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Being Green On a Beer Budget
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Being Green On a Beer Budget A few years back when our state was pushing solar enery, all publically held utilities were required to give a two dollar per watt installed rebate to their customers that took advantage of the solar energy program. Now to 99% people this means get a loan financing hire a installer then you have solar energy at about six to eight dollars per watt installed if not higher. Well i'm a serious do it your self sorta guy and some where up in that kinky play time head of mine is a well exercised gray matter mussel. Realizing i had been working with wind and solar energy for years just in a different application( amature sailboat raced from 1996-2001, and moved sailing yatchs for delivery along the east coast Florida keys, Bahamas, the duch west indies and alantic 2001-2005) it was easy to make the jump to use in a home setting, so a diving i went soaking up knolage while working on first and second masters. During about a six month period i researched, designed ,submitted plans to the city and was approved a permit to build a 9200watt sollar array on my property and tie it into the city's electrical system. Ok we the hard part was done now for the wallet ! I used a tax return check of roughly 7800 to be my budget and with my research had already priced the panels ,inverter ,wire ,boxs all hard ware to build my firt array, i came in under budget i bid myself minus labor 7200 dollars and up went the array. The city came out inspected the work signed off on it passing all work. Then i contacted the electrical company and they killed the power at the pole while i hard wired everything into the power meter box and i told them to turn it back on! And there is was half of my array installed and two weeks later i got a check from the power company for well more than the 7800 i budgeted so i filled for another solar rebate took the 8k and put another array in the power company looked it over signed off and two weeks later go another check for around 8k ( took seven months but i got my tax return back) . Now if youve been paying attention youll realize i just installed a 9200watt solar array got the electrical company to pay for it made a couple jingles in profit and all it cost me was labor! And im still saving money today with my free solar energy power plant on the north side of my acre property! Where did the beer budget come in well it was a hot summer had to buy a cold six pack at the end of each day complements of kansas city power and light! Ya i really got and installed over 26k worth of solar energy for free! Thats how you work a problem ppl..            Maggysowner A lie will make it halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on ~~~ winston churchill |
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