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Originally Posted by red-beard
But, they do not work at night. So you also need storage.
The reason Solar is cheap right now is that a lot of panels are on the market and there just aren't any buyers. Companies are going bankrupt, and the panels they have in stock are being sold for pennies on the dollar.
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The "storage" on my system at my mountain home is about $195 per battery and the first set lasted about three years before they started to drop off. This summer I'm going to need another pallet of batteries delivered by freight, and a pallet taken away as well. (big bucks getting that up my road)
If it were not for the fact that we lose power a lot in the mountains the system would be an amazing hole in the wallet. Right now it's just a big hole in the wallet. I also need to get an expert in this summer to "hail proof" my panels as we lost a few last year.
Such is the price for a vacation home I suppose. But my real question, Red, are re-conditioned batteries worth it? The price drops to about $50/ battery; of course delivery is still painful.