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(Author here) My roof is full on both sides. There simply isn't any more room. I do say: > As solar panels increase in efficiency, it might be more sensible t
by edent 1y ago
(Author here) My roof is full on both sides. There simply isn't any more room.
I do say:
> As solar panels increase in efficiency, it might be more sensible to replace the panels on my roof, or add some onto a shed.
Even in the darkest days of winter, they still generate something (unless they're physically covered in snow) - but they'd need to be 20x as efficient to power my typical winter usage.
- mnw21cam 1y agoSolar panels are already at least 20% efficient (most are better than that). I don't think they'll improve much beyond 30% within the next 20 years. Your 20x aspiration is of course technically impossible.
- blobbers 1y agoDid you DIY? Our installer basically only put panels on the sunniest sides of our home. I'm surprised you went with panels on all sides.
- edent 1y agoWe didn't DIY. Our installer was happy to put the panels wherever we wanted. Our roof is an even East/West split. So one side powers our morning and the other side our afternoon.
- alias_neo 1y agoIt's really interesting that you still get a smooth production graph with east/west, I wasn't sure what that would look like. We have east and south and our peak production is when the sun is at the south-east, in the middle of the two faces. The east face production drops off from there on out until it's a fraction of what the south face is generating.