You can save a significant amount of money by cutting contractors out of the equation and take pride in your own handiwork.
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This video documents the install including a time lapse portion showing the entire roof install.
North facing for souther.
You can build it yourself hire local laborers to help or do a mix of both.
The direction of solar panels should always be facing towards equator of earth.
In the example above as we have shown we had 4x 100 watt solar panels putting out 400 watts max so we are going to match that with the appropriate solar charge controller.
All 4 being wired into parallel we would have 22 5 volts max and about 21 16 amps max.
Installing solar panels by yourself can be a cost effective and rewarding experience.
While a diy solar system involves some extra effort you can act as your own project manager and save thousands when installing solar panels.
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I recently installed a 6 24kw solar panel array on my roof.
Capturing and converting the sun s energy with this old house energy expert ross trethewey.