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Switching To Solar Power – One Month Later

Posted by Soulskill on from the bright-idea dept.

ThinSkin writes "After an interesting article on solar panel installation for the home, Loyd Case at ExtremeTech has written a follow-up after about a month of normal use. Posting an $11.34 electric bill (roughly 3% of previous months), Loyd shares his experiences using solar power and how it can be fun for the geek, with computer monitoring services and power generation data. Of course, solar power isn't all fun and games, given the amount of required maintenance — even unpredictable maintenance, like wiping off accumulated ash from fires in Northern California."

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  1. haha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    trix are for kids mutherfucker!

  2. Re:Why can't he sell it back? by CensorshipDonkey · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mod parent up, insightful stuff!

  3. Re:Why can't he sell it back? by SrJsignal · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Fundemental public services should not be privatized they should be public and operating in a fully transparent manner. Roads, Schools, Libraries, Utilities, and Health Care.

    HA
    hahahahaha, oh man you can't be serious. We all know how effective the government has been at all of those things....

  4. Re:Why can't he sell it back? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Like for chickens?