Manufacturer warranties for solar panels are typically 25 years. Inverters are warrantied for 10 to 20 years with another 5 or 10 years optional. From what we have seen from installations in Europe and California, solar panels should actually last about 40 years.
Yes, it’s a design consideration. We have never had a panel come off any of our installs. We had one installation that suffered an almost direct hit by a tornado (the building 10′ away was missing) and not a single panel left the roof. Uplift forces are more of a factor than weight when it …
Birds can white wash your panels but they don’t really cause any serious damage. Squirrels on the other hand can nest under the panels and they have the annoying habit of chewing everything and anything. New ESA rules require us to install metal squirrel guards on certain installations and if it is a concern we …
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Shading is bad. This can be from trees, but often from chimneys or other buildings. It can seriously affect your income. Our technicians have specialized tools to perform a shading analysis to determine if shading will be a problem for your site. (Note that a 10kW system is equivalent to planting 15 acres of trees!)
Yes, see question above. A typical roof that faces directly West or directly East will still earn up to 87% as much as the same roof pointed directly South.
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