Daniel from Kenilworth, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since July of 2022, and came back for a car charger two years later. The roof and the array went in four days apart. The charger, when it came, was chosen to match what was already on the wall.
3,800 square feet of new roof
Finished on 12 September 2022: a single layer stripped to the sheathing and carted away rather than covered over, then 3,800 square feet of composition shingle in pewter gray, warranted fifty years, with continuous soffit vents at the intake.
22 panels and 8.91 kW
Four days later the array went up – 22 REC 405-watt modules on a SolarEdge Energy Hub inverter, rail-free mounting, split 6.48 and 2.43 kW across two roof faces, estimated at 11,012 kilowatt hours in the first year and interconnected by PSE&G in November. A hundred and ninety-two feet of critter guard went on around it.
A SolarEdge charger, matched to the inverter
February of 2025, and the make is the whole point. This is a SolarEdge charger rather than the ChargePoint we fit more often – a 40-amp circuit at 7.7 kW, adding roughly 25 miles of range an hour. It was chosen because a SolarEdge Energy Hub inverter was already on the wall. The car, the panels and the production now report through one system instead of three that do not talk to each other, and the household has one app to look at rather than a folder of them.
Four days, and then two and a half years
The four days between the roof and the array were deliberate. Panels are fixed to the roofing system beneath them, so an array laid over a roof that still needs replacing is simply a bill to take the array off again, deferred. The two and a half years before the charger were not planned, and that is the more useful half of the story: nothing about the 2022 work had to be undone to add a car charger in 2025. The service was already understood, the inverter already the right one to hang a charger off, and the roof underneath it all had decades left on its warranty. Work done in the right order keeps paying long after everybody has stopped thinking about it.
Project Facts
- Location
- Kenilworth, NJ
- Services
- EV Charger Installation, Roofing Installation, Solar Critter Guard, Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- July 2022
Solar
- Panels
- REC Model # REC405AA-PURE
- Panels
- 22
- System size
- 8.91 kW
- Inverter
- SolarEdge SE7600H-USNBBL14 HD Wave Energy Hub
- Mounting system
- Snap-N-Rack
- Estimated first-year production
- 11,012 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 98%
- Electric utility
- PSE&G
- Critter guard fitted
- 192 ft
EV charger
- Charger
- SolarEdge Model # SE-EV-SA-KIT-LJ40P
- Charging port
- CCS (J1772)
- Circuit breaker
- 40 amp
- Charging stations
- 1
- Estimated range added per hour
- Estimated Range Per Hour: 25 mi / 40 km
Roof
- System
- GAF Timberline Lifetime Roofing System
- Area replaced
- 3,800 sq ft
- Warranty
- 50 years
Questions from Kenilworth homeowners
SolarHow is the number of panels for a Kenilworth house decided?
It starts with the home's actual electricity use, then with how much usable roof or ground area there is. A proper design looks at twelve months of consumption, expected future use, roof orientation, shading, roof dimensions, code-required setbacks, module wattage and the limits the utility places on interconnection.
RoofingDo I need to remove the old shingles, or can I roof over them?
A full tear-off is usually the better long-term approach because it allows the contractor to inspect the roof deck, correct flashing, improve underlayment, and avoid hiding damage. Local code and manufacturer warranty requirements may also limit when an additional layer is allowed.
EV chargingWhat connector should I install: NACS or J1772?
NACS is now widely adopted by North American automakers, while many existing vehicles use J1772 for AC charging. Adapters are common. Choose based on your current vehicle, likely future vehicles, charger quality, and long-term support rather than connector branding alone.
SolarCan New Jersey change its net-metering rules?
Yes. Energy statutes, Board of Public Utilities regulations and utility tariffs can all change. A proposal should describe the rules as they currently stand rather than guarantee that they will hold for decades.