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The $23,000 probably have a capital cost of $30 per month or so, and if they're written off to nothing in 20 years (and the acquisition cost isn't lower by then
by marvin 5y ago
The $23,000 probably have a capital cost of $30 per month or so, and if they're written off to nothing in 20 years (and the acquisition cost isn't lower by then, which it will), that's another $100 per month.
So that leaves $270 per month for maintenance, emergency supply and other upkeep. Seems completely reasonable that the actual costs will be lower.
- koheripbal 5y agoThis is an apples to oranges comparison since there is no way he'd have anywhere near the same uptime as on-grid power.
- giantg2 5y agoHow did you come to that conclusion?
- jacquesm 5y agoIndeed, his uptime will be many orders of magnitude better than what the Ontario grid can provide. It's an apples to oranges comparison specifically because it is the lines (and not the generating capacity) that fails very, very regularly in rural Ontario.
- Ensorceled 5y agoMy rural Ontario cousins would like to chat with you about grid up time in rural Ontario.
- SamBam 5y agoThe top comment on this post [1] says the exact opposite, that the reason they are off-grid is precisely for the reliability. 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28998847 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28998847