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Re:The price of solar power just fell 50% in 16 months by luckydude on Saturday May 07, 2016 @12:04PM (#11650079)
Hey Chuck, I've been waiting for solar to come down and it sounds like it has. When you priced it, was it just for parts or was that $7K installed?

And for the do-it-yourselfers, how much of the cost is installation now? Is it practical to do most of the grunt work yourself and then get an electrician in to do the final part?

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Re:The price of solar power just fell 50% in 16 months by ChuckMcM on Saturday May 07, 2016 @12:49PM (#11650278)
As mentioned elsewhere it was just parts. Installation of grid tie systems isn't hard but does have a number of building code things you have to follow (at least in California). At the time we did the install my wife took a solar installer's course which went over the current code.

I can recommend that as a plan of action, find a local group offering job training as a solar installer and take it. Then using that knowledge you can design an installation that meets your local code.

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