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Old 11-21-2015, 06:42 PM   #7
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From my experience, the payoffs can be up to 20 years so its not likely you will pay them off in energy savings in 5 years, the efficiencys of the panels are no where near where they need to be. I believe the best efficiency rating of the common panels is something like 23-24%.

Also, there are situations where having solar panels on your house will increase homeowners insurance because of potential damage and added cost of roof repairs as well as problems that could arise of there is ever a house fire. Solar panels cannot be turned off, they continue to produce power so long as they are exposed to light, so fire companies will be unable to put water on the house due to the electrocution hazard. I know some companies are told to let the house burn in some instances because of this hazard.

I don't install these but as an electrician I have dealt wire a lot of homes with solar panels on roofs or with arrays in the yard. My honest opinion, solar power is a wonderful thing but the technology just isn't there to make it practice yet. I see all these fields filling up with solar farms and I would not be surprised to see them all abandoned in10-15 years
Whoa, alright I'm glad I asked. That's actually terrifying. The fire hazard part is unacceptable to me.
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