Expanding Solar Panel System
If you have enough to make a purchase in cash you ll save more than with any other option but even with a 0 down solar loan your savings could still be in the tens of thousands.
Expanding solar panel system. Adding panels to a roof mount. Expanding a roof mounted system can be a bit trickier since space is limited. While solar leases and power purchase. If any of these common reasons apply to you and your home you re a good candidate for a solar upgrade.
How are you financing your solar panel system. There are a few reasons homeowners may decide to expand their system after it s installed. Our solar panels are low profile and durable quietly converting sunlight to energy for decades to come. If you re adding quite a few panels and your entire solar panel system is much larger than the original size it may generate more electricity than your pre existing inverter can handle.
1 add more panels to your existing system using your original inverter. We will see how our energy bill comes out it should definitely be lower. Most solar panels for sale today are made of either 60 or 72 pv cells. Let s go through each option in detail so you can weigh up the best approach for you.
Why you should expand your solar system. With good quality european inverters you can oversize the arrayby up to 33 maximising the output of the inverter for longer during the day. 3 get a whole new separate solar system installed next to the original. In order to expand the solar array on the roof you ll have to add on more racking and connect the panels to the existing combiner box and charge controller as long as it can carry the increased load of power.
Whether you choose to buy or lease your solar panels will have a major impact on your system s long term value. 2 get a new bigger inverter and add more panels too. Solar panel expansion results our daily reports show that we have effective doubled the output of our solar panels system. You may care about panel size if you have limited space to build your system.
Solar panels pay for themselves over time so it s sometimes easier to expand a system slowly to lessen the initial investment cost. If your current solar system s inverter capacity is greater than the capacity of your solar panels you may be able to add more panels. For example if you have a 3kw inverter with 2kw of panels you may be able to add another 2kw of panels. Add on projects are a bit easier if your original solar panel system uses microinverters as opposed to a power optimizer or string inverter system.
Approximately 32 33kw a day is generated during the summer up from 16 18kw. You d prefer several smaller installments. Because microinverters are located at each individual panel you don t have to worry about inverter capacity issues and can just install additional.