Hi all!

Hoping to get some feedback about purchasing a house with existing solar panels.

Overview:

- older house that has been renovated 1915.

- Current owners purchased in 2022

- Solar system installed in 2022

- Financed

- Loan would be transferred to buyer I think. 1.99% interest, ~$100/month.

Questions I'm asking seller/things I'm checking:

- previous electric bills to compare savings

- age of roof in relation to panel installation

- Is the solar cost added to the cost of the house? (clarifying)

- Inspect the roof below the panels for any water damage

- what net metering they are a part of with their utility company or do they have batteries? Is there a battery backup?

- what net metering they are a part of with their utility company or do they have batteries? Is there a battery backup?

- Are the warranties transferable?

- copies of the original municipal building permits and utility interconnection/net metering agreements?

- Ask for the building/electrical plans for the system, who the current services is if there are issues and if the roof was replaced when the panels were installed.

- make sure the inspector I choose knows about solar or get separate solar inspection.

Am I missing anything? Thanks in advance?

Hey guys, if you missed it, SolarEdge ($SEDG) agreed to a $55M settlement with investors over claims that it misled the market about weakening demand in Europe and rising inventory. Late claims are still being considered, even though the deadline has passed.

Quick recap: In 2023, SolarEdge continued saying European demand was strong while inventory was building. In August, 2023, the company disclosed excess inventory and slower growth, sending $SEDG down 18.3%. In October, it disclosed unexpected cancellations, and the stock fell another 27.2%.

If you invested in $SEDG in 2023, you can still check the details and submit a late claim here. 
Did anyone here hold $SEDG during that period?

So I’ve had my solar panels for almost 3 years now and up to recently I have had zero issues. But when I checked my electric bill it was over $500 and the next month it went up so now I’m over $800. I had a technician come out and he said the inverterrrr🤷‍♀️needed to be replaced. He replaced it gave me a receipt and left. I’m now in danger of getting my power cut and all the solar company can do is let me skip 2 payments to them (I rent the panels) what else can I do ????
I spoke with the electric company and have a payment plan but that is difficult to come up with that payment also

So I'm new to using solar for things. I want to have my exterior holiday lights/decor powered by like a solar bank or something of the like.

Reason for that is because my house is old and has no exterior outlets that i can use.

Is there any suggestions that could help or is this not a reasonable thing to try to do?

Hi! Sa mga nagpakabit na or nag-consider mag-switch to solar, kamusta ang experience ninyo overall, from researching and getting quotations to installation and after-sales service?

Sa mga hindi tumuloy, ano ang main reason?

We’re CS students conducting preliminary research for an academic project. We’d appreciate hearing your experiences. Thank you! ☀️

Look on diy solar for details. I really don't want to type it all out a dozen times.

Look on diy solar for details. I really don't want to type it all out a dozen times plz.

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Hi! In search of a good, chargeable, solar panel(s)! HELP PLEASE AND THANK YOU

What happened was we are thinking to get ourselves a sun room, and then we figured BIPV might not be a bad idea, considering the extra power we get, in addition to a sun room ( while the light gets in and the transprency is conpromised of course, to get the free power)

Being Chinese and specialized in sourcing, we reached to quite many manufacturers in China ourselves and tried to benchmark different companies' products, strength, downside, price, and etc..

As we learnt more and more, we started to think maybe should make it into a business ourselves. Given the wide use of BIPV in architecture design, roof and side walls, public art installation or landscape installation, resort villa and etc. More of best combination of visual arts (maybe :p) or at least leisure experience/function with benift (power generated)

with 20% transparency, power generated ~120W/m2, take 4hr average effective sun light, making ~140 kWh/year, peak in summer around 6-7hr, low in winter ~2.5hr (We are at Ontario, Canada)

Cost wise, ~400 USD/m2 (customized fancy color, texture, prints, higher transparency (normally up to 40%), addtional strenth, floor and roof tile, all can do with extra costs)

Plus shipping, shipping is the biggest headache...(full container loading would make economic sense, then we need order volumn/size) And because the high shipping cost, it would be hard to take small residential order to start with...commerical project seems making more sense.

We hope to get some honest feedback of the perspective of BIPV, if we should make this into a business ourselves given the cost and potential revenue room, if going into commercial segment make sense (any suggestion of which sub segment/particular area makes more sense). Btw, we are located in Ontario Canada, but US market is as well considered, or should not us? Greatly appriciated!

My father a couple months before he passed decided to get solar panels installed. He wasn’t in his right mind as he was always confused and in and out of the hospital. He would sit downstairs just watching tv. One day while me and my mother was out they came knocking and by the time we got home he was already signing the contract. Fast forward my mother after his passing wasn’t paying much focus to it as it was on automatic payments coming from their joint checking account. The company went bankrupt and We also switched banking companies. My mother got a letter in the mail for my father that it was past due. She tried to call and pay but they only want to speak to my father. She has explained he has passed away and showed proof of death as well. They are still not letting her pay. We are worried that’s since the contract my father signed could include if we don’t pay they can take the house that is also owned by my mother….. any idea on what to do we are worried we are going to be homeless…. I cry

I'm currently writing an essay for a University assignment on new technologies where i'm required to conduct at least two interviews with professionals that are working in the industry and I want to gain insight from the perspectives of anyone who is a professional with Solar Panels and how they think it has changed the world. Any answers from a working professional in the area would be appreciated.

My siblings and I had been discussing a home battery as Dad's retirement present. He lives in a small house in Germany and had been planning balcony solar. During our Sunday call, one of us talked about keeping the fridge on during a power cut, another wanted a lamp and phone charging, and Dad wanted to use daytime solar in the evening once the panels were in place. We'd been discussing different jobs for the battery without sorting that out first.

We started comparing balcony storage options for Dad's evening solar use, including the Jackery SolarVault 3 Pro. We kept outage backup as a separate question about which appliances needed power and for how long. We decided to set our contribution first and work through the equipment choice with Dad, along with who'd handle the setup and maintenance. What did you sort out with your parent about everyday operation before buying a system?