Solar power systems for the home

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Depends if you want to include Pluto or not.

Would like a quote with and without Pluto included.

[Bigtime]

So close to a 50/50 split for power in April:

[gasman]

Originally Posted by ken0042

I'm still very much in awe of how you can be consistently under 300 kw/h per month in use.

I am also a family of 4, and reviewing my atco bills, I have never dipped below 600kWh and have spiked to 1800kwh in a cold month when I forgot to turn off my garage heater.

Last month was 805kWH. I can't image what sub 300 would look like.

[BigNumbers]

I used 3,500kwh in the cold snap! I am at nearly 8-10x Bigtime... 3,800 sq feet developed space and a bitcoin operation will do that, I suppose!

[Bigtime]

Solar, so hot right now:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...tion-1.6017305

[Lubicon]

Speaking of solar being hot, are there any stats that show the split in solar installations between electrical generation vs. heating? I've often wondered if the better option would be to use solar to preheat domestic water before sending to the water tank, use it in heat exchanges etc. for home heating/cooling. I've seen some of those systems in other places but never here.

[tkflames]

Originally Posted by Lubicon

Speaking of solar being hot, are there any stats that show the split in solar installations between electrical generation vs. heating? I've often wondered if the better option would be to use solar to preheat domestic water before sending to the water tank, use it in heat exchanges etc. for home heating/cooling. I've seen some of those systems in other places but never here.

I have only seen one water heating system in the city, with the majority rural. They are more popular in Southern Ontario I found.

[keratosis]

Originally Posted by Lubicon

Speaking of solar being hot, are there any stats that show the split in solar installations between electrical generation vs. heating? I've often wondered if the better option would be to use solar to preheat domestic water before sending to the water tank, use it in heat exchanges etc. for home heating/cooling. I've seen some of those systems in other places but never here.

Drake Landing in Okotoks has a community that uses solar water heating I believe.

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[Bigtime]

Stats from our system from May:

[CroFlames]

Seeing your monthly stats is cool.

I can't help thinking that a battery bank would be economical for you? You are producing more than you use so you could effectively be energy independent if you could store it.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

Seeing your monthly stats is cool.

I can't help thinking that a battery bank would be economical for you? You are producing more than you use so you could effectively be energy independent if you could store it.

Unfortunately you can't save a summer's worth of energy to use in the winter. It would help overnight, but they aren't cheap. Probably more affordable just to take the energy credit.

[Bigtime]

Fuzz pretty much nails the battery dilemma for us, and that the place we'd most likely have to put them is in the basement, which could flood.

I'm happy to get some money back for putting the power onto the grid.

[Bigtime]

Let me know if these bumps drive anyone crazy, here are the stats for our system in June:

[gasman]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

Let me know if these bumps drive anyone crazy, here are the stats for our system in June:

Hey bigtime, I may have missed this in the thread but how big is your system. I am scheduled to have a 10.1kW system installed next month.

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by gasman

Hey bigtime, I may have missed this in the thread but how big is your system. I am scheduled to have a 10.1kW system installed next month.

Ours is a 3.3kW system, 10 panels.

[GGG]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

Let me know if these bumps drive anyone crazy, here are the stats for our system in June:

They are awesome,

Great actual results for people considering installing panels.

Do get access to the crazy $900 an MWH for your surplus power we had last week?

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by GGG

They are awesome,

Great actual results for people considering installing panels.

Do get access to the crazy $900 an MWH for your surplus power we had last week?

Alberta microgen rules are you get the monthly average price. Mainly because of metering - they just install a bidirectional meter and read it once a month.

Of course, months with huge spikes will have a higher monthly average price...

[GGG]

Originally Posted by bizaro86

Alberta microgen rules are you get the monthly average price. Mainly because of metering - they just install a bidirectional meter and read it once a month.

Of course, months with huge spikes will have a higher monthly average price...

Yeah the 30 day rolling average was $120 in Jul 1st

http://ets.aeso.ca/

[Bigtime]

Bump time for July stats, I've actually configured this chart to show the Enmax billing cycle of July 2 to August 2:

[Calgary14]

I would be curious to know if the smoke has decreased the output of the solar panels, some days a few weeks ago would have been really sunny if not for all the smoke