XPost: alt.home.repair, uk.d-i-y, alt.sci.physics   
   From: daniel47@eternal-september.org   
      
   Commander Kinsey wrote on 8/06/2019 4:04 AM:   
   > On Fri, 07 Jun 2019 03:46:18 +0100, Bob F  wrote:   
      
      
      
   >> You know this for every supplier in the world?   
   >   
   > Well if you live in the desert maybe you can actually make real money   
   > instead of stealing it from the taxpayer.  But in most places, solar   
   > panels are next to useless unless you want to charge up a couple of AA   
   > batteries.   
      
   No farm, just a normal 3 bedroom house with 20 solar panels that I   
   installed about two years ago costing about $4,500.00.   
      
   Last month, being the start of Winter, i.e. lower sunlight levels, my   
   Solar rebate (after any power I might have used during the day) was   
   $21.49, so, even at this low sunlight rate, I'd repay the panel costs in   
   about 17.5 years.   
      
   O.K., I'd have not earned interest on that $4,500 for that time, but,   
   then again, I'd have been getting 'free' daylight power myself for that   
   time!!   
      
   Taking into account the greater quantity of power I will(/have) be   
   generating during Summer, that pay-back time would be reduced (to,   
   maybe, 10 years'ish!!).   
      
   Just saying!!   
   --   
   Daniel   
      
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