Dan's Solar Blog
My solar panel installation day and experience with going green.

Apr
19

Here is this week so far…also my system details.  Remember if you use my referral number 27596 in your quote you can get an extra $500 back.

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Apr
18

March was awesome, not only did the solar make 606 kWh, my recent electric bill from SCE was $2 total. The generated electricity from the solar almost made a zero bill. Yahoo! Here is the graph for the month.

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Mar
26

Also known as Mr. Pip, Robert, my long time friend with solar panels from Sungevity on a lease, has sent me the latest solar panel output graphs. Here they are, thanks Robert.

 

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Mar
11

Here is a graph Sungevity sent me to the other day covering the help solar does for the planet.

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Mar
03

So if you have time, look back at the 2011 and 2012 February solar panel output graphs and see if they are different? Remember if you put in my referral number 27596 you get an extra $500 gift card from Sungevity after your solar is installed either as a purchase or lease. Shine on!

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Feb
10

Screen shot 2013-02-10 at 3.49.50 PM Here is the graph of yearly output for 2010, 2011, and 2012. In 2011, my first full year, the total output was 6499 and in 2012 the total was 6404, which means 95 less kWh from the first full year to second. That could be because of the weather, dirt on the panels, age of panels, or trees getting taller. Your ideas?

 

Feb
10

Hi

For a comparison look back at January 2012 and see if there is a difference. It might be the weather or shadows from trees. more clouds, or that the panels are one year older. Things to think about.

Here is the graph for January 2013. Enjoy!

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Dec
31

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 3,300 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 6 years to get that many views.

Click here to see the complete report.

 

Dec
11

All is good with the solar panels from Sungevity. Love them and how much energy they make and how little my electric bill is each month. As the Winter approaches the shadows of utility poles and trees shadow the panels a bit each day which reduces the total output. This is normal each November through February. The only solution is to cut them all down, smile, or trim them a lot.

Remember if you want to get the extra $500 gift card for using my referral number, go to sungevity.com and put in 27596 as the referral code. You will be glad you did.

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Nov
06

Here are my solar panel output results for my 3.7kW system from Sungevity. We had some rainy days as you can see. Enjoy!

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