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Comment on Tom Fitzpatrick, Residential Sales Director by The Economics of a Residential Solar Investment | King Solarman

The Economics of a Residential Solar Investment | King Solarman — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:31:40 +0000

[...] Tom Fitzpatrick is the Residential Sales Director at Southern Energy Management. Read more about him here. [...]

Comment on Solar Farm At Neuse River Wastewater Treatment Plant Energized by Chris

Chris — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:48:56 +0000

Great question, Scott. Actually, we just posted some on our Facebook page the other day. Here you go: http://on.fb.me/xqvZKu

Enjoy!

Comment on Solar Farm At Neuse River Wastewater Treatment Plant Energized by scott starr

scott starr — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:18:07 +0000

Have any pictures of the installation? The Google and Bing aerials haven’t updated yet to include the solar farm since construction.

Comment on I’d Rather Prevent A Solar PV Fire Than Put One Out by Chuck Ladd

Chuck Ladd — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:24:25 +0000

Bob,

What you said is correct. The differential current monitor functions similarly to a standard GFI wall receptacle – it will detect a ground fault by detecting a difference in current flow between the hot and neutral conductors. The monitor can detect a differential current of as low as 50 mA for a circuit that would carry 150 amps or more at full power. The isolation function will isolate all faults to the combiner level.

Comment on I’d Rather Prevent A Solar PV Fire Than Put One Out by Bob Townsend

Bob Townsend — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:14:28 +0000

So, if I understand correctly, this will operate like a GFCI, and stop power from going past the combiner box as soon as it detects a ground fault, sounding an alarm?

Comment on SOLAR 2011: Making North Carolina The Center of the Solar Universe! by making solar panel

making solar panel — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:01:25 +0000

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[...]SOLAR 2011: Making NC The Center of the Solar Universe![...]…

Comment on PV Protectionism: CASM’s Dangerous Strategy by The Solar Dude

The Solar Dude — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:02:18 +0000

Well said. Protectionism isn’t going to make solar or the US more competitive. It would only make SolarWorld more competitive, at our expense.

Comment on The Economics of a Residential Solar Investment by Tom Fitzpatrick

Tom Fitzpatrick — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:59:43 +0000

John,

Glad this piqued your interest. We’re happy to discuss your options off-line.

Thanks,

Tom

Comment on The Economics of a Residential Solar Investment by John Langlois

John Langlois — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:04:02 +0000

Tom, You said economics. That caught my eye. I’m interested in solar for my residence, but want to talk real dollars (not ballpark ‘it depends’) stuff. If you would like to quote some options, just send me a note. My home is 3,000 square foot. 1 year old. Apex, NC. I’ll need to know total costs and what government programs will subsidize the project. I’m assuming that I pick different systems with different specs/costs.

Comment on An Intro To The ECO Home by Shannon

Shannon — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:54:04 +0000

Hi Heather,

Thank you for your question. The homeowner can choose which improvements they would like to make. We present all of your options and what efficiency impact they will have and you can choose from there.

The grant funds are immediately available and are paid to the service provider directly. The funds are given based on % of energy efficiency improvements. If you choose work that results in a 5% efficiency increase, the grant will pay for 5% of the work. 30% efficiency increase, the grant will pay for 30% of the work, 55% improvement, grant pays for 55% of the work and so on. The grant funds are capped at $9,000 per household.

Please let me know if you have any additional questions. Thanks and have a great day.