2010-2015 solar panel production – comparing over the years

Here is the graph that shows the annual production from August 2010 to December 2015. In 2013, the modem was out and so it did not report for a month which is why 2013 seems a little low. I was not living in the house at that time and had not know of the downed […]

March 2016 solar panel production

My home is in the Moreno Valley, CA area if you need a sense of location. Throughout the year the weather influences the production, shading from nearby trees and power poles, but from year to year it is pretty steady. By the way my referral code is 27596 to get extra money off the purchase […]

February 2016 solar panel production

Here is the graph for the solar panel production for February 2016.

2015 year totals for solar panel production for my home in SoCal

Here is the graph for the year 2015. So each year the total production drops a little bit as the panels age. In 10 or 20 years it will be interesting to compare the total production and percentage of decrease. I have a friend in Arizona who uses his 40 year old solar panels and […]

January 2016 solar panel production

Hi and welcome to my blog on using solar panels on my home. I now have over 5 years of solar panel use and my blog was daily for the 1st year and then less often as time has gone on. If you have many questions, maybe some will be answered by looking at year […]

January 2015 solar panels output graph

Here is January 2015 solar panels output graph. The system still saves over $1000 a year on electricity after paying the lease and electric bill from SCE, each year I save even more because the SCE bill has higher rates for electricity every year. Now the tiers go from 15 cents to 31 cents, ouch. […]

December 2014 solar panels output

Season’s Greetings! Here is the graph for December 2014.

$500 and a free iPad2

So go to sungevity.com, click on iQuote put in your address and other information add my name or referral number 27596 and get an extra 500 dollars back after installation and a free iPad2. Very cool! You will be glad you did, all my friends and neighbors are. See previous blogs with Robert’s installation and […]

August 18 solar panel results

My classroom air conditioner started breaking down 2 weeks ago and Monday stopped working period.  Maybe tomorrow it will get fixed. It is not fun teaching in a room that is over 90 degrees with stagnant air and no breeze. It will be fine soon. Onward and forward. I put 2 fans in my room […]

3.2 kW

Yes, it is Friday and there were clouds and fog and sun and heat. Look at this graph below and see. Also the highest point of the graph 3.2 was much higher than any of the last month. Go figure. Comments?