Carleen and Rick from Brick, NJ have been Green Sun Energy Services clients since December of 2016. The array went up that winter and came back to us three years later for a rebuild.
12.6 kW of solar
Forty-two LG 300-watt panels in all black, on a QuickMount mounting system, commissioned in December of 2016. First-year production was modeled at 15,251 kWh, which makes this one of the larger residential arrays in the set.
Removed and replaced
In November of 2019 the array was taken down and rebuilt at 10.71 kW. A remove and replace is ordinary work on a roof that has reached the end of its life: the panels come off, the roof is dealt with, and the array goes back up. It is the reason a solar customer should think about roof age before the first panel is fitted rather than after.
Servicing
The array has been maintained since 2017, with visits completed through 2022.
Project Facts
- Location
- Brick, NJ
- Services
- Solar Panel Installation, Solar Removal/Replacement
- Client since
- December 2016
- Panels
- LG Model # 300N1K-G4/All Black
- System size
- 12.60 kW
- Inverter
- SolarEdge SE10000A-US000NNR2 Inverter (25Y) W/ P320 HD Wave
- Mounting system
- QuickMount
- Estimated first-year production
- 15,251 kWh
Perfectly! Outstanding workmanship & over the top Customer Service!
Green Sun Energy Services replied
Thank you. Workmanship and service are the two halves we are judged on, and getting both right on the same job is the whole ambition. Thank you for choosing Green Sun Energy Services, and for putting it so generously.
Solar questions from Brick homeowners
Are panels designed for the wind near Brick?
Yes. The array and its mounting system have to be designed to resist the applicable wind loads, and coastal and exposed locations can carry different wind-design conditions from sheltered inland ones. It is one of the reasons the mounting system and its engineering are chosen for the site rather than by habit.
How does an optimizer system differ from microinverters?
An optimizer system puts DC power optimizers at the modules and a single central inverter elsewhere; a microinverter system puts a small inverter at each module. Both can provide module-level monitoring and rapid shutdown when properly designed -- they are different architectures rather than one being the upgrade of the other.
Does solar equipment have to be listed?
Yes. Modules, inverters and mounting systems are each subject to product-listing requirements under the applicable standards, and the equipment has to be installed according to that listing and its instructions rather than to general practice.