First - This site has been an awesome help with design and general questions. Most every question I've had has been answered already. I've lurked until now.
I will be performing a DIY 4.8KW grid tie installation with solar world 320W panels, solar edge inverters and optimizers. I'm buying all the equipment in a kit from a reputable wholesaler online. I performed the load analysis on my roof, drew up the site plan, and put together a permitting package. I have already received my city permit. That said, my power company (Rocky Mountain Power) is still more than 3 weeks out on even looking at my net-metering application. It will take two weeks from the time of order to receive my PV system. That puts me into mid-october at the earliest before starting my install. Where I am, the weather starts getting pretty bad around then. I'd like to save a couple of weeks to allow for bad weather.
Would it be foolish to go ahead and purchase the system now to save a couple weeks, or should I wait for my net-metering agreement to be approved before placing the order?
For those interested, I used PVWatts for sizing, sketch-up for my site layout, and signed up for a trial of solardesigntool.com to help with the schematic. I used Iron Ridge's online tool to verify racking and spans will work with loads I plan to see locally.
I will be performing a DIY 4.8KW grid tie installation with solar world 320W panels, solar edge inverters and optimizers. I'm buying all the equipment in a kit from a reputable wholesaler online. I performed the load analysis on my roof, drew up the site plan, and put together a permitting package. I have already received my city permit. That said, my power company (Rocky Mountain Power) is still more than 3 weeks out on even looking at my net-metering application. It will take two weeks from the time of order to receive my PV system. That puts me into mid-october at the earliest before starting my install. Where I am, the weather starts getting pretty bad around then. I'd like to save a couple of weeks to allow for bad weather.
Would it be foolish to go ahead and purchase the system now to save a couple weeks, or should I wait for my net-metering agreement to be approved before placing the order?
For those interested, I used PVWatts for sizing, sketch-up for my site layout, and signed up for a trial of solardesigntool.com to help with the schematic. I used Iron Ridge's online tool to verify racking and spans will work with loads I plan to see locally.
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