David from Basking Ridge, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since August of 2024. Twenty-nine REC 460-watt panels went up that November, 13.34 kW on Snap-N-Rack mounting with a SolarEdge HD Wave inverter, estimated to produce 9,837 kWh in the first year. Two hundred feet of critter guard was fitted around the array at the same time. Most solar owners never think about the gap beneath the panels until something has moved into it, and closing it during the installation is a great deal simpler than clearing a nest out afterwards.
Project Facts
- Location
- Basking Ridge, NJ
- Services
- Solar Critter Guard, Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- August 2024
- Panels
- REC Model # 460AA-PURE-RX-DC
- System size
- 13.34 kW
- Inverter
- SolarEdge SE10000H-USNBBL14 HD Wave Energy Hub
- Mounting system
- Snap-N-Rack
- Estimated first-year production
- 9,837 kWh
- Critter guard fitted
- 200 ft
Solar questions from Basking Ridge homeowners
Does Basking Ridge decide whether the installation is code-compliant?
The municipal construction department reviews and inspects the work under the Uniform Construction Code, but the substantive electrical requirements come from the statewide Electrical Subcode rather than from local preference. Municipalities may also administer zoning requirements where those apply.
How does an optimiser system differ from microinverters?
An optimiser system puts DC power optimisers 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 eliminate the electric bill completely?
Not necessarily. Solar can offset most or all of a year's energy use, and the utility can still bill customer charges, meter charges, non-bypassable charges, taxes and any net electricity purchased. What appears on the bill depends on the utility and the tariff.