[clug] OT: Solar power recommendations and advice

[Felix Karpfen]

On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:02:29 +1000, Michael Still wrote:

> I am having a 2.2kW system fitted in 8 days. I asked Armada for a quote,
> but they were prohibitively expensive compared with solargain.com.au.
> 
> At the time I built this spreadsheet to help with the comparison:
> 
> http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?
key=tgxDOSnFVzZITU1yzHSk0vw&single=true&gid=0&output=html
> 

I devoted a significant amount of time exploring the information derived 
from the above spreadsheet - including the time needed to read the 
(published) fine print on promising systems.

I ended up with two questions that published data cannot be expected to 
answer; both questions can readily be answered by responses to my 
original request (for observed performance of Canberra installations).

My questions now are:

1. What electricity outputs can be achieved in Canberra, given that the  
outputs are affected (to varying degrees) by the (internal?) temperature 
of the panels; and

2. How good were the quality controls of the manufacturing processes?  
What, if anything, went wrong and when?
 
Hence I repeat my request for follow-up information from people who have 
plunged into PV.

Since CLUG is not an appropriate forum for such information, I hope that 
Peter Barker's suggestion (to post the information to "Sustainable 
Housing" mailing list) will be taken up.

Felix Karpfen


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