WE ARE FINALLY SOLAR!!

Today, only a week after the final installation of the panels, new circuits, and inspection by Northern Neck Electric Cooperative (NNEC), the net meter was installed--taking less than a minute to do. I flipped the two circuits and we are officially running our meter backwards.

As it happens we also got our monthly accounting of power usage for the past month through yesterday from NNEC. So our next monthly report will be a complete month of solar power. NNEC sends me email every day telling me the usage of the previous day. I get one with an hourly graphic (gandt chart) and then the total for the day. We have been bouncing between 11kWh and 17kWh per day. This, by the way, is about one fourth of the consumption of our part time condo (per square foot), which is insulated on 5 sides by other condos.

Pictures to follow as soon as I can get them out of my camera.