Greetings everyone. First post here, and looking for a little guidance and input.
Will develop a single-family residence at an off-grid site in Hawaii in an extremely sun-rich area. The PV system will need to supply both my residential needs as well as a reverse osmosis water filtration system (possibly up to 3 - 4kw).
I have received a bid from a local contractor for $50k excluding installation. When I take the spec sheet and look at retail prices online, it seems that the equipment is valued at around $25k. Needless to say, I don’t think that delivery, installation and a healthy margin warrant another $25k. The main elements are:
• 24 LG Optronics 265 High Efficiency Mono-crystalline PV panels
• 1 Outback GS8048 inverter with a GSLC175 load center and HUB 10 controller, Flex Net DC monitor Flex Mex 80A controller
• 1 Aquion Energy AHI M100 48V battery stack with 22 kwhs of usable storage
Am I getting gouged or is this somehow reasonable?
As for the Aquion Energy AHI M100 48V battery stack. From what I have read here and elsewhere, this is a novel and untested battery system from a new start-up that is just starting to go to market. And I am very apprehensive of being a guinea pig… especially for something that I am largely clueless about.
Does anyone have personal experience with this system? Would you recommend it to a first-time Off-Grid owner?
Thanks for the input!
D.
Will develop a single-family residence at an off-grid site in Hawaii in an extremely sun-rich area. The PV system will need to supply both my residential needs as well as a reverse osmosis water filtration system (possibly up to 3 - 4kw).
I have received a bid from a local contractor for $50k excluding installation. When I take the spec sheet and look at retail prices online, it seems that the equipment is valued at around $25k. Needless to say, I don’t think that delivery, installation and a healthy margin warrant another $25k. The main elements are:
• 24 LG Optronics 265 High Efficiency Mono-crystalline PV panels
• 1 Outback GS8048 inverter with a GSLC175 load center and HUB 10 controller, Flex Net DC monitor Flex Mex 80A controller
• 1 Aquion Energy AHI M100 48V battery stack with 22 kwhs of usable storage
Am I getting gouged or is this somehow reasonable?
As for the Aquion Energy AHI M100 48V battery stack. From what I have read here and elsewhere, this is a novel and untested battery system from a new start-up that is just starting to go to market. And I am very apprehensive of being a guinea pig… especially for something that I am largely clueless about.
Does anyone have personal experience with this system? Would you recommend it to a first-time Off-Grid owner?
Thanks for the input!
D.
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