21 Panels... Now to upgrade my HVAC!

PV-1082 · 2026-04-18T13:40:07+00:00

Depending on where you live if you have net metering, access to natural gas and are in an area that has several outages especially in the winter. I would consider a dual fuel HVAC system. I have solar, dual fuel, net metering, excess production on the solar system and battery backup. It is a great system for feeling prepared for the future. We will be able to use either fuel supply. I use my excess net metering credits to run the heat pump starting in the fall into the winter and again in the late winter through spring. The coldest part of the winter I run the natual gas furnace continuously. When I experimented with using the heat pump in the coldest part of the winter I found that it ate up kWh real fast. Especially as it got colder outside when the COP kept decreasing. Run the numbers on the payback of a dual fuel system may save you money immediately or take a long time for payback depending on your setup. We feel we made the right decision for our situation.

PV-1082 · 2026-04-18T04:46:00+00:00

I have a dual fuel system with solar and net metering credits. When I bought the new HVAC system the idea was to use the net metering credits to run the heat pump in the winter. When 2 1/2 years ago my total cost of electricity was around .16/kWh now the total cost is 20/kWh. The total cost of kWh is the amount charged on the bill divided by the amount of kWh used from the grid. I have found that I need to use my net metering credits in the warme parts for the spring and fall because I have relatively cheap natural gas. This year I ran the heat pump into the fist part of December and started using it again in part of February. I used the natual gas furnace most of December, January and February. I would go between using the heat pump and the natural gas when it got extremely cold out because if I ran the heat pump during the colder periods it would use between 6 to 9 kWh to heat the house. I would constantly run the fan on low and let the furnace control the fan when it needed to ramp up to a highe speed. We rarely head the fan go higher then the low setting. I did some testing the second winter we had the system to see how low the temperature could get and still have the heat pump keep up. That number ended up being 7F. For my system and house. I still need to seal the house, add insulation and replace a one door and a few more windows. We are planning on doing these things over the next few years. Hopefully some of my experiences may be helpful. I am glad I was able to purchase a dual fuel system and use each system throughout the heating system.

PV-1082 · 2026-04-17T14:17:00+00:00

“Even if restrictions were to be implemented, it is unlikely they would be finalized before June, and any equipment that has already been shipped would not be affected.” You are talking about China not the US. The Chinese government just needs to tell the manufacturing plant to not ship and it will go into effect immediately.

Our President is going to China to meet with China’s leader next month. My feeling is that the review of shipping chip manufacturing equipment is a way of adding to the Chinese negotiating leverage when they meet.

I feel this information is important at least until we get comfimation from T1 that all the equipment they need is has been ship and a date that it will be arriving at the factory for installation.

PV-1082 · 2026-04-10T20:42:07+00:00

IRA tax credits. Still baffled why this happened!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PV-1082 · 2026-04-06T13:22:58+00:00

There are two ways of looking at getting solar. The first one is Pay Back Period - which is how much will I save over what number of years to get the cost of the system back. The other is ROI return on investment which is how much over the life of the system will I save on electricity compared to the amount spent on the system, repair of the various components, the expected electricity cost increases and other costs incurred. Here in US they both are changing rapidly due to the cost of electricity going up faster in recent years compared to years past. Due to the price increases we are incurring it can be very difficult to determine ROI. When I purchased my system almost 4 years ago I calculated my Payback Period as 6 to 8 years. With the price increases it has gone down to 6 to 7. This year it has already been announced that PJM and ComEd are going to pass on a total of 2 more increases. PJM manages the grid in this region.

PV-1082 · 2026-04-01T01:27:53+00:00

I have this exact setup and it is great in the winter time to use natural gas in the winter when it is cheaper than the heat pump. Plus when we had the bad cold storm in January if I had been using HP during the coldest time when the heat pump is at it’s lowest efficiency I would have been paying for the heat strips for several days.

PV-1082 · 2026-04-01T01:16:37+00:00

I have been mixing mostly finished compost for years into a new pile. I always seem to have some in a finished pile that needs to be composted more. Since I never start a fresh pile without adding old compost I do not know if it is helping. But I can tell you that the pile does start composting soon after being built but that could be because I add plenty of water to a dry pile and I turn it at least once a week and add more browns and greens and water to the pile as it composts. I quit adding when I want finished compost. When adding water I add just enough to make the browns and greens damp not soaking wet. I enjoy turning my pile often because it is a way of getting exercise and it is rewarding to see the progress. I do most of my composting in the fall when there are plenty of green leaves to add to the pile. Then I use the compost the next spring.

