nah, she won't wait that long. Next it will be 'grandpa lets do this.
Unintended consequences of Solar that we see
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OffGridForGood
Catch, make or grow everything you can.
And really, this makes better sense if the goal is to be "energy efficient", I mean, I doubt the RSD and Arc-fault rules are intended to make N.Americans run out and build ground mount arrays using extra material, and land in the process, but that is what is happening.
OffGridForGood
Catch, make or grow everything you can.
Yeah, I can see it coming.
She knew all those cloudy foggy days during December 'can't be good for solar'
she said she was worried there wouldn't be enough sun "to cook the Christmas Turkey' (LOL the oven is the only thing left NOT on solar, but she didn't know that)
Brucey
Solar Wizard
I blame the lobby groups. Making it hard for the average person to do a roof install with all kinds of limitations and ever growing list of requirements.
Bad Randy
New Member
I'm building school/shed so I have a place to mount more panels!
B-Mod
Solar Enthusiast
Losing a part of my basement to breaker panels, transfer switches, transformers, inverters, and lots of batteries......
OffGridForGood
Catch, make or grow everything you can.
Yeah, we are building a new Barn this year...er I mean Solar Panel support I am calling a "barn" ...but don't tell.
OffGridForGood
Catch, make or grow everything you can.
The lobby group appears to be fire fighters and the electrical code committee...it was ironic to read the Australians commenting that Firefighters insisted on roof level PV isolation switches...which later were found to be the Cause of most roof level solar system fires. (ya just can't make this stuff up).
Bad Randy
New Member
me too,
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OffGridForGood
Catch, make or grow everything you can.
I have been adjusting the planned location and orientation for the new structure to get the best PV I can, rather than the ideal location for a barn really. I can adjust the road to suit the barn more easily than adjusting the sun 
Q-Dog
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Just as I gained confidence in our setup and started ignoring it more, my wife started getting more interested. She is now checking on the batteries, sometimes a few times a day.
Brucey
Solar Wizard
I guess it's all good till she starts bunking down in the power shed...
houseofancients
Solar Wizard
don't forget the large solar installer lobby clubs ( at least here )
Q-Dog
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
We'll see if she still likes it when I need help putting up more panels.
Zwy
Emperor Of Solar
I don't understand why anyone would go rooftop solar if there is an opportunity for ground mount.
One of my Marine Corps buddies called this morning. He knows I have a solar system here and we have talked about him installing a system at the acreage he purchased last year that has 8 acres. He always wants roof mount. He understands why I tilt my panels and now wants a roof mount with tilt.
I tried, really tried........
hwy17
Anti-Solar Enthusiast
The non viability of anyone else in my family taking over the system is a big one. Professional service costs to understand and maintain it would be insane. So I keep everything running in parallel to a traditional grid system. Flip a few breakers and it's all isolated, with everything back on straight feeders.
A regular home electric system is so fantastically reliable and long lived. You build it right and it's good for 40, 60, could be 80 years.
Renewable energy runs like sand through your fingers, there's not really a hope of even the simplest grid tied system going more than 10 years before needing servicing. I don't think people appreciate what a precarious future we are building and they take for granted all the reasons that we built the grid as a collectively maintained cooperative system.
A regular home electric system is so fantastically reliable and long lived. You build it right and it's good for 40, 60, could be 80 years.
Renewable energy runs like sand through your fingers, there's not really a hope of even the simplest grid tied system going more than 10 years before needing servicing. I don't think people appreciate what a precarious future we are building and they take for granted all the reasons that we built the grid as a collectively maintained cooperative system.
houseofancients
Solar Wizard
The exact opposite here. The law basically says: "if you don't bother your neighbors or significantly alter the landscape, just let the municipality know you're putting it up and you're good. No permit needed." It only becomes paperwork intensive once you go over 100kW.
houseofancients
Solar Wizard
well, you do know how proud the dutch are on their "well organised" city planning scheme's....
Sometime that is a blessing, until you want something out of the norm :-(
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