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Old 08-18-2008, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by windeguy View Post
The example I mentioned above was for a 9 KW peak array. It is easy to change the parameters to say a 1 KW (at US$7.3K) system which takes 14 years to break even. A 2 KW system was 17 years to break even.
When they calculate things like that, do they take into account, maintenance, repairs, replacing components like batteries, inverters & solar panels, for instance?
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