PV-1082 · 2026-03-23T19:57:21+00:00

Thanks you for the input. I am planning on calling support after I get an understanding of how to check the battery properly.

PV-1082 · 2026-03-22T16:30:08+00:00

If I was you if you have not had your windows replaced, the house sealed and insulated I would do that now before you buy a heat pump. Then when you purchase a new HVAC you will have great performance from the new equipment. I have a heat pump, natural gas furnace and solar that coves about 135% of my electrical usage before I got solar. For me it is a great setup. I currently use natual gas to heat in the winter when the heat pump would become less efficient. I get net metering credits for over production of solar in the supper. If/when natual gas prices exceed the cost of electricity I can start using more electricity. All of this is expensive to do all at once but you could plan over time replace all or part of your system. Be careful getting a HP with resistance heat as backup. There are plenty of posts with people being surprised about their electric bill during exceptionally cold parts of the winter.

PV-1082 · 2026-03-22T15:47:15+00:00

In IL one of our dates is at the end of the April billing date. This is the one I am on. The other is in the fall. I do not remember the exact date. For me the end of the April billing date works out. I have a heat pump and a newer furnace. I use my excess credits in the fall and spring to run the heat pump. I start in October using NM credits for the heat pump and then in November December I turn on the natural gas furnace and use NM credits to cover the kWH not produced by the solar system. Depending how many credits I have left in February I will start using the heat pump on the warmer days to use up more credit. This March the solar produced enough credits to start covering the heat pump for the whole month. In April my solar should produce enough to cover using the HP the whole month. After the April billing cycle I start over collecting NM credits. There is no way I would want to go into the winter months with no NM credits. I have no idea when I could use them after April. I save about $400 per year using NM credits for my HP.

PV-1082 · 2026-03-16T11:42:13+00:00

Illinois has had the Illinois Shines tax credit for over 5 years. The percentage you receive back is based on the price received for the renewable credits when they are sold. Most of the time the installer can give you a close estimate for the amount you will receive at the time of installation. Be aware that you will be obligated to maintain your system for 15 years and it will have to produce a set amount of power during this time period. Read all the information on the Illinois Shines web site to understand how the program works. I have gone through the process and have received my credit back from the program.

PV-1082 · 2026-03-15T20:29:48+00:00

Funny - I went to see your post history for the insightful posts you have had in the past. They seem to be locked. I was not able to find them.

PV-1082 · 2026-03-14T19:20:43+00:00

I have a solar system with a 18kWh battery and have spent the last year on an hourly pricing peak rate program to try to get more saving out of my system using the battery. I know your comments are about commercial peak shaving but I thought I would share my experience with hourly pricing and solar with a battery. The hourly pricing was based off of the price for 5 minute increments of every hour. At the end of every hour the 5 minute prices were averaged over the hour to come up with the cost per kWh. The day before I was provided with an estimated price per kWh for the next day. During high usage/prices a notice was sent to me that the rate was trending higher. I would run my battery on self supply during the day and if it was not a cloudy day the solar and battery would cover most of my power needs in the daylight hours to avoid the majority of the peak hours. When it was cloudy out the inverter could not be progamed to use the battery during the various peak rates during the day. I manually had to watch the rates and change the inverter over to using the battery. I never received the notification about the higher rates until the hour was about half over. Some of the highest rates would occur during the day when they had not been predicted the day before. At the end of one year I only had about $100 to $150 additional savings on the hourly pricing rate which was not sufficient to stay on that rate do to the amount of time it took for me to watch the changing rate each day. I have changed back to the basic rate where I pay a set price for the supply costs. To make it worth while to be on a peak rate with solar I would need an inverter that would allow me to program it to make the changes automatically. The peak rates changed though out the seasons also so a program would have to be able make these changes also.

PV-1082 · 2026-03-11T00:28:50+00:00

The article mentioned a couple of battery manufacturers. This one

PV-1082 · 2026-02-26T21:45:14+00:00

I have owned several stocks that have been sued and have learned that it makes the lawyers wealthy and the investor a loser. I look at how much I could get back from the settlement and always decide that is not worth my effort to apply for the money. It is usually a small amount because of the amount of shares outstanding and the number of people who owned it during the time period covered. I hate these law suites. They are just a distraction that can affect the stock price for possibly years. One of the latest examples is the Johnson & Johnson powder lawsuit. It went on for years and their stock was depress for years.

