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That's only a wash if you never have to maintain them in the lifetime of the 30 year mortgage.
by hueving 8y ago
That's only a wash if you never have to maintain them in the lifetime of the 30 year mortgage.
- toomuchtodo 8y agoYou don’t have to maintain them. Their warranty is 25 years, they’ll produce beyond that. It’s a no brainer.
- bonesss 8y agoOk, this isn't "the thing" with solar panels, but: they're going to require maintenance, be subject to wiring issues, and you have to clean those bad boys. Roof work is notoriously 'dangerous', and impacts people with mobility/age issues differently than most of us. The maintenance burden is more than just the warranty, and any cost calculations of power savings should account for those costs as well. [Oh, and we should all be god enough at high school level physics to solve the "climate crisis" in a few hours...]
- toomuchtodo 8y agoI disagree with your argument that panels need maintenance except for replacement of failed components under warranty, which would be done by the installer.
- bonesss 8y agoYou disagree that solar panels need washing and that electrical installations in houses require maintenance over time? ... okie ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ "Solar Is NOT Maintenance Free" -- https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2014/02/accelerating-u-s-solar-om-market-solar-maintenance-free/ https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2014/02/accelerating-u... -- "We like to think PV is maintenance free but it is not ... if you don’t do the maintenance, you can have sub-optimal asset performance." https://www.wikihow.com/Maintain-a-Solar-Panel https://www.wikihow.com/Maintain-a-Solar-Panel https://www.civicsolar.com/support/installer/articles/snow-solar-panels-best-practices https://www.civicsolar.com/support/installer/articles/snow-s...