Installation finally started.

[silverhorsefarm]

Racks and microinverters are up. Service has been upgraded. Trenching from the barn to the house goes in Thursday when the panels go up!


http://www.solarpaneltalk.com/album.php?albumid=35

[Jason]

awesome!

Thanks so much for making an album and posting pictures. It's greatly appreciated.

[SolarGainer]

Nice looking setup. What micro-inverters are you using?

[silverhorsefarm]

Nice looking setup. What micro-inverters are you using?

They are from Enphase - not sure of the model number.

[taylen24]

Congrats on getting it going! The pictures are looking good, hope you keep updating them! Who's doing the installation for you? Where are the panels from?

[silverhorsefarm]

Congrats on getting it going! The pictures are looking good, hope you keep updating them! Who's doing the installation for you? Where are the panels from?

The panels are Schuco 180s. Installer is Astrum Solar.

[taylen24]

The panels are Schuco 180s. Installer is Astrum Solar.

Thanks, once you get a feel for them, you'll have to let me know how you like them after they've had a little time on the roof! Always good to hear directly from homeowners and people using panels to see how satisfied they are! Good luck!

[silverhorsefarm]

Everything's up, installed, and inspected. Just awaiting the utility to install the net meter and throw the switch!

[Jason]

Thanks for keeping us updated...looks great!

How's it working out so far since it's been installed?

[silverhorsefarm]

It's NOT. Utility is weeks away from connecting to the GRID! sucks.

[angelo]

Can you share you experience so far... the do and don't for the newbies like me..

[BuzzBuds]

Hey well done on the project glad to hear someone finish a grid tied project.
Please share some of the process involved in planning permissions and building codes needed to the job?

[Psi]

Racks and microinverters are up. Service has been upgraded. Trenching from the barn to the house goes in Thursday when the panels go up!


http://www.solarpaneltalk.com/album.php?albumid=35

Hi,

I was wondering how much a system like that is costing you ?

William

[silverhorsefarm]

Hi,

I was wondering how much a system like that is costing you ?

William

Up front, about $70k, but I will get half of that back in tax credits and grants from federal, state, and local incentives.

With luck, I will be grid hot in 48 hours....

[silverhorsefarm]

Utility, after endless delay, finally threw the switch on my 11.34 kw PV array and the meter started running backwards after a few minutes. Finaly on line. The utilities should be forced to be more responsive to these tickets - really horrible customers service.