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Old 09-23-2019, 07:20 PM   #10
Jim in CT
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Originally Posted by Nebe View Post
Apples and oranges, but I have 260 watts of solar on my boat. I can live on my boat from June to October if I want and run the fridge and all the lights solely on solar and a 400 amp hour battery bank.

The technology is there. It’s the cost that is prohibitive.
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there isn’t enough space to put as many panels as would
be needed to power 300 million people. your boat doesn’t have central air or a microwave or a washer/dryer does it?

we use a to of electricity, my wife
and kids are home in the summer, cranking the a/c and the electric pool heater. the august before i got panels, my monthly electric bill was $550, so we put panels on my entire roof ( we have no tall trees, get a ton of sun), it produces almost exactly what we use. but it killed a lot of
birds, and the panels
need to be disposed of
someday.
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