In this video we talk to Sash Ludwig and Craig Dulong about their real world financial experience and results after the one year anniversary of having life long Gloucester Resident Tim Sanborn’s Cazeault Solar installed at their home in Lanesville.
Call to talk to Tim Sanborn From Cazeault Solar Home at 978-281-4625 He’s local and he’s a straight shooter.
This is the Solar Panel Design Tim Came Up With For Sash and Craig’s House-
Actual chart of Sash and Craig’s energy production using Cazeault Solar which produced more electricity than they consumed over this past year-
They actually get checks for their solar production in addition to having not paying for electricity over the course of the year. Cazeault Solar estimations of what their system would produce were actually conservative and the energy produced was 13% more than they had estimated when they worked up the numbers. They beat the estimates by 13%
Check out the first part of this Alternative Energy Series With Tim Sanborn At Cazeault Solar in the video from this post-
Gloucester’s Tim Sanborn Owns Cazeault Solar & Home and Explains How Solar Is A Complete No-Brainer Investment
Also Sash wanted to add-
Hey Joey,
It was great to finally meet you in person. You do such good work in and for the community!
I regret that what I did not say about Tim was that although we wanted solar, we bought Tim. It was Tim that sold us- we already knew we wanted the system but it was his integrity, transparency, enthusiasm and knowledge that convinced us to go with Tim and Cazault. It was the best decision we could have made because not only has he continued to service us and our system but we have become friends and I want to introduce him to as many people as possible to get more solar systems going on Cape Ann. It is where we need to be!
In reflection of the piece you shot I hope that was conveyed- that was the most important thing I wanted to say and somehow we got off course.
Good Morning Gloucester 
Solar Energy… a must have and should be on every new building as a mandatory install and included in the original mortgage !
But if the price is included in the mortgage and you buy the house with the solar it can be an acceptable gain, the only question is, “If you add solar to an existing structure, maybe even one that is already paid for, what is the return on the investment” ? Another question would be, “At what age does putting solar on your house constitute a good move, price vs actual savings” ?
I moved to SoCal a few years ago with the idea that I would put up a solar system that would get my wife and I off the grid, after double checking the cost vs my actual electric bill it was not only not worth the effort but would in the long run cost me a little more than just paying my electric bill.
So the main question is, “Where is the break even point Solar Cost vs Electric Bill vs Return on Investment” ?
Note: I remodeled my house and replace all of the lighting with LED Fixtures not the bulbs but Cree Type LED Fixtures and the reduction in my electric bill was impressive.
My bill at this time never exceeds $60/mo !
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Joey,
Remember when you first pushed this and I truly love the follow-up in this area. Solar is the way to go with other improvements to the home energy efficiency like stated above led lighting! And what a great bunch of folks and how they all become friends it’s what community is all about! Now these location I know very well walked by it many times going up Washington. And it is close to where a worked caretaker and lawn work at Manships. I see there is a fence up that way now more then likely the quarry is a water source or private property. We used to swim in this location all the time and views were great all the way around the quarry.
Best of Luck and the good things are the tax breaks and I know out west the folks sell back to the grid what they do not use.
May find some of this interesting too informational only?
http://www.nmsolar.org/
Dave 🙂 & Kim 🙂
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