Tesla’s solar roof Photo courtesy of Tesla
http://offgridsurvival.com/teslasolarroofshingles/Early next month, Tesla Solar will begin taking orders on their newest innovation, the solar power roof. Instead of installing huge bulky solar panels, panels that some neighborhoods consider an eyesore, homeowners will now be able to power their homes without attracting unwanted attention thanks to the new Tesla Solar shingle.
The solar-powered roof shingles were unveiled in October last year,
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Hey, Inor,
Is it too late to change the roof on your house?
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Those look neat, but Tesla has not release a price yet. One big thing about solar is the ROI (Return On Investment) on the system. A full house system could have a fifteen to twenty year ROI and with battery bank life at around the same length, the ROI is . . . squishy.
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Sparkyprep (03-28-2017),Walter Tyler (03-28-2017)
Solar just doesn't work here. Now if they had cloud power!
juskom95 (03-28-2017)
From what they told us when we were looking at it for the new house, the charge controllers and inverters have fairly limited life too (like around 8-10 years). Those are also pretty expensive. It seems the solar panels are the cheapest part of the whole setup.
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My small setup here in KY is enough for limited emergency use. It is only a small panel and a single deep cycle battery. Its enough for phone recharging and powering a radio though.Originally Posted by Unclefred
"Every person’s life is theirs by right. An individual’s life can and must belong only to himself, not to any society or community, or he is then but a slave. No one can deny another person their right to their life, nor seize by force what is produced by someone else, because that is stealing their means to sustain their life. It is treason against mankind to hold a knife to a man’s throat and dictate how he must live his life."
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We have one on our hunting cabin that my son built 8- 10 years ago. The batteries are defective now. It used to run the lights and phonecharging.
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Baby steps. We will get there. Thank God for visionary risk takers like Elon Musk.
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Eventually. I'm not sure he is the 'Solar Power God,' though. This idea (solar panel shingles) was proposed many years ago.
"Every person’s life is theirs by right. An individual’s life can and must belong only to himself, not to any society or community, or he is then but a slave. No one can deny another person their right to their life, nor seize by force what is produced by someone else, because that is stealing their means to sustain their life. It is treason against mankind to hold a knife to a man’s throat and dictate how he must live his life."
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