Hello All,
Been poking around the forums some and wanted to introduce myself and the project I'm planning to install. I'm an EV enthusiast with an electric motorcycle and recently purchased a Volt. With some of the tax rebate monies I want to but a solar system on my home. I have a solid south facing roof with zero shading all day (overhead power lines in my back yard). Been working with PVwatts/Helioscope/SAM program to help figure out what my optimal layout is while stretching my dollar the furthest. This has me settled on 10 72cell panels with APS YC500i micros. Minimizes my wiring and racking with single 17' rails.
Ideally I wanted to get all black panels. I have a corner lot with the solar panels being very visible to everyone passing by. I want to be an advocate of the technology and think that aesthetics is a low hanging fruit for many people to dismiss the idea. Very hard to find 72cell all black panels, but I did find some Mono panels. Has anyone painted or black taped silver frame panels? Bad idea? I've sent an email to Canadian Solar asking about any warranty issues.
Currently I plan to order from RES Supply and Webo Solar. System looks like this.
10 - Canadian Solar CS6U-345M
5 - APS YC500i Micros
Iron Ridge XR100 racking
Let me know your thoughts. I'm sure I'll have more questions along the way.
Kyle
Been poking around the forums some and wanted to introduce myself and the project I'm planning to install. I'm an EV enthusiast with an electric motorcycle and recently purchased a Volt. With some of the tax rebate monies I want to but a solar system on my home. I have a solid south facing roof with zero shading all day (overhead power lines in my back yard). Been working with PVwatts/Helioscope/SAM program to help figure out what my optimal layout is while stretching my dollar the furthest. This has me settled on 10 72cell panels with APS YC500i micros. Minimizes my wiring and racking with single 17' rails.
Ideally I wanted to get all black panels. I have a corner lot with the solar panels being very visible to everyone passing by. I want to be an advocate of the technology and think that aesthetics is a low hanging fruit for many people to dismiss the idea. Very hard to find 72cell all black panels, but I did find some Mono panels. Has anyone painted or black taped silver frame panels? Bad idea? I've sent an email to Canadian Solar asking about any warranty issues.
Currently I plan to order from RES Supply and Webo Solar. System looks like this.
10 - Canadian Solar CS6U-345M
5 - APS YC500i Micros
Iron Ridge XR100 racking
Let me know your thoughts. I'm sure I'll have more questions along the way.
Kyle
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