Solar Critter Guard and Solar Panel Installation in Hamilton, New Jersey by Green Sun Energy Services.
Brandon from Hamilton, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since August of 2025. The array was completed in October of that year: 18 panels making 7.74 kW, each with its own Enphase IQ8 microinverter carrying a 25-year warranty, and an estimated 8,765 kilowatt hours in the first year. PSEG interconnected the system in November. The array also carries 200 feet of critter guard around its perimeter, fitted at install time rather than added later – the gap beneath the panels is sheltered and dry, and closing it while the array is already open costs a fraction of doing it after something has moved in. The existing roof was sound enough to build on, so the work stayed with the array.
Project Facts
- Location
- Hamilton, NJ
- Services
- Solar Critter Guard, Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- August 2025
- Panels
- Jinko Model # JKM430N-54HL4R-B
- Panels
- 18
- System size
- 7.74 kW
- Inverter
- EnPhase IQ8PLUS-72-M-US Micro-Single
- Mounting system
- Unirac
- Estimated first-year production
- 8,765 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 100%
- Electric utility
- PSE&G
- Critter guard fitted
- 200 ft
Solar questions from Hamilton homeowners
Does Hamilton 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.
Are panels designed for New Jersey snow loads?
Yes. Rooftop installations must account for the applicable structural and environmental loads, snow among them, and the code specifically requires the roof and the photovoltaic system to support the applicable gravity and snow loads.
Does snow stop the panels?
Heavy snow lying on the modules can reduce or stop production while it sits there, and production resumes as they clear. Panels are usually mounted at an angle and their dark surface helps snow slide or melt once the sun returns. Homeowners should not climb onto the roof to clear them.