Lemme guess..

They installed a ~7KW system and it magically costs $25k? But he always brought up the.. "But it only costs you $5K after rebates!" Every system I've seen quoted by solar companies are ~7KW and always cost $25K.

...and they always give you a very conservative power output which virtually guarantees your output never drops below the estimate.

My guess is the equipment: panels, inverters (and I assumed micro inverters), roof brackets and install hardware costs the installer about $12,000 at most. Meaning you're getting charged $13,000 in installation/profit charges.

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Posted by Sho Nuff

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Posted on 3/23/15 at 2:19 pm to LSUAlum2001

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Every system I've seen quoted by solar companies are ~7KW and always cost $25K.

That's about $3.50 a watt. Solar used to be over $6+ a watt. That's a normal and good price, but please continue to tell us more about it

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...and they always give you a very conservative power output which virtually guarantees your output never drops below the estimate.

Tell me how they come to the estimated power since there's an easy formula to figure it out. Don't Google, since you know it all.

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My guess

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the equipment: panels, inverters (and I assumed micro inverters), roof brackets and install hardware costs the installer about $12,000 at most. Meaning you're getting charged $13,000 in installation/profit charges.

You don't know shite, but that's not really a surprise is it? And oh no, a company who installs solar dares to make money? The horror!

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