I have a well too but luckly I didn't have to drill a well.Dan Feller;4405017; said:I pay for the electricity to pump the water, which works out to something like one cent per sixty gallons. If you figure in the $40,000 it cost to drill the well that figure goes up a bit...
The best part is the chlorine and nitrate-free water straight from the tap!
lol I'm powering my air conditioner in 106F heat, my wife keeps the house at 70F. The water bill is due mostly to watering the lawn, the tanks are pretty minimal compatively.Gervahlt;4404985; said:
You should seriously look into solar panels! For what you pay monthly you could be self sufficient!balton777;4405068; said:
but the cost of the panels would make it that it would take him 15 or 20 years to pay for the panels at the bare minimum. mean while he is out, prob 40 or 50k(most likly even more). He could do less but even that many panels would prob not even half his electric bill. unless ur rich panels are not a viavle optionKnowdafish;4405440; said:
Nah, a couple of years back my parents went solar. I want to say it cost them somewhere between $12,000 - $18,000 to go fully off-grid and have enough to sell some back to the electric company (they are mandated by law to buy electricity back from consumers that's created in excess of what they can use). Just like this guy in Texas, they were living in a very sunny area, so it would probably be comparable.Lepisosteus platyrhincus;4405953; said:
Depending on the amoutn of panels he gets depends how quickly he pays it off. at 650 bucks he will need a ton of panels to even make a dent. So 40k is prob close to an accurate assessment. And it takes alot of panels to pay for it all and sell back excess power. i dont know the exact number he will need but thats a huge power billGervahlt;4406188; said:
