Time to say "Adios!" to the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant

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Originally Posted by jccawdrey

First of all, $791 mil in upgrades to the generators last year, and second, SOME contractors see big money in your roof. i.e. You'll need to reinforce this, that, and this to hold the panels up...the Solar farms are a good idea, bUT nobody wants the transmission lines to get the power from here to there. i.e. AZ/CA border to our fair city (N.I.M.B.Y.) SONGS isn't going anywhere, except back on line

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In most cases you don't need to do a rafter upgrade unless they are really old. More times than not a if anything has to be redone its the comp on the roof. Of all the jobs that I've been on in the year I'm been w/ my company I've only done two rafter upgrades before an installation. The racking system and modules really aren't that heavy. And generally, we space our footing 4' OC. We're allowed to do 6' OC some times but that does put more stress on the rafters that are lagged into. It all depends.

Lets not talk about the **** the bed fest that has become of the Blythe farm. What a ****ing mess.

One great thing about solar in the Valley is that simply by installing the modules it will cool the house/attic down a bit.

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Originally Posted by Dr. Strangelove

Anyone put those solar panels on their roof? I live out in the SF Valley and it gets ungodly effin hot from like late July to early October. I feel like there are a lot of scams out there that try to take advantage of home owners, so it there a way to understand the cost benefit analysis of various home solar options? Oh, and what is the impact to the roof? I'm worried about the general condition of my roof (some parts of the house more than others), should I deal with that before looking at mounting panels up there?

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I sent you a PM. But the reroof or rafter upgrade would/could/should be done by us honestly. We (the installers) would do the rafter upgrade, its usually really easy. Now if the comp needs to be redone, we have a roofing company do that. And usually, the reroofing can be put into the lease agreement so you don't get stuck w/ a huge bill up front. So, my company does lease the systems. You can buy it outright if you want but you won't receive all the extra services provided if you buy it outright.

Anyway, I can talk for hours about this stuff, I truly love it!