[Lowfer] The hydro installation

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Bill

what tankless hot water system will you use
I am in the thinking stage to replace
my 30 yr old 40 gallon water heater


Bob

 
On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 22:53:43 -0400 Bill Ashlock <ashlockw at hotmail.com>
writes:
> 
> Stan,
> 
> I'm about to install 5KW of PV panels on the roof in Ellsworth, NH. 
> The return rate from the grid up there is the same as the cost of 
> useage: $.16/KWH. This is a credit against your total useage and you 
> cannot make more than you consume so the trick is to make the 
> numbers match over a full year. In the summer I will be putting in a 
> lot more power than I will consume but in the winter season the 
> reverse will be true. This will be an all-electric house, using a 
> geothermal heat pump, and the numbers show that the net energy 
> consumed over the year will be '0' or less. If I burn some wood the 
> total energy will definitely be less than '0'. The walls are 15" 
> thick with an average 'R' value of the envelope including windows, 
> calculated to be around 50!
> 
> Bill
> 
> > Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 16:38:09 -0400
> > From: stanw1le at verizon.net
> > To: lowfer at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: Re: [Lowfer] The hydro installation
> > 
> >   When I had my photovoltaic vision, I could generate AC and turn 
> my 
> > meter backwards
> > to account for my usage from the grid. Any excess was a credit for 
> 0.05$ 
> > per KWHr.
> > That was the rate a few years ago.
> > 
> > The return on investment (ROI) did not meet my expectations, so I 
> did 
> > not get the multi KW
> > DC to AC inverter. Instead I only charge flooded lead acid 
> batteries and 
> > feed 12VDC to the shack.
> > 
> > If I were to do it again, I would get PV panels with an integral 
> > inverter, then feed the grid with AC.
> > Forgetting the batteries.
> > 
> > Stan, W1LE      Cape Cod     FN41sr
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On 10/4/2010 2:41 PM, Bill Ashlock wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Charlie,
> > >
> > > I was wrong about the $.16/KWH. This is a credit that can only 
> be used to offset electrical usage. AKA 'net metering'. There is 
> another rate paid by the local electric company aside from this that 
> is much lower, but I don't know what that is. Will check.
> > >
> > > Bill
> > >
> > 
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