Recent content by M3SRdude

This is what I got. Since the 4 planes have 3, 4, 6, and 7 panels, I have confidence I know which panels are on which plane for sure. But, if you ask me if the serial number for 20 really maps to panel 20 on the map, I would tell you I've not sure if the crew is that detail oriented. I'm not...

Tesla team came by today and installed the panels (I didn't purchas Here's my update. Tesla team came by today and installed the panels (I didn't purchase any powerwall). There were a few hiccups. One is the site surveyor's solar layout plan didn't make it onto the install team's plan...

Yeah, I'm rolling the dice a bit. Tesla sent site surveyor who said my underlayment looks good. I think he said it'll be good for another 5-10 years. So I decided I'll take the chance that it'll last another 10 years. I didn't want to replace the underlayment yet if it still has that much...

Yup, same problem. No documents on the website. Even though Tesla emailed me telling me there's a new document for me to sign, but there's no document to sign, and no document in the completed section either.

That's interesting. I may give that a try after owning the solar for a year.

Yes I agree. My request to move some panel from East to West was met with a response of: we can't fit more in the west, which I don't believe because I've had prior installers who actually went on the roof and said they could fit more than what Tesla could. Even accounting for Tesla's larger...

Hi all, I'm hoping to get some opinions on the placement of panels on my install. I need a total of 19 to 20 panels and I'm not having Powerwall installed. Here's what Tesla proposes: And here's what I'd like to see: I prefer to have as many west facing panels as possible, because I'm on...

Hi SoCalDave, So I emailed my advisor about getting a walk through, and he essentially said no. "If we do not require a visit ahead of tiem we do not schedule them with high res pics and area mapping we can determine where we are placing panels and the offset's required to place them. This...

Hm... now Tesla is asking me to schedule an install date, first available date is 9/25. I ordered the panel on 9/15. That is a lot faster than I expected. I haven't even signed all the documents yet, like the HOA document. I'm wait for my HOA to approve the plan, and in the mean time ask for...

The Q cell panels degrade at 0.54% per year, whereas a Panasonic panel I was looking at degrades 0.26% per year. So after 20 years, there will be a 5.6% difference in a Qcell panel system vs a Panasonic panel system. I have a 6.8kW system. So a 5.6% difference over 20 years is a power output...

At $2/Watt, Tesla's cost just couldn't be beat though. All other installers quote at least $3/Watt. (both before tax incentives). With Tesla, it's about $1.5/Watt after tax incentive, and even then I calculated it'll still take me 7-8 years to recoup the cost of the initial investment on the...

Based on what I've read for folks in SoCal, I'm hoping that I can change the panel layout later. Sounds some have changed it on the day of install and then they submit for a plan change then. I'll probably do what SoCalDave suggested and ask for a project lead site walk through before the...

I'm not sure why I got a text saying "We've received your permits" when on the Tesla website it still says we're reviewing your documents.

Hi mnsweeps, Yeah I haven't signed the HOA letter from Tesla yet until I get an approval from my HOA. I too live in the SCV, and I've been reading about your install experience. Did you have any luck changing the layout AFTER you signed the initial customer layout document? I emailed my...

Hi Kennyb03, Within hours of my submitting the initial info they requested, the made a Customer Layout. It's pretty fast, and it's also a really poor layout with half of the panels facing north. I initially asked for a 4kW system, and on the same day I asked to increase the size of system to...