Osmethne
Solar Enthusiast
The place, Northern Utah.
The production target, 28kwh per year(don't judge, I feel you judging me).
The quote:
$22384 for labor
$7000 for racking (Iron ridge racking for this number of cells seems to cost $3200)
$1900 for plans and inspections etc
$5500 wires breakers etc.
$4650 for solar optimzers ($2666 online, maybe cheaper if I looked past the first result in Google)
$1200 200a outdoor disconnect
$1400 200a transfer switch(I'm not convinced this is necessary given the inverters specced in this quote)
$28000 62 QCell 400 watt panels( $16740 from Voltaico)
$700 for battery wires(WTF?)
$2800 main service panel upgrade
$0 4 hum less 5kwh batteries(really? 20kwh of free batteries? )
$14000 4 hum less inverters(This seem to be lvx6048wp clones, currently 4 of these should cost about $6000)
$89984 gross system cost
$62988 after federal tax credit
Payback period: About 21 years(rough guess) .
This quote seems unreasonable, borderline offensive. I can only assume that this installer has a secret agenda of inspiring potential customers to install their own systems. If so then mission accomplished.
I feel that the solar installation industry has become corrupted and a reckoning is coming.
Thank you for hearing me vent.
The production target, 28kwh per year(don't judge, I feel you judging me).
The quote:
$22384 for labor
$7000 for racking (Iron ridge racking for this number of cells seems to cost $3200)
$1900 for plans and inspections etc
$5500 wires breakers etc.
$4650 for solar optimzers ($2666 online, maybe cheaper if I looked past the first result in Google)
$1200 200a outdoor disconnect
$1400 200a transfer switch(I'm not convinced this is necessary given the inverters specced in this quote)
$28000 62 QCell 400 watt panels( $16740 from Voltaico)
$700 for battery wires(WTF?)
$2800 main service panel upgrade
$0 4 hum less 5kwh batteries(really? 20kwh of free batteries? )
$14000 4 hum less inverters(This seem to be lvx6048wp clones, currently 4 of these should cost about $6000)
$89984 gross system cost
$62988 after federal tax credit
Payback period: About 21 years(rough guess) .
This quote seems unreasonable, borderline offensive. I can only assume that this installer has a secret agenda of inspiring potential customers to install their own systems. If so then mission accomplished.
I feel that the solar installation industry has become corrupted and a reckoning is coming.
Thank you for hearing me vent.