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My solar city installation of the solar panels was a breeze.

samstave 9y ago
its always sunny in the windy city
dotancohen 9y ago
And nobody will report that because it is not "news". Therefore we will see a disproportionate amount of bad installation experiences reported. Actually, expect _all_ of the bad experiences to be recounted publicly, while the happy majority stays silent.
- oculusthrift 9y ago
  why do they have bad ones? they shouldn't. don't try to blame the media
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- hudibras 9y ago
  This isn't a "oh, I waited for two hours for the cable guy to show up!" situation. This is some next-level incompetence.
- viraptor 9y ago
  We also hear about every major Tesla accident. In a way it feels safer this way. If single instances (from a large group of users) are newsworthy, it can't be bad compared to average rate.
imustbeevil 9y ago
Could you explain the process so we can compare it with the steps the OP went through?
- sunstone 9y ago
  The guy in the original article was having a Power Wall installed. This poster had solar panels installed. The processes won't be the same.
  - plexicle 9y ago
    I had both installed at the same time and it was pretty close to the same. Just an extra permit and they had to have engineers inspect the roof and mounting planes.
  - greglindahl 9y ago
    The guy in the original article also had panels installed by Solar City, that went smoothly.
    - dweekly 9y ago
      OP here. Yes, SolarCity panel install was pretty straightforward.
sxates 9y ago
Mine was surprisingly quick and easy as well.
plexicle 9y ago
Throwing in my hat too. Mine went very well. My Tesla concierge was awesome and the whole process was timely. It took a few months (survey, permits, inspections, etc.) which is standard. 18.85kW system with 2x Powerwalls in Florida.
smsm42 9y ago
Same here, installed twice, no problems. Recently had a problem with invertor, which took some time (couple of weeks) to fix (ended up in replacing the thing), but also went fine. Must be either an exception or their processes with Powerwall are not that polished.

its always sunny in the windy city

And nobody will report that because it is not "news". Therefore we will see a disproportionate amount of bad installation experiences reported. Actually, expect _all_ of the bad experiences to be recounted publicly, while the happy majority stays silent.

oculusthrift 9y ago
why do they have bad ones? they shouldn't. don't try to blame the media
- deleted 9y ago
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hudibras 9y ago
This isn't a "oh, I waited for two hours for the cable guy to show up!" situation. This is some next-level incompetence.
viraptor 9y ago
We also hear about every major Tesla accident. In a way it feels safer this way. If single instances (from a large group of users) are newsworthy, it can't be bad compared to average rate.

imustbeevil 9y ago

Could you explain the process so we can compare it with the steps the OP went through?

sunstone 9y ago
The guy in the original article was having a Power Wall installed. This poster had solar panels installed. The processes won't be the same.
- plexicle 9y ago
  I had both installed at the same time and it was pretty close to the same. Just an extra permit and they had to have engineers inspect the roof and mounting planes.
- greglindahl 9y ago
  The guy in the original article also had panels installed by Solar City, that went smoothly.
  - dweekly 9y ago
    OP here. Yes, SolarCity panel install was pretty straightforward.

sxates 9y ago

Mine was surprisingly quick and easy as well.

plexicle 9y ago

Throwing in my hat too. Mine went very well. My Tesla concierge was awesome and the whole process was timely. It took a few months (survey, permits, inspections, etc.) which is standard. 18.85kW system with 2x Powerwalls in Florida.

smsm42 9y ago

Same here, installed twice, no problems. Recently had a problem with invertor, which took some time (couple of weeks) to fix (ended up in replacing the thing), but also went fine. Must be either an exception or their processes with Powerwall are not that polished.