05-10-12, 10:43 AM | #11 |
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Not to ruin the Trojan joke, but I can pick up a US battery 185XC 12v 200ah battery locally for $245. Sounds like a winner to me!
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05-12-12, 10:24 PM | #12 |
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we ordered 53 kw of solar panels for $.76 a watt just the other day look around online you can get way more bang for the buck
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2 ton geo unit 2400' HDPE slinkey 4KW solar with battery backup $8.98 power bill |
05-13-12, 10:29 AM | #13 |
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FYI
Checked out the LEAF electric car yesterday at a local fair. I discovered you need a 40 AMP dedicated line for the at-home charging station. The alternate "trickle charge" system of plugging into a standard 15 AMP wall outlet only gives you 5 miles of range per hour of charge. |
05-13-12, 11:31 AM | #14 |
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40 amp dedicated lines aren't that rare. I believe my heatpump/electric backup has one. The expensive part is likely to be upgrading the house to 200 amp service if you don't already have it.
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05-14-12, 11:22 PM | #15 |
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Looking at my charge controller, I realized I can go up to 35vdc and 25amps input. So this frees up my panel choices immensely. I'm looking at a Hyundai 230W 29.4v for about $250 (shipping $104) and a solarworld 230w 20v for $270 but I don't know what shipping will be yet, but either option will put me ahead of the grape solar one's at HD.
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05-14-12, 11:29 PM | #16 |
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Crap! or just just 2 of these!. $120 each and only $100 shipping for the both of them.
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05-15-12, 12:17 AM | #17 |
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at the bottom of that page it says free shipping on amazon and gives a link. so that will save you another $100
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