Latest Update
Both of us just got off the phone with the installer.
Basically, some order in Germany just took 50 MW worth of 185W panels – 6 months supply in one order. Since the Green party is now in power in Germany, there are lots of projects.
The 175W panels (NT-175U1) are identical to the 185W panels, except that they tested 175-184W after manufacturing. In this configuration, we actually end up getting closer to the 7000W limit of our two 3500W inverters than we could get with the 185W panels. Instead of 3 rows of 12, we will have 3 rows of 13 panels on the roof. That will make it a little narrow on the edges (something like 8 inches) but then it will protect more roof surface.
My installer also agreed to make adjustments to avoid increasing our out of pocket costs, after prompting. I would have liked to see Sharp make the adjustment rather than my installer, but either way is fine – an error or decision that hurt us a little was made that needs to be handled.
So, April 12 is the new install starting date. He still thinks it will take 3 days, but we can do inside work on any rainy days that might occur.
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Sarah on
Wed, 31st Mar 2004 1:11 pm
You know, the more I read and understand how complicated it is to install solar panels, the less likely it is that I will even consider it for my own home. I firmly believe that we need to develop and use alternate sources of energy, but it ought to be easy to do for non-specialists.
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