What home improvement work did you do today?

I've gone back and forth about adding additional panels (our house came with a small solar system...like 1.2kw) or just redoing all of it with storage.
Our power bill averages out to about 150-160/mo, seems like a solar payment would be probably around the 250-350 mark for say a 8kw system and a powerwall.

SMUD power is reasonably priced here outside of peak times


I think PG&E prices are around .40 non peak and .60 peak

 

Sweet jesus, i hope she doesn't melt. Its gonna be 112 today!

 

Phew.....we've been on a 10+ day heatwave in Sacramento (about 2-2.5hrs east of SF).....but the SF has been maxing out at low 70's. Bastards.

This was last saturday

 

Its all relative.....dry heat can be brutal! That elevation i'd probably be winded after taking a crap.

 

Ours stay pretty clean being on a concrete pad....but i on this heat wave, i've gone out a few times in the morning and hosed them off (gently).

 

Mark Twain: "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco."

 

Yeah they did.

 

thanks. yeah im still looking into it. iirc, for this they want you to change battery settings to only having it 30% reserved for backup and 70% for self powered/grid push. i prefer it configured 70% backup and 30% self powered/grid. i bought these things for backup power vs virtual pp so if the program dictates only 30% for backup, i'm out. our local power company sometimes has scheduled power outages in summer to manage grid when everyone is pumping their a/c's. you also have to turn off 'storm watch' which i don't want either. lol. storm watch monitors for storms and if one is coming, it will change to charging the battery to 100% so you have a full charge if things go sideways.

for the other question on cost it will very based on where you live imo. i'm in the sf bay area where everything seems 25% or more than other places in country. i used the same company as the last property in 2020. same setup but after covid it is 25% more expensive in 4 years. lol.

 

No joke.
My first time to SF was in July, froze my ass off in T-shirts and shorts

 

Some of you guys with 2.7 cents per kWh is almost unbelievable. I thought ours at 10.2 cents was good..haha. We bit the bullet when we moved in and took advantage of the 30% tax break. This time of the year on sunny days we generate about 100kwh per day. Our consumption went way up to 47 kWh the other day when it was 90 + and wife was doing laundry. We usually are in the 27 to 38 kWh usage per day. Our base charge for hookup is $15.75 per month and that has been our cost since April 2023. We get a credit for the electricity we put back into the grid, so we use it during the winter.

 

I have no idea.

 

lol. i'm about 80 miles south of sf (15 miles south of san jose) and yeah sf itself generally runs cool to cold for calif standards. where i am compared to sf, we are generally +10-20 degrees. our region is the armpit of the sf bay area. gets hoooot here.

 

you guys still SFG fans up there?

 

My power bill is usually $50-100, 2400sqft house with 100% electric appliances and a Tesla too! Most of the places around me don't even have underground gas as an option.

That's the benefit of our Hydropower, I would love to have some solar but it would take forever for the costs to offset

 

Yeah, not a fan.
I formed and tied bar for a 800sqft basketball pad last year, roughly 12 yards. Paid the professionals to finish it though

 

Holy F@C& a Duck....

I scream when mine hits $160 @ month during August....House at 75 daytime , 73 at night and electric hot water ...

Bills like that would dampen my "Retirement Lifestyle" but then again , we do not live in the Oasis called Arizona , we Live in The Swamp Of

Florida..

 

Ya I’m paying a professional to do it. I told him it needs to be thick enough and handle the weight of our travel trailer and future boat.