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You are lying about how much he uses and pays for.

Each A/C unit at minimum are 25 amp x 220 volts. They are 1,100 watts using the amp/volt conversions. If they run for just 1 hour a day, they generate at least 1,100 kWH per day each. 1 3HP pump is a 35amp x 120 volts, which is 4.5 kWh. An energy saver fridge is 15 amps x 120 volts, so they generate 600 watts per hour. 24 hours a day, those fridges produce 130 kwh.

Your math of $200 per month is off because that would only be 909 kWH a month. The items alone would require at least 10 times that

 

No rain for a few years did it during the Great Depression

 

Leasing panels is stupid if you have the cash to pay for them.

 

My costs of $3.20 per watt includes the entire system cost with installation

 

You can still finance the system

 

<facepalm>

 

Seriously?

 

Not everyone has property in full sunlight. I live in Oregon. The solar field provided by the county is in the valley where the exposure is better. Our county building are solar powered and our small local community has a successful solar program. I don't know anyone heating a swimming pool with it though

 

Okay, so now I am at my computer, so I can give you a true breakdown. If your friend pays $200 per month average, and this is the rate per kWH http://regarchive.sdge.com/tm2/pdf/ELEC_ELEC-SCHEDS_DR.pdf, which is still the average of .22 per kWH, he would be buying 909 kWH per month, or 10,908 kWH per year.

You said he has 3 AC. A 2.5 ton system consumes 25 amps @ 220 volts average, which equates to 5.5 kWH of electrical usage. So those 3 systems generate 16.5 kw per Hour or kWH. If he runs his A/C for 4 hours a day, that's 66 kWH per day x 93 days (average days of requiring the A/C) = 6,138 kWH per year

You also said that he has 3 fridges. I gave you the benefit of the doubt and assumed he got the most efficient fridges. https://www.energystar.gov/most-efficient/me-certified-refrigerators The most efficient one consumes 314 kWH per year x 3 = 942 kWH per year

A 5 hP pool pump consumes 2,841 kWh. A normal system needs to run for at least 4 hours a day. That's 11.2 kWH per day for just that pump. That's an annual 4088 kWH per year.

Appliances such as TVs, stereos, lights, etc accumulate a large amount of usage. 1 15 watt lightbulb that is on for 8 hours, generates 120 watts per hour. If you leave 10 lights on average in your house, you can consume 1.2 kWH per day x 365 days = 438 kWH per year

A T.V. uses 54 kWH per year. How many T.Vs does he have?

As you see, your numbers don't add up. Just the Fridge, Pool Pump, ACs, and lights add up to 11,606 per year, and the $200 per month is only 10,908 per year.

 

It can be put on your home mortgage, which is a tax write off

 

I did research and the cost per watt in Northern America is almost 2.5 times the cost as it is in SoCal. That is mainly based on direct sunlight

 

mags, 1200 bucks gives me a real break in my electric bill and covers the next 35 years. I don't know what the urban numbers are in Portland, but here it's well worth it. I rented a solar cabin in Hawaii for years in the rainforest and had ZERO electric bills but had to manage my use. It's cheaper to hook up to the county field than to purchase my own panels and install them which my neighbor had done for 5k.....your California prices seem ridiculously high. But it's not 120 degrees here either

 

It covers all our needs

 

Very true, but that may tack on another year or two of the total costs. Now if you invest this as a business and sell back energy to Edison or any other power company (disclaimer: it must be a commercial zoned property), you can amortize the cost over 5 years, discounting another 50% of the cost in that time.

The buy back is only 2.2¢ per kWH, but it's still something