Recent content by Bobguy

We have quite a bit of data now for Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands in regards to uplift after the last storm. If interested FEMA did a pretty good job on it if interested (below). The data models are buried pretty deep in the document...

The roof survived one category 5 (barely) just a little while back but didn't have solar on it. It is a concrete wall garage with wood roof. The beams are embedded in bond beam concrete walls. I think I won't deal with adding the extra tilt and keep the close to the roof. Looking for L-brackets...

Searching the forum I found a website to check and it isn't a huge annual efficiency loss. About 4% for the year whether it is tilted with the extra degrees or not. I would lose most efficiency during winter but that is when my energy demands are lower. The site I used for comparison ...

I'm in the process of setting up my system, hung up on the mounting and looking for advice. I have a flat roof with 3x8 beams spaced at 32 inches that I would like to use. The roof has only a slight slope of 8-9 degrees and ideally I'd like to have 18 degrees tilt. Typically people here use...

Wow that looks nice! Just bought the same. Any problems or advice?

Thanks for this. That's a steal. Santan also has new Q cell panels that came out to 0.33 cents a watt. I do think used panels does make sense in some cases for the right price since most are going to hold over 85% for decades to come. And the $125 flat shipping for thanksgiving from Santan is a...

I'm in the Caribbean and had a 6kw system and 13.5kw Tesla power wall at last house. We didn't use a lot of power and 13.5 kw battery was not usually enough to get through the night with a single mini-split on. But my electric bill was always near nothing because it was just for a couple hours...

I got mine in yesterday as well. Went with the buy 3 get 1 free and $125 shipping.