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Nope, I did all the paperwork myself. The electrician did the labor - mount inverter, run conduit, install breaker for $400. did you read the comment you quoted in your post?

my last post said $500, but it was $400 for the hardware (Wires, breaker, etc) and labor. He mounted the inverter in the garage and the disconnect outdoors near the meter. He also ran conduit.

I just called around. $100 per hour is typical in my area. I was close to net zero last month. Total cost was around $6500 for everything - panels, inverter, wire, install, etc.

Much obliged. I used the term “website usage” because that’s the number it showed on the coop electric website. I had no idea what it referred to. They don’t answer calls or emails. pv output from the inverter was easy to find by connecting to the inverter. these are the values it shows on...

I just ordered an ac/dc clamp meter. I am curious to know how accurate my sma inverter is.

How much was it off?

I’m curious, since you have the emporia vue, what’s the loss when you compare the solar energy you produce vs what is actually sent to the panel? 10%?

Problem solved! Someone explained it to me. Here’s an updated chart..

I’ve never heard of that. I’ll get one. Thanks!

This might help. what’s strange is how inconsistent the billing is. If the discrepancy was the same percentage every day, it would make sense.

I think the middle chart is confusing. The reading was taken at 1am. So it’s showing you the previous day’s usage. 24th I generated 35kwh i used 38kwh i was billed 25kwh assuming 10% loss. 38-31.5 = 6.5kwh (what I should have been billed) that’s about 19kwh too much

if they are charging me for 25kWh and I produced 35, that means I used around 60 kWh that day. I’m in a 5 year old 3 bedroom home. We never used 60 kWh before solar.

You can see that the meter went -5kWh on the 27th. It should have been -20kWh.

The first chart is from my Sunny Boy inverter. The second is from the electric company’s accounts. The last is from their website that shows my usage. They have been ripping me off. What can I do? I’m in a coop. We don’t get to choose our provider here.

it doesn’t show online, but my bill was much lower. I just added 10 more panels yesterday. Hopefully I get close to zero.

I ended up having the work done for $500. That included the necessary hardware (Wires, breaker, etc). He mounted the inverter in the garage and the disconnect outdoors near the meter. He also ran conduit.

The meter says “REC 106 kWh”, but it doesn’t show “NET” So maybe they still need to do something on their end.

I have contacted them. They said they would come by and look at the install and swap out the meter. I waited a week and they said I already have a net meter. The settings on the inverter look great and the green light is on which means its sending power to the grid. For whatever reason, they...

The power company says I already have a "net meter". I'm making at least 25kwh per day but it's not showing on my daily usage on the electric provider website. Any idea what is wrong?

Here’s what I have- 14 panels on roof - 4.6k watts connected to SMA sunny boy. & 4 panels in back yard - 1.2k watts wired to mppt controller & roughly 12 kWh of lifepo4 & a Cotek 2.5kw psw inverter The sma will give me 2,000 watts of power during an outage. I want to be able to charge my...

Much obliged!

I’m getting this 5kw model. I wasn’t sure what to look for in the manual. Any idea if it has the built in dc disconnect? https://www.sma-america.com/products/solarinverters/sunny-boy-30-us-41-77-us-41.html

Added the ac disconnect.

These panels are going on the East and west sides of my roof. Unfortunately I can’t have them on the south side. That’s why I have two series. what sort of dc connect do I need to get? Could someone suggest one? also, do I have to have an ac disconnect?

I was planning to get a sunny boy. It has a built in shut off during grid outage feature. Will I also need to buy modules for each panel? Is that required in Texas?

I’m in the same situation. I have a friend who will install panels on the roof, I will buy the string inverter. I just need an electrician to add a few breakers and wire it up to the panel. We are talking about one hour of work. They are asking $2,000 because they see it as a cash cow...

Thank you!

https://www.bluepacificsolar.com/home-solar/home-solar-8kw.html

Some of the diagrams I’ve seen have the pv inverter connecting to the main breaker box. Can it be done that way?

its impossible to backfeed with this. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Generator-interlock-kit-for-Square-D-QO-or-Homeline-150-200-Amp-LISTED-SD-200A-/294206083171?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

Would this work? Backup off grid inverter wired to breaker box with generator interlock kit. This requires the main switch to be off before you can flip on the breaker that connects the generator (or inverter) to the breaker box. If power goes off. Flip off main power. Then flip breaker...

I was wondering about that. Thanks. Is there something else you have to buy to ac couple? what about firmware upgrades, does that require an additional purchase too?

Thank you.

I think I’m going to go with the Outback radian

Battery agnostic - does not require the use of proprietary batteries, which can be ridiculously expensive.