Hi. I'm in Southern California and I have a 25 panel system installed by SolarCity a couple of years back. It's not big enough for our load and I don't want to give Tesla any more money as they were horrible to deal with and the 25 panels we have perform poorly. However I have 23 years left of their warranty, so don't want to mess that up.
I have a flat garage roof next to the Solarcity inverter and distribution box. I have space for another 8 or so panels.
I've seen that I can DIY for a lot less cash. I'm an Electronics Engineer and I design things a lot smaller than these, but the background is the same. I may also look at a DIY solar battery as part of it too.
The distribution panel is a SC2040M200PF. Looking at the rather sparse data on it I see the smart meter plugs in to the panel and it looks like the inverter output goes right in.
I took a look inside the hatch that the solar power conduit goes into, and it dissapears into the back of the smart meter area.
If I wanted to add a 2nd system with a separate inverter how would I go about connecting it? I'm assuming I can't simply wire it in parallel with the output of the Solarcity inverter box?
Some photos for reference
https://ibb.co/frJb82Z
https://ibb.co/WvyGGsy
https://ibb.co/xDG7bB2
https://ibb.co/fkNz58g
Thanks
Marc
I have a flat garage roof next to the Solarcity inverter and distribution box. I have space for another 8 or so panels.
I've seen that I can DIY for a lot less cash. I'm an Electronics Engineer and I design things a lot smaller than these, but the background is the same. I may also look at a DIY solar battery as part of it too.
The distribution panel is a SC2040M200PF. Looking at the rather sparse data on it I see the smart meter plugs in to the panel and it looks like the inverter output goes right in.
I took a look inside the hatch that the solar power conduit goes into, and it dissapears into the back of the smart meter area.
If I wanted to add a 2nd system with a separate inverter how would I go about connecting it? I'm assuming I can't simply wire it in parallel with the output of the Solarcity inverter box?
Some photos for reference
https://ibb.co/frJb82Z
https://ibb.co/WvyGGsy
https://ibb.co/xDG7bB2
https://ibb.co/fkNz58g
Thanks
Marc
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