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I've had my Leaf since 1/4/2011 and my Rav4 EV since 3/30/2013. I got my 9.4 kW PV system 12/20/2012 and it had to have 2 inverters to save a $10,000 upgrade to my 100 amp service. I work for SDG&E so I get 25% off my electric bill so I had to wait until PV system costs droped to $2.0/watt (after Federal rebate) to justify one. I use from 2000 to 2500 kWh per month with only a couple days of heating or cooling a year in San Diego. This is from my 15 aquariums totalling >3000 gallons. I'm trying to breed some rare fish that have never been bred before and are very rare in the wild. I also run 5 UPS systems 2 of which have 10 kWh each of AMG batteries and 2 standby generators to prevent loosing any fish. I rode through the day-long blackout in San Diego in Sept. 2011 without any problems. Eventhough my system is cheap it is now putting out 85 kWh/day AC at a peak output of 8.5 kW (about 90% efficiency). I should get quite a bit more output in June.

<blockquote data-quote="VQ EV" data-source="post: 2671" data-attributes="member: 221"><p>I&#039;ve had my Leaf since 1/4/2011 and my Rav4 EV since 3/30/2013. I got my 9.4 kW PV system 12/20/2012 and it had to have 2 inverters to save a $10,000 upgrade to my 100 amp service. I work for SDG&amp;E so I get 25% off my electric bill so I had to wait until PV system costs droped to $2.0/watt (after Federal rebate) to justify one. I use from 2000 to 2500 kWh per month with only a couple days of heating or cooling a year in San Diego. This is from my 15 aquariums totalling &gt;3000 gallons. I&#039;m trying to breed some rare fish that have never been bred before and are very rare in the wild. I also run 5 UPS systems 2 of which have 10 kWh each of AMG batteries and 2 standby generators to prevent loosing any fish. I rode through the day-long blackout in San Diego in Sept. 2011 without any problems. Eventhough my system is cheap it is now putting out 85 kWh/day AC at a peak output of 8.5 kW (about 90% efficiency). I should get quite a bit more output in June.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="VQ EV, post: 2671, member: 221"] I've had my Leaf since 1/4/2011 and my Rav4 EV since 3/30/2013. I got my 9.4 kW PV system 12/20/2012 and it had to have 2 inverters to save a $10,000 upgrade to my 100 amp service. I work for SDG&E so I get 25% off my electric bill so I had to wait until PV system costs droped to $2.0/watt (after Federal rebate) to justify one. I use from 2000 to 2500 kWh per month with only a couple days of heating or cooling a year in San Diego. This is from my 15 aquariums totalling >3000 gallons. I'm trying to breed some rare fish that have never been bred before and are very rare in the wild. I also run 5 UPS systems 2 of which have 10 kWh each of AMG batteries and 2 standby generators to prevent loosing any fish. I rode through the day-long blackout in San Diego in Sept. 2011 without any problems. Eventhough my system is cheap it is now putting out 85 kWh/day AC at a peak output of 8.5 kW (about 90% efficiency). I should get quite a bit more output in June. [/QUOTE]

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