[EVDL] Grid Solar kits?
Has anyone had experience getting a local electrician to install a grid-tie-solar kit such as the one offered by Home Depot? The cheapest one is about $2588 for a 1kW kit. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Grape-Solar-1-060-Watt-Expandable-Mono-Crystall ine-PV-Grid-Tied-Solar-Power-Kit-GS-1060-KIT/205495634 That is my recommendation to all DIY folks. Buy the $2588 kit, pay $500 for an electrician to install it and help him with any local solar/utility paperwork. Get Grid-tied, approved and certified. Total cost is about $3 per watt but only for this first 1kW. Then add on to it at UNDER $1/watt after all the approvals and certifications and grid tie are complete. The typical cost for full contractor systems is up around $4 to $5 per watt. Application to EV's (and EVDL list) is that this is the CARBON FREE way to charge. Bob, WB4APR ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
Re: [EVDL] Grid Solar kits?
I'm contemplating this myself. There are cheaper kits though, http://www.renogy-store.com/category-s/1872.htm The only thing I worry about is the building department and permits, the mounting and wiring looks easy enough. On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Robert Bruninga via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: Has anyone had experience getting a local electrician to install a grid-tie-solar kit such as the one offered by Home Depot? The cheapest one is about $2588 for a 1kW kit. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Grape-Solar-1-060-Watt-Expandable-Mono-Crystall ine-PV-Grid-Tied-Solar-Power-Kit-GS-1060-KIT/205495634 That is my recommendation to all DIY folks. Buy the $2588 kit, pay $500 for an electrician to install it and help him with any local solar/utility paperwork. Get Grid-tied, approved and certified. Total cost is about $3 per watt but only for this first 1kW. Then add on to it at UNDER $1/watt after all the approvals and certifications and grid tie are complete. The typical cost for full contractor systems is up around $4 to $5 per watt. Application to EV's (and EVDL list) is that this is the CARBON FREE way to charge. Bob, WB4APR ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -- www.electric-lemon.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20141222/3999eecb/attachment.htm ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
Re: [EVDL] Grid Solar kits?
And, with regards to permitting and interconnections. Depending on the utility company and building department, I easily spend more time on that than on site labor :( Z On Monday, December 22, 2014, Zeke Yewdall zyewd...@gmail.com wrote: Here in Colorado, many companies are bidding $3/watt or less installed for grid tied Pv. Not good for the business long term as a lot of installers are going out of business but it's pretty cheap for customers. On Monday, December 22, 2014, Robert Bruninga via EV ev@lists.evdl.org javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ev@lists.evdl.org'); wrote: Has anyone had experience getting a local electrician to install a grid-tie-solar kit such as the one offered by Home Depot? The cheapest one is about $2588 for a 1kW kit. http://www.homedepot.comhere in Colorado, many companies are bidding $3/watt ir less/p/Grape-Solar-1-060-Watt-Expandable-Mono-Crystall ine-PV-Grid-Tied-Solar-Power-Kit-GS-1060-KIT/205495634 http://www.homedepot.com/p/Grape-Solar-1-060-Watt-Expandable-Mono-Crystalline-PV-Grid-Tied-Solar-Power-Kit-GS-1060-KIT/205495634 That is my recommendation to all DIY folks. Buy the $2588 kit, pay $500 for an electrician to install it and help him with any local solar/utility paperwork. Get Grid-tied, approved and certified. Total cost is about $3 per watt but only for this first 1kW. Then add on to it at UNDER $1/watt after all the approvals and certifications and grid tie are complete. The typical cost for full contractor systems is up around $4 to $5 per watt. Application to EV's (and EVDL list) is that this is the CARBON FREE way to charge. Bob, WB4APR ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20141222/ade53014/attachment.htm ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
Re: [EVDL] Grid Solar kits?
Here in Colorado, many companies are bidding $3/watt or less installed for grid tied Pv. Not good for the business long term as a lot of installers are going out of business but it's pretty cheap for customers. On Monday, December 22, 2014, Robert Bruninga via EV ev@lists.evdl.org wrote: Has anyone had experience getting a local electrician to install a grid-tie-solar kit such as the one offered by Home Depot? The cheapest one is about $2588 for a 1kW kit. http://www.homedepot.comhere in Colorado, many companies are bidding $3/watt ir less/p/Grape-Solar-1-060-Watt-Expandable-Mono-Crystall ine-PV-Grid-Tied-Solar-Power-Kit-GS-1060-KIT/205495634 http://www.homedepot.com/p/Grape-Solar-1-060-Watt-Expandable-Mono-Crystall ine-PV-Grid-Tied-Solar-Power-Kit-GS-1060-KIT/205495634 That is my recommendation to all DIY folks. Buy the $2588 kit, pay $500 for an electrician to install it and help him with any local solar/utility paperwork. Get Grid-tied, approved and certified. Total cost is about $3 per watt but only for this first 1kW. Then add on to it at UNDER $1/watt after all the approvals and certifications and grid tie are complete. The typical cost for full contractor systems is up around $4 to $5 per watt. Application to EV's (and EVDL list) is that this is the CARBON FREE way to charge. Bob, WB4APR ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20141222/30f6485b/attachment.htm ___ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
