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.82 cents a watt solar panels

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13 Apr ’12 - 11:13 am

I might actually be able to afford a off the grid system some day, I hope this is a good sign of further price drops in the solar panel market

http://www.dmsolar.c.....-1141.html

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16 Apr ’12 - 4:28 pm

As someone who knows nothing about solar energy, how many of those panels would one need to run a 1000 sq ft home? Figuring we are constantly running a computer, television, etc, shit normal households use.

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16 Apr ’12 - 9:58 pm

if you can give me your last 3 months usage I can give you a rough estimate of what you would need

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17 Apr ’12 - 7:58 am

Is there a quick/easy way to calculate your need? I see tons of generators on govdeals.com, but have no idea how all that works. Same with the solar panels.

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17 Apr ’12 - 9:01 pm

take your monthly electric bill, say your average usage is 300 kwh a month. Divide by 30 days, you use 10 kwh a day, divide by your average daily hours of sunlight here in maine it's 5 hours a day, so I would need a 2 kw system. Which would be 20 100 watt panels or 10 200 watt panels. That's the basic version