part of it is because it's not very popular so info is not so easily accessible. as it currently is it's not entirely economically feasible for most people. it takes too long to recoup your initial investment. if you do do it, you shouldn't be doing it to save money. i tried, really hard, to do this in a way where i could seriously save money and it just didn't seem like it would help. but i mean if you plan to live in your house for decades then it would be worth it in the long run, even if just a little.  although if you live near the equator solar systems used to heat water can save ALOT of money very quickly. those systems are SUPER cheap compared to solar panels. i mean really they're basically glorified pipes painted black with a gate operated by how how a pad gets. so if there's enough sun light hitting the pad it switches the gate and lets water in to be heated via solar. in peak time sin summer you could pretty much get all your hot water needs via that system. if you live in like california or something you could get all hot water needs year round. unless you're like a family of 7 or something.

by kingbane on 07/09/2009 11:18:59 PM EST

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I think might be able to get my money back in a little less than a year, and when I upgrade it will be cheaper.  Though, I'm still getting a lot of the calculations together, and I wouldn't put a definite number on anything yet.

by EuphoriagenicCause on 07/10/2009 01:30:17 AM EST

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