Post #1841066

2025-12-27 16:22 UTC

@etchedpixels Yeah, though at least when I bought there were still government subsidies available. Not so much with the current administration. And while it is indeed expensive to install here compared to the rest of the world, we're also paying way higher rates for electricity too, so it balances it out a bit. We expect the system to have paid for itself in ~6 years.

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@gumnos@mastodon.bsd.cafe 2025-12-29 02:37

@tojiro If you don't mind sharing: • are there any ongoing maint. costs associated with them? (do they require a $500 tune-up every couple years? $10k battery replacements costs every decade?) or other issues like insurance costs? • did you purchase outright and thus own them, or are they leased like one of our neighbors whose install-company actually ends up still owning the hardware? (a mixed bag for them, IIUC—the company is responsible for maint costs, but also takes a cut of the monthly payback of power returning to the grid) (I was also going to ask about time-to-break-even-point and total install cost, but saw your follow-up 6-year estimate which, at ~$5k/year savings sounds like the total install-cost was ~$30k)

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