11-27-2012, 06:51 AM
If you live in Orchidland (cloudy days) and your wife wants a solar electric system to be simple (idiot proof), net metering is really your only choice. Does your wife want to watch your battery meter like a hawk when you've had two or three or more days with no sun? Does she want to think about and adjust her power consumption based on the number of days you've gone without sun? Does she want to use a backup generator from time to time (gas, noise, tune up)? If the answers are "no," then you should go with net metering.
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