alarmguy
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Thanks EVERYONE for your thoughtful posts. I guess I really blew it the way I worded my OP.
I should have done many things differently and left the Heat Pump completely out of the post.
Im fully aware how solar panels work, fully aware the home is connected to the grid and the system cant function without being connected. We are not talking about going to battery back.
What I should have posted is this and Snagglefoot from Canada just hit it right on the head. (thank you for posting what I wasnt making clear!)
All I wanted to know is if I could install a few solar panels on my roof, which is perfectly set up for this as I have a bonnet/hip type roof and the "small" side of the roof faces south and is on the side of the house which would be not really seen form the road.
I threw the heat pump wording in there to describe I would like to generate around the equivalent during the day time of what my AC unit (also called a heat pump) uses. I was wondering if I could have the federal government pay for most of it. I already expected the answer here in the USA would be no, but ... well, if you dont ask, right?
I found some posts here really useful and I think about 8 panels is what I would have wanted. I'll actually be at the house at some point this weekend and look at the Lenox unit to check the size.
This was just a fun idea I had, my energy costs were dirt cheap in my previous 3000 sq ft home and will be even cheaper in the new home.
I should have done many things differently and left the Heat Pump completely out of the post.
Im fully aware how solar panels work, fully aware the home is connected to the grid and the system cant function without being connected. We are not talking about going to battery back.
What I should have posted is this and Snagglefoot from Canada just hit it right on the head. (thank you for posting what I wasnt making clear!)
All I wanted to know is if I could install a few solar panels on my roof, which is perfectly set up for this as I have a bonnet/hip type roof and the "small" side of the roof faces south and is on the side of the house which would be not really seen form the road.
I threw the heat pump wording in there to describe I would like to generate around the equivalent during the day time of what my AC unit (also called a heat pump) uses. I was wondering if I could have the federal government pay for most of it. I already expected the answer here in the USA would be no, but ... well, if you dont ask, right?
I found some posts here really useful and I think about 8 panels is what I would have wanted. I'll actually be at the house at some point this weekend and look at the Lenox unit to check the size.
This was just a fun idea I had, my energy costs were dirt cheap in my previous 3000 sq ft home and will be even cheaper in the new home.