08-30-2014, 06:36 AM
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Originally posted by leilanidude
I also cannot imagine a landlord trusting a renter with a battery system.
As the market grows and more people pull the plug from HellCo there will services available to water your batteries monthly for you and clean the glass of your modules. It would be a good expansion service for window washing companies.
It's really not very difficult to add distilled water to your batteries, but for older people and landlords not wanting tenants to do it, paying someone to service them regularly would be helpful.
Also, there are hydrocaps available for your batteries that take the hydrogen and oxygen battery gas and catalytically recombine into pure H2O and return that pure water back to each battery cell so that you don't even have to water your batteries regularly. Basically zero maintenance.
The good news for future Punatics dreaming of building their home here is there are new products coming out which incorporate the photovoltaic right into the building materials. No modules and expensive racking to buy. Translucent photovoltaics incorporated into your windows and roofing materials.
http://www.onyxsolar.com
http://mitei.mit.edu/news/transparent-solar-cells
They'll even have pv paint that you just paint your house with. It's already been created.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2qlw3fsK8s
Everyone will have their very own micro-grid, and no HellCo bill. Wouldn't it be nice to remove all those ugly power lines? Most of us will see this in our lifetimes.