I'm certainly no expert in solar panels, but my understanding is if you start off with a panel that has a higher efficiency you'll have less degradation over time. This website does a much better job of explaining losses. Basic gist of it is, in 20-25 years, a 5kW system will only produce 20% of it's original capacity...so 4kW. This is assuming your doing annual maintenance on your panels like washing, checking for damage etc. Still....4kW is better than nothing. After taking a look around at panel efficiency and losses again..it appears many of the numbers look better than they did a few years ago. It was assumed most panels lost about 1% a year. Now it's closer to 0.5-0.8% for many manufacturers. Sweet! Might be time to look at the numbers again.
Thats one hell of a system Bilsch. I think the LiFePo4 banks in that range are an extra $12-14k. Montana is no stranger to inclement weather. How does your system fair in the winter time?
My father used to work for a large SoCal power company as a transmission lineman. In fact many high tension power lines that cross the 5 fwy in southern california as well as palm springs and the high desert area were put up by him and his crews. That said..I grew up around that industry and worked in it myself for awhile but have little knowledge of wind farms in general. I'd be curious for a more detailed explanation from someone in the industry as well. I do know that geography and altitude play an important part in where wind farms are set up and how their outputs are calculated. Often times if the wind is blowing hard and you see the turbines not moving, it's a protection mechanism to keep them from spinning apart. Other times it's to try and balance out the demand on the grid. Too much electricity produced is almost as bad as not enough.
Non-Compete's aren't enforceable in California. Nearly every EV company has recruited Tesla engineers.
Ran across an article from a month ago about tesla filing a lawsuit against Rivian for stealing “talent and trade secrets“.
Imagine the off-road potential that truck has! There’s quite a few Jeep owners who have dumped a lot more money modifying their rigs than what a Rivian will cost.
Under $5K, 50 mile range.
seriously? Sarcasm is often lost...
No sarcasm. It doesn't have to be pretty, just get me to work on time. I actually tend to prefer a little ugly. People aren't as likely to make car slam on their brakes if it has a few dents already. I don't like car payments so I only buy what I can afford to pay cash for. Most I have ever paid was $3,250 so far. That car has lasted me 11 years so far so I consider it a good buy, but far from my best.
look at used Nissan Leafs. Maybe just north of 5k but the range is more than 50 miles. Won't win any beauty contests though.
I've actually been considering this Leaf but there are a lot of reports online that batteries from that year are failing - some are down to 20-30 mile range. I'm probably stuck waiting at least 5 years before the ones with better batteries are in my price range.
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