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I bought a 30-year old house that had hydronic panels/tanks installed around the same time as Carter's. I replaced them with photovoltaics in 2003 and did not
by anonymousiam 5y ago
I bought a 30-year old house that had hydronic panels/tanks installed around the same time as Carter's. I replaced them with photovoltaics in 2003 and did not notice any change at all in my gas bill (used for water/house heating). So the design was not efficient at all, but it did qualify for the tax incentive, which is why everybody was installing them then.
I removed the photovoltaics after a little over 10 years for the same reason that Reagan did, roof repairs. I did not re-install them.
- supernovae 5y agoWhy would electric generating panels impact your gas bill? and why would you not put them back after a new roof?
- nightfly 5y agoThe removal of the previous system (that was supposed to help with water/room heating) didn't increase the gas bill
- supernovae 5y agoright, but why not reinstall the photovoltaics? those generate electricity and offset electric bill and to a great degree even after 10 years..
- nightfly 5y agoThat's only true if the site is well suited for it. It seems very possible that after running the system for 10 years they found it it wasn't worth the cost/effort reinstallation and maintenance work for what they'd get out of it, even long term.
- knowaveragejoe 5y ago