Anyone using solar panels for their house?

[Scythanith]

A friend of ours is co-owner of Solar Outpost in Saskatoon. They do wind, solar and thermal projects. When we built out new house I debated putting a system on the house and garage and he said I shouldn't. Unless we were living in the place for 20 years it would never pay for itself.

And unless I am not mistaken, SaskPower will allow you to feed back into the grid through the smart meter and reimburse you up until your bill is $0. But they will not pay you for any extra power. Silly.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

This is the local pricing from the Solar shop near my house.

The one the owner recommended to me is highlighted in blue, but without the need for Inverter/remote & such, it would still be just under $2000 plus tax.



System MPPT .87 KWH FLOODED - 250 Peak Watts DC, 875WH/day
• (1) SL250-30MD 250-watt module
• Xantrex SW2000 Inverter
• Inverter remote on/off switch
• (4) 220ahr 6V Batteries
• MPPT 20A Controller, with remote display
• 30ft #10/2 cable, MC4 connectors
• 8ft #6 Controller Battery Cables and fuse
• 5’ 2/0 inverter cables, fuse & holder
• Battery Series and Parallel Cables -----$1950

System MPPT 1 KWH FLOODED - 300 Peak Watts DC, 1050WH/day
• (2) 150-18M 150-watt mono modules
• Xantrex SW2000 True Sine Wave Inverter
• Inverter remote on/off switch
• (4) US Battery US2200 6V Batteries
• MPPT 30A Controller, with remote display
• 30’ #10/2 cable, MC4 connectors
• 8ft #6 Controller Battery Cables and fuse
• 5’ 2/0 inverter cables, fuse & holder
• Battery Series and Parallel Cables --------$2065

System MPPT 1 KWH AGM - 300 Peak Watts DC, 1050WH/day
• (2) 150-18M 150-watt modules
• Xantrex SW1000 True Sine Wave Inverter
• Inverter remote on/off switch
• (2) MCA 310 AGM 6V Batteries
• MPPT 30A Controller and remote Display
• 30ft #10/2 cable, MC4 connectors
• 8ft #6 Controller Battery Cables and fuse
• 5’ 1/0 inverter cables, fuse & holder
• Battery Series Cable -------$1935

System MPPT 1.3KWH FLOODED - 380 Peak Watts DC, 1330WH/day
• (2) 190-36M 190-watt mono modules
• Xantrex SW2000 True Sine Wave Inverter
• Inverter remote on/off switch
• (6) US Battery US2200 Batteries
• MPPT 30A Controller with remote Display
• 40ft #10/2 cable, MC4 connectors
• Metal Combiner, 8A fuse
• 8ft #6 Controller Battery Cables and fuse
• 5’ 2/0 inverter cables, fuse & holder
• Battery Series and Parallel Cables --------$2625


System MPPT 1.75 KWH FLOODED - 500 Peak Watts DC, 1750 WH/day
• (2) 250-30M 250-watt module
• Xantrex SW2000 Inverter
• Inverter remote on/off switch
• (6) US Battery US2200 6V Batteries
• MPPT 40A Controller with display
• 40ft #10/2 cable, MC4 connectors
• Metal Combiner, 15A cct breaker
• 8ft #6 Controller Battery Cables and fuse
• 5’ 2/0 inverter cables, fuse & holder
• Battery Series Parallel Cables ----------2860

System MPPT 2 KWH FLOODED - 570 Peak Watts DC, 1995WH/day
• (3) 190-36M 190-watt mono modules
• Xantrex SW2000 True Sine Wave Inverter
• Inverter remote on/off switch
• (8) US Battery US2200 Batteries
• MPPT 45A Network Controller
• 40ft #10/2 cable, MC4 connectors
• Metal Combiner, 8A fuse
• 8ft #4 Controller Battery Cables and fuse
• 5’ 2/0 inverter cables, fuse & holder
• Battery Series and Parallel Cables -------$3245


System MPPT 2.6 KWH FLOODED - 750 Peak Watts DC, 2625 WH/day
• (3) 250-30M 250-watt module
• Xantrex SW2000 Inverter
• Inverter remote on/off switch
• (8) US Battery US2200 Batteries
• MPPT 60A Network Controller
• 40ft #10/2 cable, MC4 connectors
• Metal Combiner, 15A cct breaker
• 8ft #4 Controller Battery Cables and fuse
• 5’ 2/0 inverter cables and 250A fuse
• Battery Series and Parallel Cables ---$3605

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

For the panels, they are selling for:

100W MONO PANEL 100W INFO $146 = $1.46/w
includes cables and MC4 connectors

150W MONO PANEL 150W INFO $220 = $1.47/w
includes cables and MC4 connectors

So these prices are right inline with KevinK's quoted prices per watt for panels.

[KevinK]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

For the panels, they are selling for:

100W MONO PANEL 100W INFO $146 = $1.46/w
includes cables and MC4 connectors

150W MONO PANEL 150W INFO $220 = $1.47/w
includes cables and MC4 connectors

So these prices are right inline with KevinK's quoted prices per watt for panels.

it was $ 0.77/watt so this is still 2x

the Canadian solar once you can find online for $ 0.82/watt

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Originally Posted by KevinK

it was $ 0.77/watt so this is still 2x

the Canadian solar once you can find online for $ 0.82/watt

I was comparing to your online prices ($1.40-$1.50/watt) from your earlier post.