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Is this DIY, or installed? If it's not DIY, mind passing along who you're using? Inquiring TX minds would like to know!

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• ChuckMcM 11y ago
  My wife and I designed the system but it was installed by a Los Gatos company that did not survive. As part of our education efforts, my wife completed a program to become a certified solar installer (you needed to be certified to get the full rebate at the time) but one of the women she met in the class was working at this company and it just made sense to give them the job to help them bootstrapping their company.
  • lucisferre 11y ago
    So what you're suggesting is to take the installer course and then hire one of your classmates.
    • ChuckMcM 11y ago
      Not really, I was just relating how it worked out for us. There are a number of Solar Power advocacy groups around, in the Bay Area we went to meetups of NorCal Solar[1] (back in the early 2000's they would tours where you could see houses that had solar and ask questions). Great way to hang out with like minded individuals and collect folks experience with various installation companies and system options. Installations are common enough these days that you can probably find someone who has already done what you are thinking of doing, and tell you how it worked out for them. [1] http://www.norcalsolar.org/ http://www.norcalsolar.org/