Independent-Power.com
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Independent Power & Light Home
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Our Work
I am David Palumbo and I operate my business under the name "Independent Power & Light" or IP&L. I live with my family of five in our off grid neighborhood here in northern Vermont. We use PV power (photovoltaics or solar electric) and microhydro power to make our own electricity.
What does IP&L do? I help people become their own power company. I work for people who buy an electric system from me. I do my normal design work for my customers for free and then the customer can also hire me to install the system, or they can do it themselves working with their local electrician. I enjoy working with customers with different budgets and needs. I get just as much satisfaction working with the do it yourself, low budget system as I do from working on the larger scale homes. I supply a basic wiring diagram with the do it yourself systems and take the time to explain how it should go together and work for them. I have many of my original customers from seventeen years ago coming back to my shop for system updates and additional PV panels as their needs change over the years.
Since I earn my living from the sales of the equipment I supply I can not give away my time and expertise to people who purchase their system component parts from a cut rate mail order/Internet retailer. I feel my prices are very fair to both my customers and to my family. I will admit that you can always find somebody willing to undercut the price of a local business person. My customers find that I give them a very good value for their dollars with all the free design advice and follow up support over the years. People find that the mail order dealers will talk nice about offering service and advice while they are trying to close the sale, but their performance after the fact is not up to the level of a knowledgeable and supportive local dealer.
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