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The house is facing NW and so the backyard roof facing SE is our best bet, PVWatts confirms this. S or SW did show a small increase but currently it is not feasible to do a ground mount. Power without the grid would be nice to have, not a must. I would have to evaluate the cost. Maybe doing...

Hi All. New to the site and to solar panels and am looking to design a solar panel system for my home. Here are my notes/requirements: - I live in Northern VA

Understood. Thanks for the info and sorry for the distraction... The recent quote I received had SolarEdge optimizers and inverter. I was also looking at micro inverters from Enphase. Are these good options? Are there other options I should consider? Currently I am thinking I will design the...

Ugh... Sorry, my dear daughter took over the keyboard while I was drafting this. Let's try again: Here are my notes/requirements: - Supply 100% of my electricity (or electricity costs) - I live in Northern VA and recently cleared the trees around the house so there is minimal shading -...

Thanks for the quick response! 1. I will review the links. The original assessment (7KW) was based on my electric bill. 2. What I meant was the priorities are cost and environment from a long-term perspective.

To better prepare for a potential future scenario of adding a battery or using an EV, I was researching battery backup and how 3 phase complicates things and came across this article: https://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/home-batteries-3-phase/ It's seems that there are a lot of options. I like...

I was told before that it is 3 phase however that seems very unlikely. I had someone do a survey recently and they the said it is very uncommon to have 3-phase residential in my area and the meter showing 3w confirms this. Is this accurate?