Meter running backwards

you flipped it around me and my dad used to do this wen we moved our line

HEY!! Another Tulsan!!!

If you don't mind me asking:

What is your average monthly KWh usage, meaning before the solar panels were installed?
What company did you go with?
Did they do the install as well?
How much $ was your system?
How much power does it provide?
Would you do it all over again?

We're averaging 2000KWh, so we're gonna need a lot, ie multiple Skystream 3.7s or Windspires to make a dent into our energy bill!!!

Thanks in advance!

Our monthly usage was about 350 KHW before installation. Harvest Solar did the installation and permitting. The entire system cost about $12,500, and will last 30+ years. Warranty is 20 years. We've been averaging 80 percent of our power from the sun. Most months, our electric bill is below $20.

Using 2,000 KHW is a lot of power. I would strongly suggest you cut your consumption first before buying more alternative power than you need. That will make it a lot cheaper, too.

Only 350 before?!?!?!?! Yikes! @ less than 8 cents a KWH (2009 figures), you bill should have only been ~$28 to begin with!!!!

@ that rate it'll take you 37 years to recoup the costs (potential maintenance, elec price hikes, ROI from $12,500 invested not figured in)

Actually, our bills before the installation were a minimum of $35 up to about $70 during the summertime. There were big jumps in consumption during the summer.

I dunno what maintenance there is. Solar panels have no moving parts.

And I figured we'd recoup in less than 20 years. Energy isn't going to get any cheaper -- not by a long shot.

I forgot to mention there also was a $2,000 federal tax credit at the time of installation. So the actual cost was about $10,500.

it's running backwards because they are using less energy, thus the little dial goes in reverse, showing less kilowatt usage per hour. Yes there are programs to feed energy back into the grid, but that has nothing to do with the dial going backwards here. Your electric bill is based on KW/HR, which is what those dials represent.

ya my electristinet did it

Why so many people talking about illegal tricks to make the meter run backwards and the video being fake and such?

Net metering is real. If you have solar or wind turbine energy for your house, you can feed extra energy you don't use back into the grid. The power company will install a meter that is capable of counting backwards, to reflect how much energy you are feeding back to the grid.

No tricks, no faking, and perfectly legal.

Beats the heck out of using batteries for storage.

At least in Florida you have to install a DC disconnect next to the meter on the outside of your home/business