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Old Oct 18, 2023 | 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by AMIRZA786
They pay pennies and sell it back for retail rates. Plus they charge us $11 a month grid fees
you poor, poor thing. of course people WITHOUT solar there are the ones really getting soaked.

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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
you poor, poor thing. of course people WITHOUT solar there are the ones really getting soaked.
That doesn't make them any less crooks and incompetent. They have actually made it harder for people to afford solar due to recently enacted rules they pushed for that make solar less attractive to new customers
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You should strike!
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
You should strike!
I'm going off the grid! Let's see how long that lasts
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Old Oct 19, 2023 | 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
doesn't the power company pay customers for the solar power sent to the grid? and they likely pay out less than they would get selling it, plus transmission losses.
Depends on the deal; mine is pretty good. I am on NEM2, which credits me for generation and debits me for use. Annual true up.
But even if they do, PG&E did not have to spend more capital to get the electricity. Basically, I am my own company, funded by me. FYI, I love my solar.
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back to home chargers ...

i have approved deal and electrician to have the chargepoint flex wired charger installed in my garage. it will happen shortly after the electrician receives the charger. i told electrician i want a 60A circuit and he calculated it will take 35ft of wire to get to the charger location from the panel, which is a big chunk of the cost.

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Excellent! What was the cost if you don’t mind sharing.
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Excellent! What was the cost if you don’t mind sharing.
after discounts and the supposed 30% fed tax credit it should be about $1400 (so $2100 up front, $700ish back later).
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
after discounts and the supposed 30% fed tax credit it should be about $1400 (so $2100 up front, $700ish back later).
Sounds about right, my neighbors was $1,500. The run of cable is a big expense, that’s already done at my place I just have to have it run into the garage and finished.
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Wire isn't that much 40 feet is $200-$250.
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If your panel has the empty slots and just needs the wire run 35 feet...

Dam, I would've done it myself.

Wham, bam, thank you mam, done easy peasy.

Of course I don't recommend it for newbies, not a good diy for first timers. Lol
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Originally Posted by LeX2K
Wire isn't that much 40 feet is $200-$250.
It's the labor for pulling that wire. That means it's 40 feet from the panel, and 40 ft of piping, and pulling it through the pipes. Electricians charge around $120 to $140 an hour
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Originally Posted by Margate330
If your panel has the empty slots and just needs the wire run 35 feet...

Dam, I would've done it myself.

Wham, bam, thank you mam, done easy peasy.

Of course I don't recommend it for newbies, not a good diy for first timers. Lol
I don't know what the wiring codes are in Florida, but here you have to run it through pipes. That means the cost of the piping, bending and cutting an sometimes putting them through walls or roofs and securing them
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Originally Posted by AMIRZA786
It's the labor for pulling that wire. That means it's 40 feet from the panel, and 40 ft of piping, and pulling it through the pipes. Electricians charge around $120 to $140 an hour
Exactly. The bulk of the cost of the job is the wire, the wire itself, the labor to run it, conduit etc
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Old Oct 19, 2023 | 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by AMIRZA786
I don't know what the wiring codes are in Florida, but here you have to run it through pipes. That means the cost of the piping, bending and cutting an sometimes putting them through walls or roofs and securing them
Almost all jurisdictions require a conduit.
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