With the price of solar falling rapidly I want to do a self install of 20KW system on the roof in New York.
New york region
3500 sqft house
7 people in the house
4 bath
we just bough this house and doing major renovation , major insulation enveloping the house and making it efficient
huge east west roof with no shade is begging for solar
a 20 KW system costs around 22KW in parts and around $32K installed plus the state and federal tax credits
probably another 10K in whole house foam insulation
we are changing all appliance, water heater, and central AC
in NY national Grid is around 40cents per Therm
PSEG Electric is 22cent per KW
the prices will go up yearly and increase my solar value
so ...
I am going with electric Hybrid water heater , Natural gas cook top, Electric oven
Question is how to heat the house
I know natural gas is the go to for everyone but I have not seen actual calculation on it
I am putting a 2 zone 2ton and a 4Ton heat pump for cooling 22-25 SEER
for heat I wanted to put a new tankless high efficiency boiler with coils in air duct to heat up the house
question is should I do natural gas on the boiler or electric
I was gonna go with dual fuel system for natural gas a s back up perhaps.
am I delusional or in denial?
at 20KW system at this price range I wouldn't mind selling the left over back to PSEG at 4-5 cents per KW (which might go up with inflation etc)
my goal is to leave comfortably in the house and not worry about paying for energy needed for the house.
Geothermal is not an option as the city code prohibits it.
New york region
3500 sqft house
7 people in the house
4 bath
we just bough this house and doing major renovation , major insulation enveloping the house and making it efficient
huge east west roof with no shade is begging for solar
a 20 KW system costs around 22KW in parts and around $32K installed plus the state and federal tax credits
probably another 10K in whole house foam insulation
we are changing all appliance, water heater, and central AC
in NY national Grid is around 40cents per Therm
PSEG Electric is 22cent per KW
the prices will go up yearly and increase my solar value
so ...
I am going with electric Hybrid water heater , Natural gas cook top, Electric oven
Question is how to heat the house
I know natural gas is the go to for everyone but I have not seen actual calculation on it
I am putting a 2 zone 2ton and a 4Ton heat pump for cooling 22-25 SEER
for heat I wanted to put a new tankless high efficiency boiler with coils in air duct to heat up the house
question is should I do natural gas on the boiler or electric
I was gonna go with dual fuel system for natural gas a s back up perhaps.
am I delusional or in denial?
at 20KW system at this price range I wouldn't mind selling the left over back to PSEG at 4-5 cents per KW (which might go up with inflation etc)
my goal is to leave comfortably in the house and not worry about paying for energy needed for the house.
Geothermal is not an option as the city code prohibits it.
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