New Project coming together

[DanHouston]

Fantastic job! I've looked into it on and off, but never as a DIY project....would love to read more about it myself!

[sebjsan]

Agreed, would a How To...

[meman]

This looks awesome, I'm so jealous!
With inverters right at the panels, you really simplify things and cut out the huge ongoing costs / maintenance hassles of battery banks. In the end, you wind up feeding more into the Duke grid than you take from it each month (for night time blinky) and make some money on the deal.......I love it.

Mike E.

[sittinguphigh]

It would be interesting to see the cost to watt ratio.
Good thing you don't have to be held hostage to any private company or government agency.
I wonder if a person could break this down into small sections and slowly add panels as they could afford them. This could take the cost of Christmas lights down.
With all the out of the box thinkers people here on the site I wonder how low we could get the panels in price down.

 
 

[taybrynn]

How tough are the panels in hail ?  I'm guessing they must be very tough.

[RJ]

How tough are the panels in hail ?  I'm guessing they must be very tough.

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[RJ]

Thanks guys I will do a walk around on it and answer your questions as soon as I can.

RJ

[arw01]

I would love to be nosy too and learn how the costs work out on the plan of just a couple of panels and adding on every few months.

how does the back feed "electronics" work?  Would LOVE some details on that.  I have a 800sqft on a shop roof and would love to put a system up there a little at a time and back feed into the power grid for some money.  My last electricity bill was $242, which is completely outrageous!  THREE HOUSES AWAY IT'S 60% less!

[RJ]

My last bill was $298. Florida is hot and air conditioning eats power. Post any questions you have so when I do the video walk around I can cover everyones in it.

RJ

[therealbigjim]

its good to be off the grid......now how to get them from reading our e-mails and listening to our phone calls

[RJ]

Hope it answers your questions.
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[JoeFromOzarks]

Wow RJ, that is really, really cool!!!   Excellent job!!   Thank you for the video!!

joe

[taybrynn]

Yes thank  you -- it answered all questions and then some.  Excellent as usual !!

[pk]

Thanks for the video.  Very informative. 

[mms]

Very cool!  The radio station I work for put in a huge array was dedicated about a year ago at the transmitter site.  More on that here:  You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

The fact you did yours yourself (and with the help of your family) is really impressive!  Thanks for sharing the video.  We do get hail in Colorado, but I wonder if that would be covered under a home-owner's policy or if special coverage could be added.  Anyway...