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    Washington DC area Tesla Solar Roof and Powerwall Battery Storage

    I'm in Montgomery County, MD...about two miles from the Westfield mall. 2021 installation with 12.4 kW Solar Roof with 2 Powerwalls. It's not the latest version and has glass dummy tiles versus the steel ones. DM me if you want to come by and check it out.
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    painting fascia boards covered by solar roof

    The solar roof tiles are very slippery when new. During installation one of the crew members slipped and sent 1/2 a rack of tiles off the roof as he grabbed onto the nearest installation rack. Thankfully the harness kept him on the roof. The tiles ended up hitting our wooden deck on edge which...
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    New to Solar

    I only have experience with our one project (12.6 kw solar roof w/ 2 powerwalls May 2021) but project advisors were a high turnover position. 4-5 rotated thru between signing contract and PTO. Generally unresponsive or unable to really effect change/answer queries. Usually realize there is a...
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    Please post pictures of your solar roof on older traditional house!

    Not sure what it’s worth to your break even calculations but the federal tax credit decreases in 2023 and expires after that. Hard to predict what future Congress will do….
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    Shocked from gutters after Solar Roof activated

    Correct, I have 2 Tesla inverters… one 3.8kW and one 7.6kW with two Powerwall 2 for storage. Thanks much for the write up!
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    Shocked from gutters after Solar Roof activated

    Thanks for posting about your experience. Am hoping the electrician coming to update the software can give you a better explanation of what we are experiencing…
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    Shocked from gutters after Solar Roof activated

    The Tesla electrician said the firmware made it a safe voltage..which implied that there was still some present. Probably the best 'stand by your work' part was that he touched the gutters to make sure he didn't get shocked afterwards. Of course we are a week out from Winter Solstice show not a...
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    Shocked from gutters after Solar Roof activated

    Would it be of any use to ground the gutter downspout? None of the downspouts actually touch the ground...they end in pvc drainage pipes. Thinking short copper wire screwed into the downspout leading to a ground rod.
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    Shocked from gutters after Solar Roof activated

    BLUF version: Inverters sent enough electricity to gutters to shock me while cleaning. Solved with firmware update? Our solar roof was installed in May 2021 but inverters not turned on until Oct while awaiting PTO. Tesla did not remove or switch out the existing gutters during install. At the...
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    Solar Roof, big price increase

    Received this email yesterday. Assuming the class action lawsuits must have had an impact. I was not party to either lawsuits that I have seen in the news and did not go on social media. Hopefully this means all solar roof customers are getting the original contract terms honored.
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    One Year post-PTO Solar Roof in MD

    I made the mistake of giving Tesla the 90 days after installation to get PTO from PEPCO. Our solar roof install was in May 2021 and the site supervisor told me to expect it to take 90 days to get install. After the three months I started emailing my project advisor and texting to the number from...
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    Solar Roof and skylight replacement?

    Just completed a solar roof install in Potomac. We had three existing skylights and while they replaced the flashing on all to get it to the right height of the new roof they only replaced the oldest skylight. All three are now Velux flat ones versus the oldest replaced skylight was a bubble...