Red Squirrel
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One tree is in my front yard, it started to split in half. I cut most of it myself but there's one section going over the house that I rather hire out. The other tree is in the back, and it's too risky to do myself so I will hire out. That one just started to die and is rotting inside out and could fall on the house. Sad to have to cut them, but the good part is this means I could put solar in front and in back. I have not gone up to measure but rough estimates based on standard shingle size show me I should be able to easily fit 4 LG 400w modules in front and in the back, giving me a total of 3.2kw with half facing east and half facing west. I could probably fit more if I do another row with like 2-3 of them. There's some room on south side of house too but not as much.
I don't know if it's worthwhile until I experiment with a way to automate the snow removal though as there is snow for a good part of the year here but it's nice to know the option is there. I already have 400w of solar on my shed as an experiment and the snow is definitely a challenge. I usually end up trying to keep it clear for part of the year then by December I just give up lol. But if I work on a way to automate it, and also deal with freezing rain (some ideas in a thread I made on that) then it's something worth considering.
Bonus pics of front tree:
I don't know if it's worthwhile until I experiment with a way to automate the snow removal though as there is snow for a good part of the year here but it's nice to know the option is there. I already have 400w of solar on my shed as an experiment and the snow is definitely a challenge. I usually end up trying to keep it clear for part of the year then by December I just give up lol. But if I work on a way to automate it, and also deal with freezing rain (some ideas in a thread I made on that) then it's something worth considering.
Bonus pics of front tree: