Hello,
I have been going back and forth with the design team at Tesla (through the project advisor) to get the optimal layout.
1st attachment is the original layout they proposed. The 2nd attachment is the one I suggested. 3rd is the latest iteration that they spit out. Last one is the satellite photo (North points up).... I even provided them with the drone pictures of my roof to make it easier.
I was trying to get rid of the panels that are facing directly North... they moved 5 of them and still left 2. They also rejected all of my suggestions as you can see in the 2nd attachment (marked in RED).
My main question is: "when the installation team actually comes out to install everything, has anyone been successful in getting them to relocate some of the low kW producing panels to the South-West side... if it is possible due to code and etc? Or installers will not deviate from the final approved design... or they simply do not have hardware to mount panels at "not as deigned" locations?"
Thank you, in advance, for any feedback.
The installers will likely mount according to the plan. There are codes, clearance to edges, and other requirements that must be met. Tesla is very rigid about this. They don't want some inspector to fail the installation because panels do not meet some requirement. They would rather not do your installation and have you go elsewhere, than have it potentially fail inspection or have an inspection violation later on. After all, if you sell the house and it was not up to code, the new owner will come after Tesla for the illegal install in addition to you.
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