Budget solar panel system?

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Posted by: Kay
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We have a three bedroom home and every month our electricity bill gets higher and higher. We've decided it's time to look into alternatives and solar power is one.


Is it possible to have your home partially powered by solar panels, or is it all or nothing?  I would like to find out about installing a solar panel system that isn't going to break the bank. Trouble is, I've not seen anything that would give much change out of $10K.


What could be done to reduce that cost? Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks!

Category: Home & Garden
Did you get your home checked by Energy Star? Do you use all Energy Star appliances? Do you turn out the lights, turn off computers when your not home or using them?

Those simple things can save $$ a huge amount of money. We recently had two occupants leave the home for a month, so we turned off their devices and computers for a month and we saved $55 that month on electricity bills.

Also you can only run AC's during the day. (shut them off at night) and leave windows and doors open but with screens in to cool your house down with little cost to you.

Also turning off your computers for 10 hours a day will cool your home by about 2 degrees per computer.

If you live in a safe neighborhood you could leave the doors/windows open with just screens in all night. But remember to close them come morning!
Jun 5, 2010
Just a stupid question: where do you live? I've seen many solar panel powered houses in the South of France, but it the kind of region that is really shiny most of the year.
So prior to any help one could give you, this is a piece of information that seems compulsary.
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