Congrats on the install. 47 cents/kWh is insane. No wonder Apple went all out on solar on their spaceship. Payback must be months instead of years. One way around all the hassles of dealing with the utility would be to put battery-based solar in with the grid set up as a "backup generator"...

ed5000, congratulations! Most people I know had to wait far longer for PG&E to come out and install their new meter, all the while the old meter was not recording any benefit from the active solar for the owner. Good luck on figuring out an advantageous rate structure - All together it took abo...

Modern solar modules with microinverters are perfectly safe and easy to install, but the hurdles of permitting, interconnection agreements, and installing a production meter prevent most small scale solar from happening..... I'd seriously posit that a 120 VAC microinverter outputting through an ext...

I have a new 5.5KW solar system on my roof and I just got PTO (permission to operate) last Friday. I figured this was a must have accessory to go with my I-meiv. Installation went pretty smoothly, even with a two week delay from PG&E due to the wildfires in Paradise which was understandable. In ...

My brother in Greenville, NC has a black 2012 i-miev but in checking google maps I see that you're over 5 hours and 330 miles away! A long ways for being in the same state. Let me know if you have any reason to be out that way.

Ed

Wow, good luck!

You'll have to let us know about your next car.

wmcbrine wrote:

It looks like an improved version of one of those pusher trailers.

I wonder why the old pump drew so many more amps.

Thanks for sharing.

What a great way to see the country!

The unique thing about this seller (Rose Motorcars) is that they're a used car dealer but, the only thing they sell are used electric vehicles. Something I find refreshing. I've been by there and they have at least 50 electrics for sale of just about any modern make and model. https://sfbay.craigsl...