If you have any knowledge in this it would be very appreciated.
I just bought a foreclosure house with a 20 x 40 built in pool and i heard the bills are big to run these, Luckily i live in Michigan and i cant use it year round.
the house was listed 2 years ago at 340000 i picked it up for 162000.
How much energy does your pump consume?
A 200W solar panel generates between 0.5kW to 1kW per day (depending on your location). That’s 15-30kWh/month. So if your pump consumes twice that much, you would need two panels plus an inverter. That’s a pretty poorly designed system where inverter and installation costs will be disproportionate to the return on investment. One can make the same argument for basically all systems below 1-2kW peak power output. At probably $6/W (including installation), that’s at least $6000-$12000 for a minimal system.
How much energy does your pump consume?
A 200W solar panel generates between 0.5kW to 1kW per day (depending on your location). That’s 15-30kWh/month. So if your pump consumes twice that much, you would need two panels plus an inverter. That’s a pretty poorly designed system where inverter and installation costs will be disproportionate to the return on investment. One can make the same argument for basically all systems below 1-2kW peak power output. At probably $6/W (including installation), that’s at least $6000-$12000 for a minimal system.
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A LOT!
I’m not sure exactly, but solar panels are expensive. If they weren’t I’m sure lots of people would be buying them to lower their energy bills.
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Try wind power, or a combination of wind and solar to cut your costs.
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I figure your pump will be around 1HP.
That would take at least 1700W.
Figuring your panels would generate for 5 hours per day and you may want to run your pump more that that.
That comes to… Uh, what did you pay for the home?
Anyway, if the other guy is correct, and actually $6/W sounds right.
A mere $10,200 (not a typo) for a pump that only runs on a sunny day.
Best way to conserve on pump hours – buy a solar cover. It keeps the dust and stuff out.
Enjoy!
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http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/house.asp
If you know the power load you can plan the solar. You just need to understand how many watts per day you will use. Know how many sun hours per day you have in your area. Divide the usage by the sun hours and you have how many watts in solar you need. You might want to add 20% for power losses in wiring and other.
One thing you should do first is install a voltage conditioner before you even think about adding solar. Motors waste power big time, So cut the waste before you buy solar. One solar module would cost you 900 dollars when you could invest 300 and may not need one or more of the modules.
http://www.oynot.com/power-save.html Page is kind of slow to load because of a video on the page. It just shows you how to install a voltage conditioner and test the savings.
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