Just signed papers for Solar

[Derek69SS]

What about the batteries?

I forgot to take a picture of that when I was home, that's installed in the basement in the house.
Pretty sure this is the unit here: https://www.solaredge.com/sites/default/files/solaredge-home-battery-400v-brochure.pdf
There is room to add another if I decide I want more battery power.

 

[kmakar]

I forgot to take a picture of that when I was home, that's installed in the basement in the house.
Pretty sure this is the unit here: https://www.solaredge.com/sites/default/files/solaredge-home-battery-400v-brochure.pdf
There is room to add another if I decide I want more battery power.

That's good, but be careful, it's only 9.7 kw (which is more like an emergency battery backup). I currently have 51.25 kw and I'm thinking of adding more.

 

[Derek69SS]

yeah, really only enough power to run the bare necessities... keep the furnace, freezer, well pump, and sump pumps on through the night.
Daylight will provide enough power to run everything plus recharge the battery, and I'll be able to plug in my generator if needed as well if long-term no power and cloud-cover.

I will add more battery capacity as the budget allows. I really just wanted the peace of mind to be able to trust that a big storm with 8" of rain and a power outage wouldn't flood the basement if I wasn't home to hook up the generator.

 

[Nashville Cat]

That's good, but be careful, it's only 9.7 kw (which is more like an emergency battery backup). I currently have 51.25 kw and I'm thinking of adding more.

I have 39 kw theoretical but some batteries aren't "grade A" so probably 10% off that.

 

[kmakar]

Bear in mind I'm 100% electric for everything here in Florida, so I've beefed my system up. I'm also running 100% offgrid, so your requirements won't be as high.

 

[Derek69SS]

Turned out looking very nice. Blends right in from the road, since it covers nearly the whole roof.

 

[Derek69SS]

Battery and inverters... couple small things to finish up yet.

 

[kmakar]

Second panel at the top is off at the right top corner.... take it off and do it again.....

Looks good.

 

[Derek69SS]

System powered up and went active today... cloudy day and snowing, so production is lousy, but powering the house, charging he battery, and still selling a little bit back to the power company.

 

[kmakar]

Congrats! You'll see the benefits rather quickly. How many years until it's paid off?

 

[Derek69SS]

Congrats! You'll see the benefits rather quickly. How many years until it's paid off?

I'll be paying off the lease in 6 years.
Whether it pays itself off in that time remains to be seen, but regardless I'm now pretty much self-sufficient which is worth quite a bit to me.

 

[Derek69SS]

Made my first dollar!

 

[kmakar]

I'll be paying off the lease in 6 years.
Whether it pays itself off in that time remains to be seen, but regardless I'm now pretty much self-sufficient which is worth quite a bit to me.

There is no price tag on piece of mind in knowing you'll never be without power. I'd look to getting the second battery as soon as you can afford it and that'll complete the system.