Florida Solar Panel

[solarix]

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[azdave]

I told the field adviser, I was having misgivings, and he immediately said he spoke to his manager to have 6K removed from my quote. My question is, was this quote highly inflated or am I paranoid?

With hardly a fight they lowered your quote by $6000. Do you think they would do that so easily if they didn't have a ton of margin still built into the deal?

[SunEagle]

Hi everyone, I live in Florida, and just got quoted for a 16KW system (no battery) @ 68 thousand. It seemed quite high, but I thought, local company, no subcontractors, they even has a roofing department (my roof is 16 years old) which quoted a new roof at 15K; might be ok, but a still felt majorly fleeced. I told the field adviser, I was having misgivings, and he immediately said he spoke to his manager to have 6K removed from my quote. My question is, was this quote highly inflated or am I paranoid?

At almost $4/watt ($62k / 16kw = $3.875/w) is very high. I would check on other quotes to see if you can get down to no more then $3/watt. And even that amount may put out the ROI to many years. The choice is yours to make

[Mike 134]

Sounds high but my DIY system @ 7.2 KW I consider high cost at $11,000 and never would have installed it had it not been for state rebates. My power company currently charges $0.15 KWH for some background.

[littleharbor2]

The best thing you can do is get multiple quotes and let the contractors know you are doing so. They are more likely to lean out their bid, knowing this.

[Perci]

Hi everyone, I live in Florida, and just got quoted for a 16KW system (no battery) @ 68 thousand. It seemed quite high, but I thought, local company, no subcontractors, they even has a roofing department (my roof is 16 years old) which quoted a new roof at 15K; might be ok, but a still felt majorly fleeced. I told the field adviser, I was having misgivings, and he immediately said he spoke to his manager to have 6K removed from my quote. My question is, was this quote highly inflated or am I paranoid?