Very good point! Thanks Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 18, 2016, at 6:26 PM, Robert Bruninga via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > Houseboat, perfect! > Yes, you need battery power overnight when UNDERWAY, but no more. Because > when the sun comes up, you have all the power you need. > > Now, what most "wanna-go-off-grid" people overlook is that when the sun is > shinning and you are not using the boat underway, then your batteries are > fully charged and from that point on, y our investment in solar is doing > you nothing. Every day, once your batteries are full, there is n o place > to put the excess power. > > That's where grid tie is a hands down winner. It lets you bank all your > excess power at full retail rates... and it helps your fellow man as well > as yourself by reducing your carbon footprint.... > > I'm putting a 3 kW array on a floating deck and two $100 deep cycle marine > batteries and 2 trolling motors.. The batteries will make it a boat so I > can register it and make it legal. The fact that the other 99.9% of the > time it is feeding my house is gravy. And because it is a boat, it does > not violate the rules for piers) and lets me DOUBLE the size of my array on > the water).. (the only place I have sun.).. See: > http://aprs.org/alternative-energy.html about 40% down the page... > > Same goes for RV's that just sit by the house 99% of the time. Cover them > with solar panels for when you are remote-wilderness camping, but all the > rest of the time, let them bacfeed your grid so that you are getting return > on their investment everyday, every photon,... > > But without grid tie, and net metering, you cannot do anything to your > advantage with all that solar power. except the 1% of the time you actually > use the RV or boat. A terrible return on investment. > > Bob, Wb4APR > > >> On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 6:01 PM, Ty Delaney <stargaize...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> I really appreciate this information. As much as I would like to be free >> of the grid, I now see I must make a hard, educated decision. The >> difference for me is I live on a houseboat. I have decent reliability grid >> shore power when docked. But when I leave the dock I must rely on dirty ice >> genny. However, because it's a boat, I must carry enough deep cycles to run >> everything anyway. So for me, it's a question of more batteries more >> weight, more maintenance or more panels, less weight, maintenance, and more >> reliance on the sun. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>>> On Jan 18, 2016, at 10:28 AM, Robert Bruninga via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>> to: > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160118/208b36fa/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
