Hi all,
After reading the responses in the my other thread, I bit the bullet and ordered the panels, on 9/15/20 evening. I ordered a 4kW system, when I really wanted a 6.8kW system (20 panels). The next day I sent in all the photo requested. Tesla generated a panel layout within an hour of my submission, and having been warned about bad experiences, I was not surprised when the layout was had half of the panels in the NORTH facing roof. Arghh.
So, I emailed my advisor saying I'd like to have this layout below where the majority of the panels would be facing west (8 panels) and South (7 panels), although the panel is spread out and need to be installed on multiple planes of roof.
I know the west facing roof planes should be able to hold 4 panels each (for a total of 8 west facing panels) because Sunpower came by and did an actual walk through and proposed this:
also, the sunpower panels are only maybe 1 inch longer than the Qcell ones that Tesla uses, so I don't think that should be that big of an issues.
So then Tesla came back with this proposal (see below), where they only bothered to put 3 panels facing west, 6 facing south, and the rest on the East facing roof.
I've tried to call my advisor a few times, and I cannot get a hold of him or a call back. Only very brief email responses.
Have you guys have any luck in trying to reach someone to talk to and get the panel layout you want?
Also, they keep on wanting me to sign off and move forward to permitting already? What the heck? Is this because there is a software automated process or are they actually that pushy?
They also wanted me to sign off a form saying that the HOA would be okay with everything, and it is up to me to deal with the HOA. I just found out my HOA won't meet again until 10/12 to review the solar plan. Does that mean I have to put off installation until I get an approval from my HOA? This is a single family home that I own and the entrance of the door is on the North side so the panels are really hard to see from the street anyway.
I would appreciate any and all opinions and suggestions
After reading the responses in the my other thread, I bit the bullet and ordered the panels, on 9/15/20 evening. I ordered a 4kW system, when I really wanted a 6.8kW system (20 panels). The next day I sent in all the photo requested. Tesla generated a panel layout within an hour of my submission, and having been warned about bad experiences, I was not surprised when the layout was had half of the panels in the NORTH facing roof. Arghh.
So, I emailed my advisor saying I'd like to have this layout below where the majority of the panels would be facing west (8 panels) and South (7 panels), although the panel is spread out and need to be installed on multiple planes of roof.
I know the west facing roof planes should be able to hold 4 panels each (for a total of 8 west facing panels) because Sunpower came by and did an actual walk through and proposed this:
also, the sunpower panels are only maybe 1 inch longer than the Qcell ones that Tesla uses, so I don't think that should be that big of an issues.
So then Tesla came back with this proposal (see below), where they only bothered to put 3 panels facing west, 6 facing south, and the rest on the East facing roof.
I've tried to call my advisor a few times, and I cannot get a hold of him or a call back. Only very brief email responses.
Have you guys have any luck in trying to reach someone to talk to and get the panel layout you want?
Also, they keep on wanting me to sign off and move forward to permitting already? What the heck? Is this because there is a software automated process or are they actually that pushy?
They also wanted me to sign off a form saying that the HOA would be okay with everything, and it is up to me to deal with the HOA. I just found out my HOA won't meet again until 10/12 to review the solar plan. Does that mean I have to put off installation until I get an approval from my HOA? This is a single family home that I own and the entrance of the door is on the North side so the panels are really hard to see from the street anyway.
I would appreciate any and all opinions and suggestions