Author Archives: Kevin Wilcox

The inspector and my contractor showed up yesterday and the setup breezed through inspection.  Having a parallel PV installation was key here since it split out the existing residential/expense side of my electrical installation from the new commercial/revenue side. As … Continue reading →

My contractor has finished the array connections and a nicely done piece of work it is too!  Here’s a few shots of the roof mounted junction box: The box itself contains a DIN rail that can be used for surge … Continue reading →

With the panels finally on site, it was time to get down to their actual installation.  First, I needed to mock up the inverter/panel position to derive a measurement template.  As it turned out, the inverters could be mounted directly below … Continue reading →

The weather was nice and cool last Sunday; perfect for working above the garage, so I installed the second Renusol rail.  This one would be a bit trickier than the first because the rail itself landed between two rafters.  To … Continue reading →

The project reached several important milestones last week! First was the double meter base installation that was completed on the 22nd.  Everything got underway at about 8:30AM when I started up the genset to power the house electronics/server systems for … Continue reading →

A lot happened this week!  The Pieper residental group electrician stopped by with a dual meter base on Thursday but it was the wrong size.  Our meter comes in right next to a window so a single hub dual meter … Continue reading →

We got plan approval and the go-ahead to build from WE energies last week!  I also filed my grant paperwork from this site after calling the listed number and being told that grant funds were still available. The weather was pretty … Continue reading →

Our contractor arrived last week with his SunEye and did a full shading workup of the roof.  Essentially he measured 6 points on the roof as shown here: The important measurements for this year are locations 1 and 2 since this … Continue reading →

The estimate is in and its $2350 for the initial hookup minus the price of the four solar panels themselves.  For this price, my contractor will provide the following: Renusol Racking and components for (4) modules (material only). (4) Enphase … Continue reading →

Well, we met our Solar contractor today and yeah…. he’s a geek right down to the Nikola Tesla is his hero part.  More importantly, we’re both on the same page concerning the installation.  He has no problems letting me save … Continue reading →