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One thing I'll tell you: don't listen to anyone wanting to come and inspect and propose stuff. It's a huge salesman heavy market, so you have to research it or
by zo1 3y ago
One thing I'll tell you: don't listen to anyone wanting to come and inspect and propose stuff. It's a huge salesman heavy market, so you have to research it or just ask someone that has it already.
The only thing the installers have to figure out is how to wire up the panels with your inverter in the right ratio, and if your roof can hold the panels you want. The rest you pick and they do.
Don't get an offgrid inverter, hybrid grid-tied inverter all the way. Even if you live in the sticks with no grid, just get a hybrid one.
Also, don't worry if your batteries will last the night or cloudy days or whatever. Just make sure you have enough to handle your load if it goes down, the rest works on its own and the inverter just blends your solar with whatever it needs from the grid.
- svieira 3y ago> Don't get an offgrid inverter, hybrid grid-tied inverter all the way. Even if you live in the sticks with no grid, just get a hybrid one. Would you please expand on why a hybrid inverter is better even if you're not going to grid-tie it?
- zo1 3y agoMain reason being it's just easier and narrows down the choice of picking an inverter, which causes a lot of people to get stuck trying to find the right one that fits their "scenario" perfectly. But also hybrid does everything you need and the cost savings of something else is marginal from what I've seen. It's an "all in one" that I believe is a good one size fits all for 99% of the houses out there. Every house should have a 5/10kw inverter installed by default with a corresponding set of solar and battery pack. I.e. 5kw solar panels, 5kw inverter, 5kwh battery bank. Or 10 or 15. It acts as a giant ups, let's you shift some power, and you can gradually reduce your grid reliance to almoat 0 by adding more batteries, all while staying on the grid just in case.