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bless 2020. RIP Tasty.

Remember, any prices these guys are giving you, are up for negotiation. I was able to negotiate my prices down by almost 20% from initial bids. Pick the repuatable contractors, preferably with their own crews and not guys who will sub out the work, and then play them against each other till you...

Literally could not be further from the truth aside from the "get off my lawn" feels.

This is my first year. Ordered a pair of 3lb packages of Carniolan bees and started them out in a pair of hives. One hive flourished and the other had the queen die in some way... quickly ordered a replacement queen and that one was either rejected or also died... so next year I will either be...

We have been an all-hybrid family since 2004. Bought a (9mo on wait list) Prius when the Gen3 model was first year and have had a civic hybrid (which was crap) replaced with a second Prius and now a Prius V. All the comments about low maintenance costs and fewer moving parts and easier on the...

Oh, and your quotes look to be coming in at something like $2.35-$3 per watt. Best give Tesla a call while you're at it... IIRC they use mostly Panasonics...

Modern LED (GE Arize are what I will be migrating to) is great for shorter/compact or young plants/starts... Not so much when they have height. I use custom soil mixes. Have resisted going hydroponic just for the rat-hole aspect of it.

~3,000 sf 2-story home built in 1990 with full unfinished basement. Natural gas heat, dryer, water heater, & range ... electric ovens, I have a 30yo AC and a second AC that's about 20 yo (so not exactly efficient), and I run about 1500W worth of grow lights 16hrs a day from Jan through mid-May...

Suburban Chicago. Union and permit capital of the world. Doubt it's significantly more expensive in any of those categories. That being said, my system was 9.6 kW of unobstructed SSW facing panels (aka high output efficiency). $40k is roughly in-line with system if you really need a 17kW...

Panel brands, inverter brand and size, and $/watt. Key numbers. $40k sounds like a BS price to me. I paid 28k straight up (before any incentives) for a 9.6kW system, SolarEdge inverter, and 29x 330W Panasonic panels. That was install Sept/Oct 2018. Prices have dropped since then.

WOW! That's all you get out of a 12 kW system in the mid-Atlantic? How many panels do you have north-facing and how much do you actually get out of those panels? That seems to me like wasted money. My 9.6kw system is maybe 10 degrees off due South in the Chicago area and this is my output...

not sure when the last time you did an analysis on this one, but with installed cost per watt under $2 and he's paying 3-4x $per kWh that others who see payback in 5 years... not sure how you come to the ole "could cost him more in the end"... sure, if he pays out of pocket and then sells his...

:rolleyes:You mean like offering a tax credit to put generation at the source of the consumption?

That is precisely the time to put in solar panels, though.

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: Definitely worth it in your situation. Don't know what your state incentives are, but between 30% federal tax credit and another state program, I was only out of pocket for about 35-40% of total project install cost. I'm presuming MA has net metering, so yeah, if...

What's up, fekkers? Haven't stopped by in ages but it just came to my attention about Jeff's passing and I just wanted to offer my condolences. I only "knew" him briefly online prior to his illness, but understand that Cape and a few others were close with him. Again, I'll raise a glass and...

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Bump... just because. ;)