some price differences between suppliers

strider3700 · 06-20-12, 11:47 AM

For kicks I decided to look into a small enphase based solar setup for my house. I was thinking start with a 1kwh setup and go from there.

I'm in canada and there aren't a lot of dealers/suppliers but a few have online stores.

This place is only a couple of hours drive away from my house.
EA Energy Alternatives Ltd. - Grid Intertie
I was actually looking at their 1.3 kw system on that page until I saw the $9195 price tag. I'd also pay 12% tax on that unless it's tax exempt which may be possible. I found another canadian place this time in ontario and it's ~1 kw system was also in the $9000 range.

For kicks I checked wholesale solar and their 940watt system
Enphase Energy Expandable Gridtie Solar Power Systems
is $3215 and I was quoted shipping of $309 to my house. so $3524 and I could have a 940 watt system. That's almost 1/3 the price. Yes I still need to take currency conversion and taxes/duty at the border into account but that's not going to work out to 300%...

Anyways I thought I'd share some numbers. The local markup on this stuff is insane.

06-20-12, 11:47 AM	#1
strider3700 Master EcoRenovator Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Vancouver Island BC Posts: 745 Thanks: 23 Thanked 37 Times in 30 Posts	some price differences between suppliers For kicks I decided to look into a small enphase based solar setup for my house. I was thinking start with a 1kwh setup and go from there. I'm in canada and there aren't a lot of dealers/suppliers but a few have online stores. This place is only a couple of hours drive away from my house. EA Energy Alternatives Ltd. - Grid Intertie I was actually looking at their 1.3 kw system on that page until I saw the $9195 price tag. I'd also pay 12% tax on that unless it's tax exempt which may be possible. I found another canadian place this time in ontario and it's ~1 kw system was also in the $9000 range. For kicks I checked wholesale solar and their 940watt system Enphase Energy Expandable Gridtie Solar Power Systems is $3215 and I was quoted shipping of $309 to my house. so $3524 and I could have a 940 watt system. That's almost 1/3 the price. Yes I still need to take currency conversion and taxes/duty at the border into account but that's not going to work out to 300%... Anyways I thought I'd share some numbers. The local markup on this stuff is insane.