Peter from Cherry Hill, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since September of 2020. Roof and array were bought on the same day and built in the right order.
A new roof
About 2,700 square feet of GAF Timberline Lifetime shingle, finished in November of 2020, taking in 248 feet of rakes, eaves and valleys – the edges and the water channels, where the ice-and-water membrane goes and where a roof leaks first.
8.88 kW of solar
Twenty-four Solaria 370-watt panels on an Ecolibrium Solar mounting system, finished at the end of November, with first-year production estimated at 12,697 kWh.
Twelve days between them
That gap is the reason to buy the pair together. The array went onto new decking with its full life ahead of it, and there is nothing on this roof that will have to come apart to get at anything else.
Project Facts
- Location
- