January 2010
In January we are preparing for a New Year that we are pursuing new adventures, new customers and a continued service record for our present customers.
We are researching new businesses and new technology. We continue to strive for the benefit of the customer both in cost and technology. We will continue to search for new technology that builds on our Solar experience.
One of the things that we are seeing is the introduction of many DC (Direct Current) devices that complement the DC that is produced by our Solar systems. One of the biggest and fastest moving industries is DC Pool pumps for moving pool water and take them off the grid of the power companies.
The second is Air Conditioning, this market has very recently began to expand research and improvement to be able to take Air Conditioning systems off the grid of the power company.
Per some statistics the biggest user of power from the power companies are the following
(not in any particular order)
Air Conditioning / Heating
Electric Water Heater
Pool Pumps
Pool Heating
There are several ways to help Alleviate or Eleminate all of the above devices.
The Grid Tie System. This system can be directly connected to the power company using Net Metering technology. What this does, is allow for using the energy that you produce from your Solar System for your immediate use, any unused energy is sold back to the power company through your electrical panel and the Net Meter which actually spins backwards when selling to them.
So you have to do the math, how much energy you need vs. how much you want to generate.
Obviously the more you generate the more you save, but also the more you want to generate the more it is going to cost in material and installation cost. But you don't have to do it all at once. Let us design a system that you can start off at a small generation factor, with components that can be added to as funds become available.
So we are placing in our newsletter a stepped process of starting small and being able to increase as you need or desire. Starting with our smalles system all the way up to our largest residential system allowed which is 10kw.
| Watts |
Modules |
Config |
Inverter |
Price |
| 2070 |
9 |
1x9 |
1-SB3000SBD(240) |
$12,782.20 |
| 2300 |
10 |
1x10 |
1-SB3000SUS(208,240) |
$13,659.90 |
| 2530 |
11 |
1x11 |
1-SB3000US(208,240) |
$14,781.80 |
| 2760 |
12 |
1X12 |
1-SB3000US(208,240) |
$15,852.00 |
| 3220 |
14 |
1X14 |
1-SB4000US(208,240) |
$18,632.60 |
| 3450 |
15 |
1X15 |
1-SB4000US(240 ONLY) |
$19,643.40 |
| 5060 |
22 |
2X11 |
1-SB5000US(208,240,277) |
$28,230.40 |
| 5520 |
24 |
2X12 |
1-SB5000US(208,240,277) |
$30,264.10 |
| 6440 |
28 |
2X14 |
1-SB6000US(208,240,277) |
$35,300.60 |
| 8280 |
36 |
3X12 |
1-SB7000US(208,240,277) |
$42,705.00 |
| 10120 |
44 |
2X11X2 |
2-SB5000US(208,240,277) |
$92,435.20 |
The Price can change depending on some factors, height of building, type of roof and others.
But notice the Inverters used, if you install a 2070 watt system it gets 3000 watt inverter all the way
up through the 2760 watt system.
The same with most of the systems.
Another factor to take in to account is a south facing roof with room for the panels.