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If you are doing solar, you should redo your entire roof. The solar is going to be up there for a long time, you want to make sure you have a good...
We had to completely reroof our house before putting the solar PV system on. New plywood, vents, gutters, etc. They estimated we had about 3 years...
I'm a little confused here. Is the issue that the upgraded OEM EVSE is taking 2 hours at 120V, which would be a nice improvement? Or that it's...
I would have loved to have done a PACE loan, or paid cash for my system, but that option wasn't available, so we went the lease route. The system...
Additional questions you should be asking: Does the system come with monitoring? Is there a performance guarantee? How long is the lease? Will...
This is the price we pay for cleaner air. It's a price that I'm willing to pay. I don't like it one bit when market forces conspire to raise the...
I store it in the car, in the dedicated spot for it. And yes, it's a pain to constantly pull it in & out of the car. Which is why at home I...
I double and triple checked the rates. You can see them for yourself at: Pacific Gas & Electric - Rates I looked at the Average Total Rate for the...
Not necessarily true for PG&E in CA. My PG&E rates before I put solar on my roof started out at 12 cents a kWh and could quickly rise to 34 cents...
If it weren't for CARB, we'd still have horrendous smog in the Los Angeles basin and be driving cars that got less than 15 MPG. I remember growing...
I went with the "directly behind the rear-view mirror" option.
Ah, the hot tub will definitely do it right there. Since we use our hot tub so infrequently, it pretty much stays off unless we've got specific...
So how do you prevent yourself from selling to the grid? Lots of load in the house?That's gotta be a lot of stuff you are running. I've got a...
Are you purely grid tied, or do you have some sort of hybrid battery system?
I went with the Clearwater Blue Metallic as blue happens to my favorite color. However, I was pretty disappointed in all the color choices, even...
While the concept of using the car as a generator for power outages is awesome, I can't imagine it'll be that simple to implement. I'm pretty sure...
We had a '98 Dodge Grand Caravan. Put over 160K miles on it in 6 years. It served us very well. My only complaint about that van was the brakes....
You should figure on spending at least $1000 - $1500 to get an L2 (240V) station installed at home. Some of the units include installation...
It all depends upon the number of panels you have, the wattage, and how much sun exposure you get. Assuming that the battery pack is 5 kWh, and...
This idea of building a portable solar charger for an EV has come up before. And it always comes up to be pretty expensive and not cost effective,...