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Originally Posted by Tribal
Sorry if its been answered already - but for those who are on Solar - what happens when there is a power outage? Does your system keep you self sufficient or are you still at the mercy of the energy providers?
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my inverter needs power from the grid to "energise" the system......a small amount of power is sent into the inverter to initialise it so if the grid power fails it will not energise and does not send any power out
so no it will not be any good during a power outage
just to answer a couple of questions that have been raised with false content
the average usable amount of sunlight to fall on the mid section of Australia is around 6 hours.....thereby any system that is facing north, unshaded and angled correctly will receive that amount
thereby a 5 kilowatt system averaging 6 hours per day will produce 30 kilowatts on average per day
30 kilowatts X .44c = $13.20....per day
a 5 kilowatt system can cost as little as $8,799 from
http://solardelight.com.au/system_pa...s_tn_494kw.php
given that is $369.60 per month production the system will be paid off within a couple of years, how is that a bad thing
also it must be remembered that the power bill will be severely reduced!
these facts were found after a couple of minutes of searching on the net, I don't know anything about the company but their are heaps of companies out there
I don't know what subsidies are available or rebates that are applicable, but a little research can find that out!
but just do your homework before making your mind up!.....as I say HONEST figures