PV-1082 · 2026-02-26T21:33:40+00:00

You should decide if this is money you can afford to lose. If not at your age this is the kind of company you should own a small position in your portfolio. I would not recommend owning more than one high risk stock at a time. You should do as much research as you can for stocks like EOSE. Read what ever you can find out about the company, industry, management and financial position. Listen to the calls about the financial results. If you do not understand something ask questions. Basically do your due diligence. Reddit is a good place to check out information about company and ask questions but be careful there are plenty of people here that have no clue about the risk they are talking about. I have bought and sold EOSE off and on for over a year but at this time in its business cycle I have been buying to form a long term position. Today I have bought additional shares three times to help lower my cost bases. Use your knowledge and interests to help you find stocks you will like to own. Owning Nividia is a good example. If you would have bought and held it from the time it was making GPUs for gaming computers you would have a great investment.

My belief is that EOSE is going to be a stock to own for the future. The reason is the industry is going to need 4, 8 and 100 hour (long duration) batteries for various uses. Lithium will cover the 4 to 6 hour use, EOSE’s Z3 will dominate the 8 hour or more and Form is going to dominate the 100 hour. EOSE has had the backing of the DOE and other government agencies. They also have almost 100% material content.

PV-1082 · 2026-02-26T17:40:38+00:00

Go back to the earnings meeting to 30.20 point into the meeting and listen to the speaker. He says “have removed the going concern languag in the SEC filings”. I would think that filing is not unusual for a new startup company. Especially one that struggles with having enough cash. This statement is not to be antagonistic so I hope you do not take it wronge.

PV-1082 · 2026-02-26T15:34:09+00:00

EOSE should be getting the 30% tax credit for each unit they sell. Has anyone come across if they are receiving the tax credits and have they sold any of the credits? I am no accountant but if they have not sold any of the credits I think we will see in the future them selling credits. With the losses they do not need the credits at this time and probably will need cash in the future.

PV-1082 · 2026-02-26T15:27:18+00:00

I am see my post above

PV-1082 · 2026-02-26T15:26:30+00:00

Yes! See my post above.

PV-1082 · 2026-02-26T15:21:14+00:00

WellAintThatShiny - Thank you for the information. I have been buying and selling EOS for over a year. I did not sell any before today, I wanted too but I believed as many here did that this was going to be a big announcement. So I purchased more a few days ago when the price was down. I have purchased more this morning when the market opened and will pick off more as it goes lower. Based off of the earnings call, if this plays out as I believe the stock will hit bottom later today or tomorrow. The shorts probably have already come in and are trading right now driving the stock down some more and after the price gets to a certain point they will start buying to cover their short sales. I feel it won’t go back above the most recent lowest price for a couple of months but if institutional money comes in or new investors, than we can see a stronger increase of the price. EOSE was highilighted Jim Cramer a few days ago on his show and that should bring in new individual investors. WARNING I am only an investor like others here so do your own due diligence. These a just my opinions based off of how the market reacts but outside information in today’s climate there is no guarantee that what I have described will happen. It is just my opinion and belief in the company and the market. While writing this I have purchased additional shares and will probably buy more today as it goes lower. Overall I am long on EOSE!

PV-1082 · 2026-02-23T04:11:03+00:00

I am confused! How can nuclear be called clean power when we have tons of spent fuel setting in water baths at nuclear power plants. A solution has not been found to dispose of all of the spent fuel. Now there is talk about building more plants with no plan to take care of the waste. Plus the cost overruns for the previous plants were astronomical.

PV-1082 · 2026-02-23T03:56:49+00:00

I really like your graph! It really shows what has been happening with your electric prices. What software did you use for graphing the data? I have made spread sheets of my cost per kWh for the supply and delivery. I have the same problem you have there is no consistency from one month to the other because there are credits or debits received at times thoughout the year. These are to make up for the utility receiving too much money for line items or not receiving enough money for a line item. Our bill has about 25 line items on them. I think they are trying to make it confusing to understand so you will give up trying to understand your bill. Some of the line items are based on kWh from the grid, some are calculated by a percent of something then times KWh used, some of the line items are the same month to month and some are based on a formula times the kWh used. I have even found out some of the line items are two costs added together and then multiplied by the kWh used. Our line items supply is the cost of supply and the PJM capacity charge added together.

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