Jimmy79
New Member
In the midst of becoming a YouTube solar expert, I got a great "deal" on a bunch of Canadian solar panels. Then I discovered California's list of approved solar equipment. I don't see them there! Am I missing something? But here’s the real problem...
I got the solar bug a few years back and have had a blast learning about solar and thinking of different ways I could put it to work around my small berry farm. The real issue for me is that, after buying a bunch of not-so-cheap goodies, I don't have a functioning money-saving system up and running. I do have:
I want to get permitted, and save money. The way I see it I have 2 legal options:
I got the solar bug a few years back and have had a blast learning about solar and thinking of different ways I could put it to work around my small berry farm. The real issue for me is that, after buying a bunch of not-so-cheap goodies, I don't have a functioning money-saving system up and running. I do have:
- A functioning battery backup for the house powered by a 4-12k Aimes off-grid inverter. I have 1 solar panel out to keep the batteries topped off.
- I had a non-permitted grid tie system up for a while just to see if could do it. I took it down because, you know, I generally like to obey the rules.
I want to get permitted, and save money. The way I see it I have 2 legal options:
- Use my existing equipment and get permitted for an off-grid battery back up to power things like my pumps… which would save money.
- Sell everything and start over with a super duper hybrid grid-tie and a gazillion dollars worth of batteries
- Oh yea…money to purchase new stuff is an issue, but then again my last PGE bill was $700