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Hey Chuck, I've been waiting for solar to come down and it sounds like it has. When you priced it, was it just for parts or was that $7K installed? And for th

Hey Chuck, I've been waiting for solar to come down and it sounds like it has. When you priced it, was it just for parts or was that $7K installed? And for the do-it-yourselfers, how much of the cost is installation now? Is it practical to do most of the grunt work yourself and then get an electrician in to do the final part?

ChuckMcM 10y ago
As mentioned elsewhere it was just parts. Installation of grid tie systems isn't hard but does have a number of building code things you have to follow (at least in California). At the time we did the install my wife took a solar installer's course which went over the current code. I can recommend that as a plan of action, find a local group offering job training as a solar installer and take it. Then using that knowledge you can design an installation that meets your local code.