Solar Energy for Homes, personal experiences

[timhollerbach]

Its not a bad idea, but you have to have enough panels installed to make more power than you think you'll consume.....and sell it back to the grid, otherwise, its not worth it. Also, if you can get the tax credits, its the only way it'll pay for itself. If you have to foot the entire bill, you'll never see the return on your money....unless you can sell an awful lot of power back....The technology is improving on solar every day, but its still not as efficient as it could be....if the technology continually improves, it'll be worth it pretty soon.

Solar Panel guys will promise you the sun and moon and you'll think you're gonna be ahead of the curve, in reality, the energy models they show you are not realistic and are in a "perfect world" where there are no clouds....we know that's not true....so don't believe everything they tell you!

I'm speaking from some experience....I do not have any on my house, but I'm an architect, and I have done many buildings with them....I've sat with solar panel salesmen and engineers, the engineers are a hell of a lot more accurate....and what I'm saying is what they've told me....