sunwarriors
Active Member
I wanted SunPower panels when I just started my research, but the cost was pretty high honestly. (like $4+) from a few quotes. Some of the sales reps can only tout the marketing materials when Sunpower had a bigger lead/advantage from 10 years ago(?) and were pretty clueless overall. It almost sounds like they have to hire dumb to push the Sunpower advantage.
I also had a few quotes with a SE central inverter, but asked to change to micros and didn't see much cost in the overall project to make me bat an eye using that as a cost saver.
I agree if you can do all the work yourself and have a spare, swapping an inverter in your garage is far easier than getting on a roof. I don't think anyone can debate that. Problem is when you don't have a spare, horror stories here of delays, having to depend on Tesla or wait for Solaredge to send you a product and during that 2 week - month, your system is 100% offline. Add in the global supply shortage now and things are a mess (my install got delayed as well).
My original comment was directed at Ramphex as to whether going with Tesla Solar made sense and my point was if you went with Tesla Solar, you simply don't get to 'pick' anything in your configuration so you'll have to live with a string (even if you have tons of shade).
I also had a few quotes with a SE central inverter, but asked to change to micros and didn't see much cost in the overall project to make me bat an eye using that as a cost saver.
I agree if you can do all the work yourself and have a spare, swapping an inverter in your garage is far easier than getting on a roof. I don't think anyone can debate that. Problem is when you don't have a spare, horror stories here of delays, having to depend on Tesla or wait for Solaredge to send you a product and during that 2 week - month, your system is 100% offline. Add in the global supply shortage now and things are a mess (my install got delayed as well).
My original comment was directed at Ramphex as to whether going with Tesla Solar made sense and my point was if you went with Tesla Solar, you simply don't get to 'pick' anything in your configuration so you'll have to live with a string (even if you have tons of shade).