Building my own solar power system

The Build A New Roof Roof in progress Before I could install a solar system I needed to have a new roof done. I could have probably gotten a few more years out of the asphalt roof, but I didn’t want to rip off the panels to redo it. So after a few months of quotes and scheduling I had a local roofing company come and replace it while I continued doing research on exactly what solar system I wanted. The cost was around ~20k. Batteries Are Heavy Final inverter / battery install. Ignore the panels that are off :) Once all the equipment was delivered, I had to figure out how to actually move the batteries into their final resting place. They weigh 300 pounds, and though they have some ropes to help you break them out of their shipping containers, that didn’t work for moving them. I settled on using some moving straps, which worked great. Two people would lift with the strap, while a third helped position the battery by the wall. The batteries themselves are mostly supported by the f ... Read full article.