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  1. On 7/1/2023 at 9:48 AM, Mainecoons said:

    Guadalajara where they have done quite a number of commercial scale solar projects.  

    Thanks MC!    And many hundreds of home systems at lakeside of course, during our 16 years continuous service to the lakeside community in solar electric, solar hot water, solar pool systems and more.      

    Community and commercial local systems long term and recent for: Country Club de Chapala (image below), Cruz Roja Chapala, Riviera Alta, Laguna Vista, Villa Pacifica, Lomas Ajijic, Municipio de Tlajomulco, Monte Coxala Hotel & Spa, Moon Retirement Living, Garden of Dreams Hotel B&B, and more.    

    Feel free to email or PM.

     

    CCC system from STI Sept 15th - 7 (1).jpeg

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  2. An update for those with interest; we have new large shipments of Tier 1 panels in 555 watt sizing, starting from next week availability.    Pricing has also improved even further as well.     This means, for example, a 4 panel system now equates to 2.22 kW of solar PV; to generate about 11 to 12 kWh per day, on avg.     

    With DAC level being 8 per day, this means that with this size of system, total consumption can be as high as in the 17 or 18 kWh per day range (~ 1000 kWh per bill) and still stay comfortably below DAC.

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  3. Solar panels have never been lower cost than now, both in cost / watt and in energy produced.        Cannot recommend buying lesser known / quality panels, there is just no point in doing so.      Panels of smaller size / lower wattage don't "expire" in 10 years just because the current tech has changed, they are designed for easily 25 to 30 year useable life and can go well beyond that.       

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  4. 1 hour ago, Mainecoons said:

    Aren't those newer high wattage panels larger than the older 240's?

    What's the current wattage maximum on panels that are the same size?

    MC:   yes, physically larger, about 1.1 x 2.2 m in size.     

    The 60 cell panels size you have went up to about 350 to 370 watts.     Most panels now are either 66 or 72 cells size, with "half-cut" panel cell technology making them 132 or 144 cells which helps add efficiency and reliability.

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  5. 8 hours ago, SunFan said:

    Go Solar

    660 watts. Be still my heart.

    I have a twelve year old system using 240 watt panels and a 5 kilowatt inverter.

    Is there a way I could add newer panels with microinverters to augment or replace some of the older panels and still retain some the existing panels and inverter?

    SunFan

    Yes, absolutely, we do it all the time, both systems can co-exist with no issues.   Feel free to email or PM.

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  6. Rick, we've been installing 550 watt Tier 1 panels from Risen and ET Solar for over a year now, and have panels up to 660 watts.      

    The beauty of the 550 size is that a home can have an installation with 4 panels and a single high efficiency micro-inverter and cover well over the DAC level of consumption while still having minimum CFE bills.       That's more than enough to cover a typical home even with some AC use, and in some cases even cover off a pool pump too.     

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  7. 6 hours ago, Ellie said:

    Still out but evidently another 1-2  hours. Evidently a Coke truck took out 4 lines on Ocampo yesterday. Large area out including street lights. Did call CFE. Gotta love them. Friend pounded on door this a.m.and took phones home to charge

     

    Any updates & good news to report on the power?

  8. 36 minutes ago, Mostlylost said:

    Pete a solar system will not work if the grid is down unless it has a properly installed battery backup to disconnect the system from the grid in the event of power loss. 

    The invertor stops producing when it senses no power from the grid. If it still sent power to the grid a lineman could be electrocuted while working on a presumed dead power line.

    This is correct for a "standard" grid-tied inverter based system, while backup power systems or full hybrid systems are set up to only feed to the loads of the house, and / or not to export to the grid during an outage.     There's a few different ways to do this depending on the equipment used, and which things are defined as the loads to be backed up, typically called "the essential loads".....this can be the whole house, or any portion of it. 

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