Monthly Archives: June 2013

SunEye report and more prep work.

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

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The Bottom Line on the initial install.

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

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Contractor discussions, DIY tasks and Derate Factors

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

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