PV Gap

Beatrice Said:

In how many years would a solar power system pay for itself?

We Answered:

Well, I have a freind who is completely off grid and if you ask him, it paid for itself the first time that the power company meter reader walked around his house looking for the meter to read. He got to go outside and order the meter reader off of his property and threatened him with a tresspassing arrest if he ever comes back. The satisfaction he felt on that one day more than paid for his entire system!

In all reality, there are far too many variables to answer this question accurately. You will get it paid for quicker if you remain on the grid and sell the excess power back to the power company, but it all depends on the size, quality, location, and capasity of your system versus the way that you use what your system produces. If you are really interested in this, there is a lot of really good information on
http://www.simplesolarhomesteading.com/
and they also have a Yahoo e-mail group too.