Recent content by FrugalSolarGuy

Yea it's easy to forget to factor in cost of living when you're like me who's never dealt with that. At least not to that degree. Where I'm at, at 50k with a family of three and I'm about (I think) 10k below the median income for a family of 3. I'm trying to convince the wife that after she gets...

I'm trying to figure out of this is sarcasm or naivety that agrees? Lol. Spending $50,000 on a PV system 17 years ago, means you could afford it. Nobody I know can afford to throw 50K at anything short of a mortgage. It being 17 years ago makes no difference, as it was what it was back then...

Yes as far as we're concerned we will be staying here. The only thing that *might* change is selling the manufactured home we are in and replacing it with a new one or having a site built home down the line. But either way we'd remain on the property. We love where we are in the woods and don't...

I understand. I know I won't save nearly as much as others who pay more for their utilities. But on top of being a "battery backup" for the grid being down, when not charging the batteries it would help eliminate some of my bill. My in-laws are next door and can attest that they have blackouts...

Edgefield county

964-$135 1268-$169.47 1371-$178.38 1144-$154.78 856-$125.98 The top bill was my last bill due this month on the 11th (2/16 to 3/17 useage). I pay .13 for first 200, then .10 next 800. Then .13 after that. I might be off a tad off as it's like .1082 or something like that.

I used PVwatts. I would need a 10Kw system to cover my highest summer month. However obviously the winter months generate much less power. So what I may be looking at is a smaller system with a battery backup to be charged during the spring/fall months where I overgenerate. I believe my lowest...

My ultimate goal is to be completely off grid but I know that's not exactly feasible financially speaking. So my more feasible would be to have a hybrid system, that way I can power during outages. I'd like it to get me near net zero grid use per month as possible. Also my electric cooperative...

Okay not really but I thought it was kinda funny. So to start off, iv'e been looking into doing a solar system for about two weeks or so now. I have been interested in having one since we moved out here. I wanted to get it when we got our house but that didn't happen. Ive been scouring through...

I'm curious, as I don't know exactly how tariffs work so excuse my ignorance. Everyone says if you're in the US, it's not worth it to import from china. But US has a 15% tariff on solar (down from 30 when Trump first made the tariff. Or is it still at 20%?). Rosen Solar, for example, sells a...