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Cool, how's the cost on them working out? Have they broken even? Any impact from subsidies/tax breaks?
by ufmace 13y ago
Cool, how's the cost on them working out? Have they broken even? Any impact from subsidies/tax breaks?
- ChuckMcM 13y agoI was part of the "first" California/Federal rebate/subsidy program. Depending on how you treat depreciation they have returned either 19 or 23% annually on their capital investment. Overall a solid investment even if they don't change the potential sale value of the house. At during the depths of the 2009 recession it was a much better return than my 401k portfolio. I'm considering replacing them with the latest technology. That cost/efficiency I believe I can boost them to 7.8kW raw conversion on the same mounts. I may also be able to boost total efficiency with some of the newer modes (mine are connected serially into high voltage strings, vs today where they are more commonly a set of parallel micro-inverters.