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|    Rob Mccart to AUGUST ABOLINS    |
|    solar..they paid $80,000    |
|    07 Apr 25 02:07:00    |
      TZUTC: -0500       MSGID: 930.consprcy@1:2320/105 2c5aca53       REPLY: 1:153/757.21@fidonet 1f23368e       PID: Synchronet 3.20a-Linux master/acc19483f Apr 26 202 GCC 12.2.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.20-Linux master/acc19483f Apr 26 2024 23:04 GCC 12.2.0       BBSID: CAPCITY2       CHRS: ASCII 1       RM> My sister bought a bunch of solar panels and       RM> they don't make near the power claimed, not near enough to       RM> handle all their needs and they paid $80,000 for them.              AA>I suppose they have a system that charges a bank of batteries.        >Perhaps they can expand the capacity with more batteries?              AA>But the best strategy would be to adjust how they use the        >available power.              Actually it was set up with a contract with Ontario Hydro and       all the power they made was measured and fed back into the grid       and they were paid for that power while still being billed like       normal for the power coming into the house.              It seemed like that was going to be super profitable since they       were being paid per KWH more than 4 times what they had to pay       for the electricity they bought. But as I said it didn't work out       too well for them.. and the later contracts that Hydro set up like       that paid less than half per KWH what my sister was being paid.       ---        * SLMR Rob * Borrow receipts to take to the Tax Department        * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105)       SEEN-BY: 105/81 106/201 128/187 129/305 153/7715 154/110 218/700 226/30       SEEN-BY: 227/114 229/110 111 114 206 300 307 317 400 426 428 470 664       SEEN-BY: 229/700 705 266/512 291/111 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45       SEEN-BY: 460/58 712/848 902/26 2320/0 105 3634/12 5075/35       PATH: 2320/105 229/426           |
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