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GP did not mention the mounting option, so I assume they were going for a roof installation. Which has to be a significant markup vs ground mount. I am only par
by fbdab103 4y ago
GP did not mention the mounting option, so I assume they were going for a roof installation. Which has to be a significant markup vs ground mount. I am only partially handy, but even I could throw some poles in the ground and a frame to hold solar panels. Doing the same for a roof would be significantly beyond my abilities.
- voisin 4y agoFrom the quotes we received ground mount is usually quite a bit more expensive per installed watt. The frames cost more, there’s longer runs of cabling, etc.
- fbdab103 4y agoHuh, never would have guessed. I assumed cabling was basically free, and the only difference would be the solar mounts were attached to poles vs a roof. There was a recent experiment[0] where a company is going to start putting panels directly on the ground without any mounting hardware. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33926683 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33926683