Thanks Steve for all your input.
Our client, as you state, "for environmental reasons" is their real motivation. Both he and his wife understand that there will be no return on the investment as far as the grid-tie goes, but it will give a boost to other members of their group to maybe invest a bit more dollars in research towards alternate energy production here in Alberta.
Because we are doing this contract, I think it's important for us to do it so the client can promote this stuff as much as much as he can.
As far as the battery stuff goes, there is the usual stuff going on about the supposed 2 year disposal issue for the deep cycle batteries when the batteries finally give up. (Which in my mind is a bit too short because from my research, they normally can go for 5 years without a significant deterioration.) Our client has made his own arrangements for that with some of his own business folks that he has more contacts than we do regarding battery replacement. From what he has explained to me about that, he is very aware of the requirement to replace the batteries and I checked into his disposal depot, and they are well known for doing it correctly.
In the ultimate end these folks (who are paying for it all) are trying to set an example for others, even though we know that it won't, for the time being, pay back the investment right now and maybe never but that's a decision they have made on their own.
From my point of view, we have work to do. It keeps my guys - even though it's way too cold outside right now and we have a a lot of REALLY good super neatly wired inside stuff, it keeps all of us interested in why we do what we do.
BTW
In the mean time it's minus 25 degrees Calcium and I have put a stop to the outside work for the next little while.
