Randall's Blog

After waiting a LONG time for NYSERDA to approve our grid-tied solar photovoltaic (PV) project with GroSolar we finally got the "go ahead" last week. I guess we shouldn't complain because New York state IS providing a big chunk of the money for the project and with budgets so tight these days we are happy that they came through for us. On Tuesday the crew started work on our 4KW project. I took shots of the process and merged them into one animation:

The installation took 3 days - the crew were professional and did neat work. The power cables come down the side of the house and into the basement:

Here is the inverter panel:

There is an AC cut-off switch on the outside as well:

Here is the new view of the South side of our house:

We are waiting on a final electrical inspection and the power company has to change out the meter.