This is crazy

You will be off grid?

 

buZZsaw BRAD may be looking for a thumb as long as you're in the "giving mood" !!



(sorry brad, just couldn't help myself..... )

 

LOL I guess it's more of a showing than a giving!

 

No, I will still be hooked up to the grid. In the summer months when I produce more than I use, I will be given a credit and when I'm using more than I'm producing in the winter months, I will be taking from that credit. The size of my system is designed off my yearly total usage so that it produces what I use each year.

 

I'd love to make that jump.

 

Out of curiosity what is the charge to be connected to the grid down there? It’s 14$ a month here.

 

Nothing is “free” they’ll just add the roof top charging system in ,x2 so, you’ll pay for it one way or another.

 

Usually you cant Dave!

1.9 thumbs up for that comment!

 

Me too - although the timing may be out further. Just started the permitting process which can take a while. But, have the contract in place and the engineering structural report so just waiting for bureaucratic stuff, then the install crew.

Not off-grid, still tied to the system,. Don't think in this climate I could ever go off grid since there are about 4 months out of the year that solar is meager. Perhaps next year I will look into doing a battery backup system.

 

Go big on the solar array and get some EVs, I highly recommend it and you can give the finger to the gasoline man too!

 

I'm not sure if it's the connection fee but I suppose it is. My salesmen said I will always have a $6 and some cent bill each month.

 

Do it. The initial price tag is more than I expected but with government rebates, the price was cut in half. I am choosing to finance it though and got a 0.99% rate on the loan due to having excellent credit. I fully intend to pay it off early though

 

Here in the communist state of NJ, you can only produce 105% of your yearly electric use...or that's all they will reimburse you for at least. As kids move out of the house, our demand will go down. We may look into an EV as our every day vehicle to help cut costs but there's no way the wife is getting rid of her Jeep or me my truck.

 

At $5 a gallon the average American spends a little under $3,000,oo a year on gasoline. That won't pay for an EV, nor the upgrade. Factor in the lowered maintenance costs for EV and you still don't get there. Buy an EV because you want one. Buy an EV because you like the idea of traveling on sun power.(if that's how you're powering it) (or coal )
That said, half my house will be off-grid in a few months with solar generator system. It takes a little longer to pay back buying batteries but I'll have power for my essential utilities/appliances in a power-outage. Power goes out my fridge, freezer, heating system (and maybe A/C) will keep running like it does every day. Sure beats running and tending to a gas/propane generator and I've done that.

 

This is completely opposite of my recent experience.

Both of our EVs were competitively priced with similar specd ICE vehicles. Add in nearly $10K in fed and state tax incentives and they are considerably cheaper. So our savings in “fueling” expense started on day one, add in that I can charge for free at work and my wife charges at home are offset by our array, add in the maintenance savings and the convenience of never having to go to a gas station again…pretty sweet deal to me.


The Pro Spec F-150 lighting is one of the least expensive EV options on the market right now and IMO an absolute steal esp if you factor in the $10K in incentives. When was the last time you could buy a brand new F-150 for $29K. Good luck finding one though.



We added whole house battery backup to our recent PV solar upgrade for the convenience of not having to deal with a generator same as you did. It was IMO a very expensive luxury as the number of times we are actually going to use the battery backup is a proverbial drop in the bucket and there is literally no savings in doing so.

 

Seeing $4.75 to $4.79 here in PA. Grocery store has shortage of items.
Talking with my friends who own/run farms, not sure how theyre going to make it with their cost of inputs. When my buddy told me his cost for fertilizer alone, I felt sick for him.
Im hoping for the best, but planning for the worse. I just wish I had another deer in the freezer.

 

There are

Lots of cheap electric car options out there. Add in the rebate and they become even cheaper. I tried posting a link but this site won't let me. A quick google search of "cheap electric cars" will show you how many cheap options exist.

 

I agree the F150 lighting is an interesting vehicle but your not going the 7,500 rebate maybe half from fords

 

A lot of them are cheap because the owners are dumping them because they've gotten the estimate for a battery replacement. Google tht while googling "cheap EV". When you factor in the battery cost and the labor cost of the swap they're not "cheap EV any more. Plenty of Tesla horror stories of owners hit with $27,000 new battery costs. If you own a Spark, Chevy has f#cked you. No more batteries for anyone. If it's still under warrantee they buy the car back. Is that the future for Bolt owners ? If you're not factoring in a replacement battery ( complete with the labor charge) you're comparing apples to oranges . Like salesmen and politicians and their pundits do. Half a story.

 

Ah! There's the rub!