Just a quick intro to say hello. I have been interested in solar for several years. Back in 2017 I was pretty hot and heavy on it when we experienced a natural disaster in our area named Hurricane Harvey that dumped about 50" of rain over a few days. Our home which is in Zone X (not a flood zone) flooded causing me to put the solar program on hold. 2 years later, we had about 50" of rain in about 12 hours, Tropical Storm Imelda, hard to imagine, I know but it happened again. BTW, the first event was called a 1000 yr flood, funny right? 2 years later it happened again (that was a very fast 1k years). Anyhow I think I'm at a point where I'm ready to move forward with the solar program, it's time to pull the trigger.
Right now, I'm looking at about a 25kw ground array on a Ready Rack helical mount, still looking at and researching panels. I came across "Projects with everyday Dave" videos and like what he did, so I'll probably try to mirror his project. I have seen the Sol-Ark 15k and I like what I see. I'm not a real techno nerd, I like things that work plug and play, just want it to work. Our home has a 400 amp (320cl meter) feed that then goes to 2 - 200 amp breaker boxes, so from what I can tell, looks like I may have to go with 2 of the Sol Arks (still researching). We have net metering, but the buyback is about 0.5 to 1 through Entergy Texas, better than nothing I suppose. But because of this, I am going to plan to do battery install as well.
I'm in the oil and gas industry, a few years from retirement, have an AAS in Instrumentation and Electronics, and I'm pretty handy from pool equipment, to home construction, with a little automotive mixed in. I pretty much would rather do it myself than pay someone to do a half ass job. Thats not in all cases, there are still some true craftspeople out there, just not as many to go around, especially in a rural area like where we are. I really dont know a lot about anything, but know a little about most things, and in todays world, just about any subject is only a few keystrokes away. If the project comes to life I'll keep y'all up to date. I really like what I see here on the site, great work, and a seemingly great community of like minded people sharing info. Thanks to those that make it happen.
Peace from Texas,
BudT
Right now, I'm looking at about a 25kw ground array on a Ready Rack helical mount, still looking at and researching panels. I came across "Projects with everyday Dave" videos and like what he did, so I'll probably try to mirror his project. I have seen the Sol-Ark 15k and I like what I see. I'm not a real techno nerd, I like things that work plug and play, just want it to work. Our home has a 400 amp (320cl meter) feed that then goes to 2 - 200 amp breaker boxes, so from what I can tell, looks like I may have to go with 2 of the Sol Arks (still researching). We have net metering, but the buyback is about 0.5 to 1 through Entergy Texas, better than nothing I suppose. But because of this, I am going to plan to do battery install as well.
I'm in the oil and gas industry, a few years from retirement, have an AAS in Instrumentation and Electronics, and I'm pretty handy from pool equipment, to home construction, with a little automotive mixed in. I pretty much would rather do it myself than pay someone to do a half ass job. Thats not in all cases, there are still some true craftspeople out there, just not as many to go around, especially in a rural area like where we are. I really dont know a lot about anything, but know a little about most things, and in todays world, just about any subject is only a few keystrokes away. If the project comes to life I'll keep y'all up to date. I really like what I see here on the site, great work, and a seemingly great community of like minded people sharing info. Thanks to those that make it happen.
Peace from Texas,
BudT