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>Home solar power installations have risen significantly in recent decades, as consumers look to drive down their electricity bills and make their energy use more sustainable. Now, with oil and gas prices soaring due to geopolitical challenges, more households are being attracted to solar installations. Solar photovoltaic (PV) uses electronic devices, also called solar cells, to convert sunlight directly into electricity. Solar PV is highly modular, meaning that smaller-sized solar home kits and rooftop installations with around 3-20 kW of capacity can be fitted on a range of residential buildings. The cost of manufacturing solar panels has fallen dramatically over the past decade, making them affordable and providing users with one of the cheapest forms of electricity.

Archive: https://archive.today/pg9km From the post: >>Home solar power installations have risen significantly in recent decades, as consumers look to drive down their electricity bills and make their energy use more sustainable. Now, with oil and gas prices soaring due to geopolitical challenges, more households are being attracted to solar installations. Solar photovoltaic (PV) uses electronic devices, also called solar cells, to convert sunlight directly into electricity. Solar PV is highly modular, meaning that smaller-sized solar home kits and rooftop installations with around 3-20 kW of capacity can be fitted on a range of residential buildings. The cost of manufacturing solar panels has fallen dramatically over the past decade, making them affordable and providing users with one of the cheapest forms of electricity.
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[–] • 2 pts

>in recent decades Fuck off with that.

Across 30 decades it pays for it self. Across 30 years the glass or lexan fogs to the point efficiency falls.

Without the gov rebates, it’s still not cost effective. You will never pay off the investment before efficiency falls.

And you can’t store it, so add battery walls and you have a solution it additional costs.

The cheapest way was those used battery packs out of the ev’s that fell off a ship in containers….hotness converting to home use, built a rack system and it was well worth it.

[–] • 0 pt

My current plan is to buy used panels and a couple or wrecked EV's to pull their battery banks. I don't have the space for it yet but god willing I will in the near-ish future. I am not afraid of electricity and work with it often.

Unless you can do things yourself and are willing to have used gear it is hard to get positive on investing in solar.

However, that is changing. The massive power requirements of DC's and other shit on the grid (entire states are trying to ban natural gas for heating). You are basically being forced into a "electric future" if you like it or not.

May as well be ahead and stockpile materials while you can. I intend to have a purpose built structure for the battery system that is not near the house if I have the room.

[–] • 1 pt

I picked up 6, 200watt functional panels off the side of the road a few months ago. Tested, all work. Still at about 94% of that their output is rated .

Score.

[–] • 0 pt

Nice, Just tossed or cheap-out's someone wanted to get rid of?

Depending on where you are, people will pay you to haul them away because of the recycling cost. I don't think landfills will take them. (Not without payment at least).