benfox.bf
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I've been researching residential solar for several months now. I wish I'd reached out to this forum earlier... I was told by a friend to DIY a system that an installer would sell me on. Use the installers as the brain behind my needs and just do it myself. I used https://www.energysage.com/ to get a bunch of quotes.
Then I mimic'd those quotes.
The request:
I'd like to have solar that is a backup whole home for a short amount of time. 24 hrs is probably sufficient. My home is not large, nor do I have too much consumption (I don't think).
The set up:
* Live in sunny Northern-ish California near Stockton (lots of sun hours)
* No nearby trees for hundreds of feet
* 1200 sq ft manufactured home fed from a 100amp breaker on a 200amp subpanel attached to my home. The 100amp breaker goes to the manufactured home's sub panel to distribute out to all the parts of my home (heavy electric uses would be Water heater, Clothes dryer, space heater)
* I live on 5 acres and have plenty of land for solar. but put it on my roof for ease of wiring to my home.
The Issue:
I was almost ready to buy the materials and begin working, but I had a place draw up my solar plans to submit to my county and noticed that if I went with a 7.8kw solaredge inverter that it would only feed 40amps back to my subpanel. That was when I realized that this was not a whole home backup but an essential backup. One issue is that I have a 100amp circuit that goes to my manufactured home about 10 ft. I don't really want to mess with pulling circuits out of my homes 100amp breaker box and putting it into my backup breaker box.
I'd like to have the whole 100amp service to my manufactured home be able to be backed up. I'm sure I don't use all 100 at the same time. And if the power is out, I can opt to not use my dryer or A/C (not water heater). I was really hoping to do a whole home solar, because the power goes out several times a year, sometimes for 24 hrs.
I'll attach a picture from the plans i paid someone to draw up. I'm not sold on any specific manufacturer of inverters. From reading the forums here, there is likely a better solution than solaredge than what I was quoted by people selling solar.
Also, if this question has been asked elsewhere or I should post elsewhere, please let me know. I tried to read through most of this forum before asking.
Then I mimic'd those quotes.
The request:
I'd like to have solar that is a backup whole home for a short amount of time. 24 hrs is probably sufficient. My home is not large, nor do I have too much consumption (I don't think).
The set up:
* Live in sunny Northern-ish California near Stockton (lots of sun hours)
* No nearby trees for hundreds of feet
* 1200 sq ft manufactured home fed from a 100amp breaker on a 200amp subpanel attached to my home. The 100amp breaker goes to the manufactured home's sub panel to distribute out to all the parts of my home (heavy electric uses would be Water heater, Clothes dryer, space heater)
* I live on 5 acres and have plenty of land for solar. but put it on my roof for ease of wiring to my home.
The Issue:
I was almost ready to buy the materials and begin working, but I had a place draw up my solar plans to submit to my county and noticed that if I went with a 7.8kw solaredge inverter that it would only feed 40amps back to my subpanel. That was when I realized that this was not a whole home backup but an essential backup. One issue is that I have a 100amp circuit that goes to my manufactured home about 10 ft. I don't really want to mess with pulling circuits out of my homes 100amp breaker box and putting it into my backup breaker box.
I'd like to have the whole 100amp service to my manufactured home be able to be backed up. I'm sure I don't use all 100 at the same time. And if the power is out, I can opt to not use my dryer or A/C (not water heater). I was really hoping to do a whole home solar, because the power goes out several times a year, sometimes for 24 hrs.
I'll attach a picture from the plans i paid someone to draw up. I'm not sold on any specific manufacturer of inverters. From reading the forums here, there is likely a better solution than solaredge than what I was quoted by people selling solar.
Also, if this question has been asked elsewhere or I should post elsewhere, please let me know. I tried to read through most of this forum before asking.