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submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

I'm sorry for posting this here. There isn't a solar panel instance, nor did I see anything for electricians. I know there's been a lot of gripe with certain solar companies (solgen being in litigation, and others) but I didn't hear much about freedom forever, since they're new to Seattle area where I'm doing this. Reddit seems to hate this company. But the price seems alright. I'm paying $22k for 7.4kw but getting it down to 15k after the state stipend. Less than $3 a watt which I'm guessing is really good. I'm planning to pay it off in 2 or 3 years. Not the full 25 which will cost me so much more. Can anyone point me in the right direction and if I'm making the right decision?

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Sorry for the industry jargon, but measuring things in kW won't give you the full picture, you want to compare things in "kWh". Your utility bill should show your price in $/kWh and the solar company should have given you a production estimate from Helioscope or some kind of similar energy estimating software that shows expected annual kWh output

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Change my kw with kwh. Those are kwh numbers for daily use. Sorry, I'm an electrician. I've been load calc'ing my VAV loads for my project, and I've been writing kw all day.

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