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The ROI on a solar water heater is terrible. Cost us $10k before rebates (half that with) and saved us less than $50 a month in electricity. If I stuck around
by Guvante 3y ago
The ROI on a solar water heater is terrible. Cost us $10k before rebates (half that with) and saved us less than $50 a month in electricity.
If I stuck around for a decade it might have paid off but given a family member's unit didn't last that long (the part that held water went bad and a replacement was $4k, not exactly economical on a ⁴ year old system)
Ended up it was a pop up company designed to appropriate the green money by "improving your A/C efficiency" which of course probably only lasted a year or two given it was just blasting foam into the vents...
- smolder 3y agoThere are a lot of grifters out there wasting peoples money spent with good intentions, which is really frustrating. Sometimes it's not even a grift, just incompetence will lead to poor ROI, because contractors lack the skills to be efficient or do quality work. I'm somewhat convinced I'm going to have to become a home builder myself to end up with something that's long-lasting, comfortable, healthy, and energy efficient, all without being robbed blind.
- friend_and_foe 3y agoIt's really starting to get that way isn't it? You basically have to build your own house to get something that isn't made of paper.