Solar and power wall 3 quote.

[stoveliker]

First 30+ kWh day here. (Max ever in a day was 37 or so iirc).
Shading issues before 7.45 and after 3.30 this time of the year.

 

[bogieb]

Yesterday was the best day this year so far at 28 kwh. Pollen season hasn't started yet but may get snow this morning.

Although I do have some shade in the morning, at any time of year, right now it is from bare tree branches. But guaranteed, anytime I start up the clothes drier, clouds will move in if they aren't already there - LOL

 

[EbS-P]

First month over 1Mw!

 

[bogieb]

First month over 1Mw!

That is fantastic.

I have not yet surpassed my to production day that I posted at the beginning of the week. Since we had a system move in last night, and it is supposed to last until Monday night, that 28kwh will be the highest production day for the month of March. Normally my high production day in March is 35-36 kwh. Interestingly though, this will NOT be a low total production March compared to past years.

 

[EbS-P]

my first bill with excess generation. 87kwh. It is kinda shocking to go from importing 960 kWh to exporting 87 kWh the next cycle.

We get paid $0.039/kwh for excess and it’s credited monthly.
Getting over $30/month credit will be difficult. But I can probably get enough credits to get through July without paying them pay some in August and start accumulating some credit to spend down in the winter.

 

[EbS-P]

First 60kwh day! No heat or AC use today. Car needs 25-30 kWh tonight. Panels are dirty! I sprayed them down 3 times. I don’t think it did much good. Falling off a ladder isn’t worth the hassle if we don’t get a good rain in the next week I’ll go up and get all them sprayed good as yellow season is over !

 

[begreen]

We had a moderately sunny day, with filtered sunlight. Things are improving. We hit 26.2 kWh.

 

[EatenByLimestone]

First 60kwh day! No heat or AC use today. Car needs 25-30 kWh tonight. Panels are dirty! I sprayed them down 3 times. I don’t think it did much good. Falling off a ladder isn’t worth the hassle if we don’t get a good rain in the next week I’ll go up and get all them sprayed good as yellow season is over !

I wonder if you could apply something like RainX with a hose? It really helps keep windshields clean!

 

[bogieb]

Yesterday was a full sun day and I hit 41kwh production. First sunny day since April 4, although Tuesday at least the overcast was not heavy and dark, so the system produced 22kwh then.

Clouds/overcast start rolling back in today until sometime next week.

 

[EbS-P]

I wonder if you could apply something like RainX with a hose? It really helps keep windshields clean!

The thought has crossed my mind. It wouldn’t be a small about if rainX.

 

[djlew]

Really happy to see everybody's production and system sizes here. My project is currently in the works. This process really takes a long time... hopefully I'm not alone in that. I've been in the process since January and we just got into the "formal engineering" phase and permit submission. Roof work and tree work was done last month. Going to be a 17.8kw system, we unfortunately have electric as our only big utility. Excited to jump in and share production when we finally get turned on!

 

[begreen]

I wonder if you could apply something like RainX with a hose? It really helps keep windshields clean!

Our tree pollen season is just starting. I've hired a guy to clean our panels. The rack on the pole requires a tall ladder and a long-reach wash brush. He uses a deionized water system and that seems to work quite well. The panels look great after he is done, both arrays are done in about an hour.

 

[EbS-P]

Our tree pollen season is just starting. I've hired a guy to clean our panels. The rack on the pole requires a tall ladder and a long-reach wash brush. He uses a deionized water system and that seems to work quite well. The panels look great after he is done, both arrays are done in about an hour.

So how well could they be washed by drone????

 

[bogieb]

Really happy to see everybody's production and system sizes here. My project is currently in the works. This process really takes a long time... hopefully I'm not alone in that. I've been in the process since January and we just got into the "formal engineering" phase and permit submission. Roof work and tree work was done last month. Going to be a 17.8kw system, we unfortunately have electric as our only big utility. Excited to jump in and share production when we finally get turned on!

Are you having an installer do the work, or are you doing it all (or portions)?

 

[EatenByLimestone]

So how well could they be washed by drone????

Strap a wet sponge to the bottom and then get really good at flying in a wax on/wax off pattern!

 

[EatenByLimestone]

Amazon.com : window cleaning hose kit

This type of thing seemed like it’d probably clean off the panels pretty well. I’ve seen people use them for second story windows with good results.