DIY Solar Kits

**mudflap** · 03-19-2019, 10:28 AM

I'll watch this thread later on, but....

We wanted to orient the house so the angle for solar panels would be correct, but no matter what we did, it looked weird to us oriented that way towards the road. So, the plan is to have the garage roof face that direction instead. it'll probably work out better for accessing the panels anyway, since the garage will only be 1 story. Also (and the boss doesn't quite know this).... ima have a huge water tank in the attic of the garage, already piped and ready to feed the house as a gravity system- just a little valve inside the house to activate it. Sure, it won't feed the upstairs bathrooms in the house, but at least we'll have running water to the main level.

**BoFuller** · 03-19-2019, 10:48 AM

I oriented my house for the max sun exposure on the Southern roof. It was either facing 175 degrees or 185 degrees, I forget which.
Since I’m in the middle of 80 acres of trees, any direction would look the same.

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**rreidnauer** · 03-20-2019, 03:05 AM

Yeah, I don't think you should have any issues wiring the panels to the charger/inverter. The only thing the power company is worried about, is making sure the inverter doesn't send power into the grid, if the grid is down, and their workers are working on it, hence the need for certified installer.

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**thoner7** · 03-20-2019, 03:29 AM

Originally Posted by rreidnauer

Yeah, I don't think you should have any issues wiring the panels to the charger/inverter. The only thing the power company is worried about, is making sure the inverter doesn't send power into the grid, if the grid is down, and their workers are working on it, hence the need for certified installer.

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Everything I've looked at so far uses "micro inverters". So I guess that's better.