10-16-2008, 02:35 PM
There are a lot of folks who aren't connected to the power grid at all and some who only have it as a backup. Go wind and solar and then you don't have to worry about the price of grid power. We've been completely off the grid for a long time and a lot of the rest of the folks around here are off grid, too. We, are, however, invested in Hawaiian Electric. They send us money instead of the other way around. You can do it, too, go off grid and invest in HE.
Frequently folks take their electric bill into a solar company and ask for a system sized to run their house. If you go that route it will be horrendously expensive. To get a much more reasonably priced system go over your house item by item and figure out how to use the least amount of power possible. Then take that number in to ask for a quote on a power system. That would be a much more affordable system.
Frequently folks take their electric bill into a solar company and ask for a system sized to run their house. If you go that route it will be horrendously expensive. To get a much more reasonably priced system go over your house item by item and figure out how to use the least amount of power possible. Then take that number in to ask for a quote on a power system. That would be a much more affordable system.
Kurt Wilson