# Tell me about home solar **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 15, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-home-solar/1020878 "2025-07-15T17:04:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 118
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-home-solar/1020878/118 "2026-08-12T15:54:35Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > 3 outages in 24 hours. That seems excessive. Is because of the heat? I do not know, but it has been a recurring problem recently. - August 6, 3am, out for 1.5 hours - August 11, 3:30am, out for 1.5 hours - August 11, 1:30pm, out for .5 hours - August 11, 5pm, out for .5 hours The first one there was a loud enough bang to wake us up immediately before the power went out. The outages seem to cover a similar area, so I would not be surprised if it is the same piece of equipment that is failing. My 17 panels are showing 5.6MWh lifetime, which is just since February. Our most recent bill I paid $20 for electricity, but we also [had a dehumidifier running 24/7 for a week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-wrong-monthly-mini-rants/1032078/54). > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Don’t buy panels. Sell the dog You know how some things have a negative value, because you have to pay someone to take them away? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-home-solar/1020878)._