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.
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.
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).
No idea can’t see the house. Enough for a well pump and battery bank. Never saw batteries.
They weren’t “tossed” neatly stacked at the gate with “free” in them. All wires unhooked (screw type connectors) not just cut off which is also interesting