That's the tree in the front, if correct. The tree in the back has different leaves. But you can see that it's lifting the walkway to the house which has already been ground down once and needs to be done again. It almost certainly is affecting the foundation of the house.
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Yes, it appears to be the tree he pointed out to be the one closest in the photo casting the shadows in the afternoon on his SW facing roof plane.
If the tree in his back is a camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora), I'd recommend taking that one out too. Very shallow roots that will affect growth near them and can grow many stories high (to 90 foot range). Our neighbor behind us just took out the one he planted when he moved in some 16 years ago. He had drastically pruned it once before but it grew back rather quickly and given we each only have backyards of 25 feet deep he grew concerned about it falling on one of our 2-story homes. It was recommended to him as a fairly fast growing shade tree and that's why he bought it. Didn't know if it was really appropriate for small yards.
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Good point - both trees are likely to be an issue, but the pepper can likely be mitigated for now with some heavy pruning.
I believe the tree nearest the house is a bradford pear, which apparently has a host of issues on its own. It's definitely pushing the walkway up too. So that one most likely needs to go but now that I look at it, it doesn't seem to be the one causing the shading issue.
The one on the street strip is overgrown as well, hopefully some aggressive pruning would let me keep the tree and mitigate most of the shading problem.
I was thinking about the garage as well, I think I could fit just under 6kw of panels on there. Unfortunately it's on the far opposite corner of the house from the main panel so I'm assuming that would add a fairly significant cost to the install? ie a long conduit run, part of which would need to go under a patio/walkway. There's no subpanel in the garage, if that makes a difference
I ran the tree near the street through the PictureThis app (awesome app for identifying plants btw) and it tagged it as a Chinese pistache tree, which looks right based on a quick google search
The one on the street strip is overgrown as well, hopefully some aggressive pruning would let me keep the tree and mitigate most of the shading problem.
I was thinking about the garage as well, I think I could fit just under 6kw of panels on there. Unfortunately it's on the far opposite corner of the house from the main panel so I'm assuming that would add a fairly significant cost to the install? ie a long conduit run, part of which would need to go under a patio/walkway. There's no subpanel in the garage, if that makes a difference
I ran the tree near the street through the PictureThis app (awesome app for identifying plants btw) and it tagged it as a Chinese pistache tree, which looks right based on a quick google search
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This is the initial layout. Install hasn't happened yet. I am thinking of moving up to 10 kw. Over the last 365 days (10/2/2019 to 10/1/2020) I used a little over 23,000 kwh.
I have SRP and in my estimation getting a huge system that creates more power than you use doesn't make financial sense.
I have SRP and in my estimation getting a huge system that creates more power than you use doesn't make financial sense.
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Thanks, I hadn't considered that. So a Powerwall is 14kwh, so that means it qualifies for the full $3,600 incentive. Correct?
I received a new layout to maximize the two roof platforms I want to use. Up to 31 panels, about 10 KW.
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There really should be legislation/regulation that limits the placement of roof penetrations on roof planes with the highest potential for PV generation.
Well, good news is I heard back in 1 day from submission on my interconnect agreement.
Bad news is they rejected it. Tesla didn't include on the diagram submitted where the electric meter is located in relation to the disconnect. Should be an easy fix, but boy was I disappointed to see an email about my interconnect agreement and it not be approved.
Bad news is they rejected it. Tesla didn't include on the diagram submitted where the electric meter is located in relation to the disconnect. Should be an easy fix, but boy was I disappointed to see an email about my interconnect agreement and it not be approved.
After not hearing anything, I had sent a text and asked where we were on getting PTO. Less than an hour later, I received an email from the power company about an update to the interconnect. Think that is for the PTO? I hope so.Last night Tesla Energy sent out a tech to get thing labelled and to take a look at the breaker panel. This morning they were fixing the remaining issues and right now they are waiting for the inspector. I really love the effort they are showing trying to get this passed this week.
Here is the new label:
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EDIT: I was just notified we passed inspection. Now just waiting for my power company.
Yep, usually there’s an interconnect application and signed agreement between you and the utility. After all inspections, paperwork and approvals, the utility will grant you permission to operate (PTO).
I figured. Received notice from the power company this morning... that there needs to be a revision to the application. So close, yet so far. The good news is my advisor is back to giving me updates again.
Hopefully it is better than mine. On our third rejection of the application from Tesla. Small issues every time that need to be changed.
I just received this solar layout. It's a bit more than I'd like on the North side, but due to the nature of the roof it's the best they could do Any recommendations? Also the section on the North West is a uncovered Deck with nowhere to mount solar panels.
Got my layout last week 10/14. Ordered 9/21. Pretty happy with the layout. Existing 8-panel 2.56kW system on East facing Side of the house (white box). Was hoping that they could put all 12 panels together but I guess the vent placement might make that difficult. Accepted it as soon as it came to help move the process forward. sounds like they are waiting on permits now. Saw that somebody else in the San Diego area moved through the process pretty quickly so hoping the same happens here.
Still crossing my fingers that I’ll get an install date scheduled before the end of the year.
Looks good. Even though it's facing slightly north, you may actually still produce more than if it were on your east facing roof if you get a lot of AM clouds. I seem to remember San Diego being this way.
Yes, between the morning marine layer and afternoon peak TOU (4pm-9pm) for SDG&E it should be ok. Unfortunately given the existing solar and limited roof space on any of the other faces that side is the only real option for us. So I guess we should be thankful it’s not completely north facing.
