) was questionable. After one free replacement in 2004 my Xantrex > ST2500 has been solid. . . .
How much does the inverter cost? Let me put it this way: How much does everything but the PV cell array cost? Pretend you substitute a cold fusion generator for the PV cell array. What else do you need, and what does it cost? > One final comment on CF for domestic electricity. It seems to me that the > most promising solution currently known is direct thermionic conversion. That is similar to thermoelectric conversion. Thermionic devices work at higher temperatures. I have heard they are used with gas flames and even wood fires in Russia. - Jed
