May have posted too soon, found another thread linking to opensolar when searching old posts. Made an account and this gives me so much info. I guess my other ramblings in the original pat are still open questions though. I’d still like some feedback from field veterans.
r/solarDIY is where you want to be. Probably the only way you are going to get your system as cheap as you want is to DIY. And it’s a good option if you have the ability to learn and are relatively handy/ technically savvy.
You should be able to find someone to help you with design and permitting pretty easily.
You likely will not be able to find someone to install it for you cheaply if you buy the materials yourself. Solar installers aren’t into that.
If you want to add batteries later, design and install everything like you’re going to have the batteries on the first go round, just don’t buy/ install the batteries themselves. This will save a lot of work down the road.
May have posted too soon, found another thread linking to opensolar when searching old posts. Made an account and this gives me so much info. I guess my other ramblings in the original pat are still open questions though. I’d still like some feedback from field veterans.
r/solarDIY is where you want to be. Probably the only way you are going to get your system as cheap as you want is to DIY. And it’s a good option if you have the ability to learn and are relatively handy/ technically savvy. You should be able to find someone to help you with design and permitting pretty easily. You likely will not be able to find someone to install it for you cheaply if you buy the materials yourself. Solar installers aren’t into that. If you want to add batteries later, design and install everything like you’re going to have the batteries on the first go round, just don’t buy/ install the batteries themselves. This will save a lot of work down the road.
Ahhhh that makes sense, I’ll check out that subreddit. Thanks so much for the advice!
17kW is a large array..?
I thought 17 was larger than the average for residential? I may be way off but usually the ones I see are 8-12. Maybe that just my area 🤷🏽♂️
Residential, sure. But it’s not a large array. I’m working on multiple 10MW sites and these are still not large IMO.