CPS Goes Solar
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Wed 22 May 2013
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One thing that has
interested me recently is solar power, so after reading an article on
solar power generation in January Issue of “ The Shed” mag –
I was impressed about what I was reading - so I gave the guys at
“What Power Crisis” a call.
Henry came out and did a
site visit – I wish all sales people that come and see me were as
professional and knowledgeable as he was – I was impressed, they
got the order.
The building that houses
CPS has the perfect site for power generation - flat roof; north
facing and no surrounding buildings to block the sun. Couldn't get
any better!
Henry recommended a 10kw
system (48 panels) which would take care of about 80% of our power
usage ( at CPS we use about $600 worth per month). What really made
sense for me from a business point of view is that you can
depreciate it over 5 years, payback is about 8 years, and it last
over 25 years !! So sometime in the near future CPS will be getting
free power – not to mention doing its bit for the environment.
Then on weekends and holidays we will be feeding our generated power
back into the national grid, we may even get a little money back for
this power. But this was never a factor in our decision.
So I told Henry to go
ahead just before Easter and they started the install the day after
Easter.
Along came Mark (one of
their installers), again professional and he really knew his stuff –
talked over the install and how it was a bit tricky due to the
distance the roofing joints where apart. But by the end of the 1st
day all the wiring was done and a lot of panel brackets has been
attached.
See Pic

I can expand with more
panels at a later date but as you can see its takes up most of our
roof space as it is – one of the downfalls, you need a lot of roof
space to get enough power.
The system has been signed
off and is fully operational , on the first day we were generating
5.5 kw at 3 30 pm – not too bad at all?
So if you ever considered
going solar do it, you will not regret it.
Chris