Attention Homeowners... looking for a way to cut down on energy costs? Look no further... now is your chance to win a complete solar water heating system from Poncho's Solar Service and KGMB9.com.

Poncho's Solar Service will furnish and install a complete solar water heating system (valued up to $8,000) for one grand prize winner. The system utilizes the following components:

• One (1) 80-gallon or 120-gallon Ruud tank (depending on how many people live in household)
• Up to three (3) Sunearth panels (depending on the area you live in)
• Anodized aluminum and stainless steel mounting system for panel
• Insulated copper tubing for all solar piping
• Brass nipples, unions, ball valves, drains
• One (1) 115V Grundfos pump
• One (1) 115V Goldline controller
• Wiring for solar controller
• TPR valve, PR valve, check valve, temperature gauge
• One (1) Intermatic timer for electrical backup operation

To enter, send an email with the following information to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it :

• Name:
• Address:
• Telephone Number:
• Email address:
• Birth date:
• Confirm that you are a homeowner and/or have permission to have a solar water heating system installed in your home: Yes/No

Contest ends on Friday, September 5, so enter now!

See below for official rules.

Sponsored by:

"Poncho's Powers Your Home" Giveaway- Official Rules

Prize: Complete solar water heating system (valued at up to $8,000), furnished and installed by Poncho’s Solar Services

1. How to Enter the Contest:

(a) The "Poncho's Powers Your Home" Giveaway contest will begin on Monday, August 25, 2008 and end on Friday, September 5, 2008 at 11:59 P.M. HST.
(b) To participate in the contest, email your contact information to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . Applications must include entrant's name, address, phone number, email address and birthdate. Entrants must be over the age of 18 and confirm that they are a homeowner and/or have permission to have a solar water heating system installed in their home. All entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. HST on Friday, September 5, 2008, in order to be considered eligible.
(c) KGMB9 is not responsible for late, lost, stolen, misdirected, misaddressed, postage due, incomplete or illegible entries.

2. Eligibility Restrictions:

(a) The contest is open to Hawaii residents and must reside in the KGMB9-TV viewing area. Employees of KGMB9-TV, CBS Corporation, Poncho’s Solar Services, other television and radio stations in the Hawaii market, and their affiliates, subsidiaries and advertising agencies and their immediate family members or persons living in the same household are ineligible to participate or win.
(b) Viewers are eligible to win a KGMB9-TV contest only once every sixty days. Only one winner per household is permitted in any contest.
(c) All applications become the sole property of the Station and will not be returned. By entering, entrants agree to abide by these rules, and warrant and represent that their entry is their original work, and grant to Station the right to edit, publish, promote and otherwise use their entries without further permission, notice or compensation.

3. Prizes:
(a) One (1) grand prize to qualifying winner: Complete solar water heating system (valued at up to $8,000), furnished and installed by Poncho’s Solar Services.
(b) Winner’s contact information will be provided to Poncho’s Solar Services to schedule a consultation and installation of prize. Once notified, it is the responsibility of both the winner and Poncho’s Solar Services to make contact and arrange for the awarding of prize.

4. Selection of Winners:
(a) Winner will be randomly selected from all entries received.
(b) Decisions of contest sponsors with respect to the contest are final.
(c) Winner will be notified by phone and/or email on or after September 8, 2008.

5. Conditions:
(a) Payment of all federal, state and local taxes are the sole responsibility of the winner and winners may receive an IRS Form 1099 or equivalent from Station.
(b) By participating in the contest, the winners agree to have their name, voice, or likeness used in any advertising or broadcasting material relating to this contest, and to sign a publicity release, affidavit of eligibility and release of liability prior to acceptance of the prize. By accepting the prize, winners grant to Station the right to use the winner's name, voice, picture and/or likeness for purposes of advertising and publicity in any and all media now known or hereafter invented, without further permission or additional compensation (except where prohibited by law). All expenses on receipt and use of prize are the sole responsibility of winner. Winners, by acceptance of their prizes, agree to release Station, CBS Corporation, their respective parents and subsidiaries, and their respective advertising, promotion and production agencies from any and all liability, claims or actions of any kind whatsoever for injuries, damages or losses to persons and property which may be sustained in connection with the receipt, ownership or use of the prize or while preparing for, participating in, and/or traveling to any prize-related activity.

6. Contest sponsors reserve the right to make changes in the rules of the contest which will become effective upon announcement.

7. No purchase necessary. The contest is void where prohibited by law.

8. Failure to comply with the contest rules may result in a contestant's disqualification.

9. To obtain a copy of the official rules and/or winner's list please write by September 5, 2009 to: KGMB9-TV, 1534 Kapiolani Blvd., Honolulu, HI 96814

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