Thread: 44 Solar panels fitted today

Originally Posted by uninformed

any idea of what the performance or efficencey for the pannels is after 25 years?

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80%

Originally Posted by Tank

Had a bloke from Enviroment and Hertage round the other day and he reckons that it would take about 20 years to get the cost back (use about $1200/year) for an installation on my place, not only that but it is doubtful whether the panels and inverters would last that long anyway, so more replacement costs, is he right, Regards Frank.

Sunny boy inverters are built to a 20 year life span, the cheaper jobbies lessen from there

Its merely math, work out average output of the system and do the sums

Originally Posted by Tank

Had a bloke from Enviroment and Hertage round the other day and he reckons that it would take about 20 years to get the cost back (use about $1200/year) for an installation on my place, not only that but it is doubtful whether the panels and inverters would last that long anyway, so more replacement costs, is he right, Regards Frank.

$25000 @ 6% is $1500 per year in " opportunity cost" to start with (i.e. if you just put the capital cost $$$ in the bank for interest) , add in the depreciation costs of the panels (how many years to write them off) plus the rebate money from the rest of us taxpayers...The recs are now questionable (scams) etc etc and it all adds up to another pink batts (= Green mafia) fiasco.

Went to Canberra a few months ago and was stunned at the number of windmills around Collector and the Sth/Eastern area end of Lake George...there must be close to 90. Once all the tax breaks etc have gone and the 'first movers' have sold out to the suckers (= superannuation funds etc) and the market collapses...what's left? hundreds of squealling rusty windmills ...the reclamation costs are going to be enormous...

time for a cuppa tea and a slice of organge (make that yellow) cake