Re: Power Supplies, Saving Money, and switching vs. Linear?

["Bill Kearney" <wkearney99@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> It is almost free once you spend the huge $ for the panel, charge
controller
> and battery.  However, others in the alt.energy.homepower newsgroup have
> calculated that if you have commercial power, the payback on your
investment
> is something like 18 years.  Not worth it.  No business case.

Well, to some the piece of mind that they're not wasting that much more in
the way of fossil fuels is worth the investment.  It's not purely a matter
of costs.  18 years (and more) of not being yet another fuel consumer.