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... solar was turned on yesterday while waiting for city inspection :)

Hello, My installer filed the IR with SCE yesterday late afternoon and it looks like sometime today, my smartmeter got reprogrammed since it now cycles through the generation screen (code 71 on the upper left) and "pld" screen now reads a different number than yesterday. I've heard that SCE...

Hi there, install went well. They didn't have to turn off power at all which was great. I didn't mention this earlier, but I had already moved some breakers around ahead of my solar search in order to free up space so they didn't have to move anything around; perhaps a careful electrician...

Thanks for all the quick replies everyone. Yes, it's a solar-only install; no PWs. Appreciate the link to the thread that someone else started! I should have searched for it. They shouldn't need to reshuffle any breakers, so we will see what happens. A quick outage is fine. Just didn't...

Hello, My installer, non-Tesla, can do an install for me on Thu. I have two open breaker slots on the bottom (center fed panel). Can someone tell me if they need to kill power? My project manager says no but I’m paranoid since we are working from home! Thanks!

A few datapoints that I noticed in my journey with respect to lightweight concrete tile: 1. It's interesting because my highly rated local installer (the one I went with after Tesla spurned me) was a tiny bit nervous about the my lightweight tile as well. During their site visit, I showed the...

This is exactly what happened to me which I documented in another thread. My concrete tile weighs 7.8 lbs. They said it's too light and suggested a reroof for the portion of the roof where the panels would be installed at a cost of $7K. My roof is only 5 years old and I have a ton of spare...

Thanks Dave. It's interesting that Tesla's on EnergySage. You would think Tesla wouldn't want to pay the EnergySage commission further depleting their margins when they have a successful direct-to-customer model. Additionally, you would think EnergySage wouldn't want to anger their 3rd party...

I've had an older QC installed for over 6 years now and it's great as others have said. I tend to run it all night and even on the hottest non-humid days, it's still comfortable up until like 3pm in the afternoon. Live about 10 miles (as the crow flies) from the ocean. One suggestion I have...

SoCalDave, two questions! 1. Is that an energysage quote? Didn't think Tesla was quoting on Energysage. 2. I selected a 3rd party installer and my percentage is actually 150%. However, I'm close to 105% since I will be charging an EV after getting solar (previously was doing it at work)...

Do you have a link which states when NEM 3.0 is going to take effect in CA? I can't seem to find anything. Read through a bunch of CPUC stuff as well (fun times). One solar installer I was talking to mentioned it would be taking affect on Jan 2021, but I can't find any collaborating info on...

Well, I was super excited and multiple people on this forum helped me with questions and suggestions for which I'm thankful, but it looks like there will be no Tesla solar in the cards for me! :( We have a lightweight concrete tile roof that only 5 years old. It was put on as part of a whole...

Sounds like at least a few of you have been getting layout changes done in just a few changes. I have a simple ask to add 2 new panels and change the orientation of the panels, and it's been 2 weeks! Turns out the guy who was supposed to push my layout change was out of office. But it's...

Whoa, I'm glad I asked. I googled around and it looks like it's needed to monitoring usage data? I don't have a powerwall, will this be required to have monitoring? I see little mention of it on the forums. Thanks.

Haha, I'm having seriously sub panel envy there! BTW, I missed this earlier, what's the "Power Blaster" breaker?

Hi SoCal Dave, Thanks again for your help. Your replies and recent thread have been a great help! I definitely owe you a beer! :) Good point on the using a 200A panel as the 100A sub. I'll definitely consider that. The 125A sub that I just bought has 6 breaker positions (12 circuits with...

Hi mnsweeps, I ordered on July 20th. Got the initial layout within 2 days, but they didn't take into account of increasing the number of panels which I made by calling in right after I ordered. It looks like my designer was out of office till yesterday so that might part of the delay. As far...

Hello, Tesla is going to be doing a site visit next week. I have a 200A panel but all the slots were taken so I moved 4 circuits to tandem breakers in order to free up 2 slots for the solar install ; no powerwall. I have a center fed panel, so I'm assuming they will want to install the 2...

Hi Dave, Sounds like the panel alignment on the roof wasn't as bad as you expected. I know exactly what you mean though about noticing it though; I'm the same way! I see 3 EMTs going down that side wall. Is that what you are planning on redoing? Once they paint it to match the wall, would...

Don't keep us waiting SocalDave! :) Are they continuing the install today? Did the fix the panel alignment issue?

Thanks for all the replies, RKCRLR and jjrandorin. It's interesting that the PGE site has more info and is more digestible than the SCE or the SGIP site! It doesn't look like the General Market is available according to the link that RKCRLR posted above. Both General and Equity are...

I tried getting SGIP info from SCE and got absolutely no where! My understanding is that you need to be in a fire zone to qualify for the Equity Resiliency, unlike the "standard" SGIP. ANyone have a link for finding out whether my address qualifies? Thanks.

Thanks for your very thorough reply nwdiver! Sounds like I don't have much to worry about.

Hello, I'm in the initial stages of getting the layout with Tesla. I ordered the 4.08 system and then called them up to up the number of panels to 14 so that I can get a 4.76 system. They of course didn't account that for my initial layout, but are supposedly doing it now! Anyways, when I...

Holeydonut, thanks for the thorough message! Man, the info I get, the more analysis fatigue I have! For some reason your statement about Tesla (last line in the quote above) didn't show up in post above! Anyways, so was there any consensus about Telsa's ZEP mounting method, especially with...

Hi jjandorin. No, I think it's my mistake. I looked through my notes from talking to other solar quotes I got besides Tesla and a couple of them said "no tax". I assumed that to mean "no sales tax" is assessed on the equipment but after some googling it doesn't appear that there is a sales...

Thanks willow_hiller. Not sure why the CA sales tax was assessed then. Thanks for your reply. I do have flat lightweight concrete tile. I was concerned about this first, but a bunch of people seemed to indicate that they did install on concrete tile. Also, I talked to them on the...

Thanks everyone for the reply. I went ahead and paid the $100 to Tesla; excited but nervous at the same time! Not sure how the tax situation works.. looks like the initial solar agreement included tax, but I think some states (I'm in CA; so not sure) actually exempt solar installs from state...

Thanks for all the replies and appreciate the welcome to the forum. No, Tesla isn't telling me this. This is what the local independent solar installer said, in general, about SolarEdge inverter installations. Their preferred installation was Enphase microinverters. I didn't mean to imply...

I got a decent quote from an independent installer on energysage. However after Tesla’s price drop, I mentioned that I need to to evaluate their option as well and he of course mentioned some negatives: 1. Tesla doesn’t use optimizers on their string inverters. I think he’s referring to the...