8 Simple steps to a cost efficient Solar powered

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By: Roberto Gaxiola

Hello if you are reading this then most likely you are tired of paying such a high electricity bill,
worse yet you called a Solar company only to find out that their prices are just as ridiculous. My
name is Robert Gaxiola and i have modeled my company keeping the customer in mind. You see
the way most Solar installation companies work is that they purchase pallets of equipment
inorder to get a low purchase price, said company then marks up the equipment on average 300-
500% inorder for them to make a profit along with what they will charge for the installation.
Before i got into the solar industry I had asked for quotes from the 3 best rated local solar
companies the most affordable was around 45k (43 panels,"free installation", and a couple of led
bulbs.WHY IN THE NAME OF.... THE SUN...would i get myself into another 45k in debt when i am
trying to lower my expenses?? The kind sales rep said this and i remember it perfectly, " Robert
45,000 seems like a lot of money but look at it this way, you are going to save x ammount of
money in 25 years it will pay itself off". So i laughed him out the main entrance and thanked him
for his time Oh and by the way i qualified for a 30% tax rebate (13k) by the Gov which if i applied
it the 45k went down to 32k I was going to get a 20 year loan at 6% interest payments were
going to be around 230 per month which kind of made sense because my average bills were a
little higher than but come on 32k?? So i was discouraged and crawled back to my sad reality of
having to keep on depending on the electric company. In retaliation i looked up ways to install
panels myself but badnews AGAIN!!!! i needed a licence and to get one i had to get into an
approved school which was a couple thousand dollars or be a master electrician which i was not.
i remember thinking how are we going to reduce our carbon footprint when companies and
regulations make it so dificult/expensive to do it? and a huge idea slapped me across the face so
hard i could have filed for disability claiming whiplash. Why don't i look around for deals online
get all the parts needed and then i could just get a licenced company to install them for me.
BINGOOOOO!!! and so my company was born... I did some further research and called many
solar wholesalers to make a deal and i finally found a site that would sell GOOD QUALITY panels
at an affordable price, and i decided to work with them. So instead of marking up the price like
the other guys i talked them into giving me a small portion of their profit because since i was
going to be doing all the advertizing they would not have to worry about that overhead, so
intead of paying 45k -30% gov discount i could find a better deal -30% gov discount and save my
self TENS of Thousands of dollars. I would save both short and long term AND go green. MIND
BLOWN!!!

So here is my offer to you i will give you this information for free including all the links needed to
purchase all the parts(of which i do make a small earning AT NO ADDITIONAL cost to you) but
please shop using the links i provide. Amazon only pays me if you purchase within 24 hours of
you opening my link (im no rushing you) but when you research and finally decide what you
want to purchase wether it be a day , week, month, year etcc refer back to the original link i
provided that sent you to to the product and purchase it there. Thank you for reading and now
of to the guide.

1) The first and most important step is to find your yearly kilowatt hour usage. You can find this
by looking at your most recent utility bill the looking at the 12month history graph provided. If
no graph is available you can contact yourutility provider or log in to your online account.
Remember to add the most recent bill along with the preceding 11 months (This step will
determine the size of system that will be needed for your home).

2) the second most important step is to find the average days of sunlight your location
receives, as well as the ammount of peak sunlight hours in order to determine, if this is a viable
option for you. I live in El Paso, Tx dubbed the Sun City. We receive an average of 300 days of
sunlight and and average of 6.72 peak hours of sunlight per day. It makes more sense to go Solar
here than it would for someone living in Seattle, Wa where the yearly average is 150. days and
peak sulight hours are less.

3) How much electricity are you going to offset 100% ?? 50% ?? it is all up to you.

(Note that many utility companies pay you for any surplus energy produced from your systems).
If you are going to make it to a grand scale inquire what rate the utility company will pay you so
you can determine how long it will take you to begin making a profit.

4) Calculate how many solar panels you need by multiplying your households hourly
energy requirement by the peak sunlight hours for your area and dividing that by a panels
wattage.

Example a household uses 11,000 kwh. In order to determine how many panels they need to
cover the usage i would take the average hours of sunlight received in El Paso (5.6) and multiply
that by the wattage of the panels i chose (280w). Finally i will take the kwh usage of my home
and divide it by the watts produced by one panel in 5.6 hours to determine how many i need.
Panels are sold whole so you will always round up if you get a decimal answer.

(5.6 x 280w = 1568) **

(11,000/1568= 7.01) I will need (8) 280w solar panels to cover my usage.

** these are the watts produced per panel on a perfect sunny day not taking into account
depreciation by weather, age, condition and temperature of the panels. Read the manufacturer
claims carefully!!!

5) Determine how many solar panels you will be able to accomodate in your roof. Most
solar panels measure an average of 3ft by 5ft, remember to account for a 1-2 inch gap between
panels for ventilation as this will help your panels perform better. (IMPORTANT south facing solar
panels will be most efficient as they will capture more sunlight).

6) Using the link provided in my page browse the catalog and shop around for the solar
panels that best fit your desires. (Keep in mind warranty, cost, production of electricity, size,
weight and ratings by previous customers). I always recommend 280w Polycrystaline panels , but
that is my personal preference.

7) Using the link provided in my page browse the catalog and shop for power inverters. I
run individual inverters for each panel. in case any one of them goes out my whole system will
not be compromised.

8) Once your order is completed using the link originally provided in my page forward
me a copy of the receipt i will then contact one of the installation providers and obtain several
quotes on your behalf inorder to provide the best service possible. Permits and hardware are
still needed to complete and install your system.