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  1. Bob The Builder

    Solar panels 9 weeks underwater and still work!

    After hurricane Ide my neighbors solar panels ended up face down in 3 ft. of water in the mud in front of my house in a small Bayou. Yesterday, after 9 weeks, we hooked on to them with a tractor and pull them out. Instead of putting them by the hwy for pickup I decided to at least get the...
  2. Bob The Builder

    What are the Beat solar panels price and output? What do you have? I'm in the US. No batteries grid tie. Universal racking.

    I'm looking for 24 solar panels no more than 39" wide to fit my universal tracking. Voltage can vary as I didn't but the invertor yet!
  3. Bob The Builder

    How many, see picture, metal roof attachments do I need?

    I'm going to install racking on a metal roof with all metal bracing under the metal roof in my shed. It just took over 150 mph wind from hurricane Ida and held up perfectly. My racking will be 2- 20 foot long ea. 3 foot apart to hold each 6 panel section . Panels will be about 39" x 65" each...
  4. Bob The Builder

    Racking cost for 24- full size panels almost 8K system.

    What would it cost for a system like this on a metal roof DYI in the USA? I'm think of universal racking! Just looking for a ball park amount.
  5. Bob The Builder

    Solar and batteries or generator when grid goes down?

    I have a small solar grid tie system and will soon expand to net metering and a 5K solar system to start then 10K. I decided against going the battery back thing and here is why. Let me say this I was in the direct path of Hurricane Ida in South Louisiana a month ago. We lost power for 16 days...
  6. Bob The Builder

    Running DC underground from solar panel to meter!

    I have about a 125 foot run from solar panels to my house meter. I would use copper. What size and kinda of wire and how many individual wires. to minimize lost for a 10 k system?
  7. Bob The Builder

    DIY net metering system for under $8,000.00 United states.

    This is my second post here, my first post was about a Frankenstein grid tie system I was having problems with. I wasted $1,000 to find out this is not the way to go. No one commented on it! I have $8,000.00 left and don't want to make the same mistake. Im looking for a DYI small net metering...
  8. Bob The Builder

    Smart meter FM 2S Blues

    I'm new to solar and decided to start slow. I decided to use a cheap 1000 watt grid tie inverter from Amazon. Well I also purchased 4 - 100 watt ea. Panels to start and learn about solar. Well the meter I purchased showed how many KWH I was putting into my system. I also purchased a home...
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