BUDGETS FOR
RENEWABALE ENERGY SYSTEMS
(AT
SOLAR
HAVEN)
Kyocera
120 Watt PV Panels (8, new) - $4,750
(7.10 amps @ 16.9 volts, 960 watts total)
Solec 150 Watt PV Panels (4, used) - $2,050
Combiner Box and Breakers for Panels - $125
"Trace"
Power Panel and SW-4048 Inverter - $3,790
(48 volt, 4000 watt DC-AC inverter)
Concorde "Absorbant Glass
Matt" Sealed Photovoltaic Batteries (12) - $1,920
(105 amp hour storage capacity per battery)
Solar Boost 3048 Charge Controller (Maximim Power Point Tracking) - $550
"Two Seas" Top-of-Pole Mounting Rack for Solar Panels - $465
"Tri Metric" Remote Battery Monitoring System - $140
Cables for Batteries, Panels, and Inverter - $240
Shipping from "Northern Arizona Wind and Sun" in Phoenix - $250
Total
Cost - $14,280
SOLAR HOT-WATER AND RADIANT HEATING SYSTEM
(for the new straw bale house)
TOTAL COST: $6,250
RAIN WATER HARVESTING AND STORAGE SYSTEM
- 2500 Gallon Polyethylene Storage Tank - $970
- 85 Gallon Pressure Tank - $355
- 1/2 Horse Power Grunfoss Jet Pump - $325
- 35 Gallon "Reverse Osmosis" Filtering System - $275
- Installation and All Fitings, Valves, and Pipe -$650
- Catchment Gutters and "Water Washing" System - $350
- Used 15' above-ground swimming pool - $125
- New heavy duty liner for the "pool" - $110
- Gutters and pipes for new straw bale house roof - $125
Total Cost: $3,895
Southwest Windpower's Model "Air 403 Marine" Wind Generator - $843
(400 watts output at 28 M.P.H., startup at 7 M.P.H., 48 volts DC)
25' Wind Generator Tower Mounting Kit - $203
(heavy iron bracket for pole, wire, hardware)
12" Eye Bolts (4) - $20
Turn Buckles (4) - $32
21 Feet Long 2" "Schedule 40" Galvanized Pipe - $55
5/8" 8' Copper Grounding Rods (5) - $68
Grounding Clamps for Rods (5) - $18
Backhoe Time to Dig 5 Three Foot Deep Holes - $50
Two Cubic Yards of Concrete to Fill Holes - $120
TOTAL COST - $ 1410
