Aug 22
Can someone give me a ball park figure on home solar panel system install after rebates?
Category: Q&A
estimated cost of complete install and size
What im wondering, is if i can get a solar panel system installed on my home in sunny nevada for around ,000?
system on the smaller size; for one person in 3br/2ba newer home.
Tags: solar panel system
August 22nd, 2010 at 9:34 pm
You get a 30% federal tax credit (if your taxes are enough), so that’s a $14,000 system that you’re talking about. Possibly Nevada has some incentive dollars, too – I don’t know. That will buy a 2 kW, maybe 3 kW system. If you have A/C, it will probably not keep up.
The best way to get an idea of costs is to contact a professional installer in your area. Be ready with your electric bills for the past year if you can.
If you’re construction oriented, you could put up a system yourself, getting a kit from a place like http://partsonsale.com/solarhomekits.html – but it’s not a project to be taken lightly. If you’re the kind of person that would re-roof their own house, or add a branch circuit to a room, then it might be for you.
We put up our own in 2006, and it’s still working fine. The cost breakdowns are at http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/roderick/solar/photovoltaic.html