Anybody here gone solar?

[womanofthehills]

7. I'm in NM & I've lived off grid for 10 yrs

However, this past yr, I connected my solar system to the grid because I wanted to be able to use some elec heaters in the winter and I was really getting tired of dealing with batteries (and replacing batteries - very expensive). I have 2000 watts of solar panels and an Aurora inverter. The Aurora is great if you have panels with different wattage as it has duel input. My elec bill was 0 all summer long and only $50 in the cold winter months when I was using 3 elec heaters. I have a separate solar paneled water pump to pump up my well water. It really pays to check the prices of panels and inverters on the net as there is a huge difference in prices.

The whole south side of my house is mostly windows so I am also doing passive solar and I have 6 solar water tubes in the windows to collect heat in winter and cool in summer.

I love it.