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Originally Posted by jyl View Post
All that being said, I think the large majority of the cost of a home solar PV system is the panels. About $5/watt. "Watt" means rated max watts, which you don't get all of the time due to sun angle, weather, shading, etc.
Is that true?

So, $500 for enough panel to power a single 100 watt bulb.

Payback would be, what, 10,000 years?

Good idea, if true.
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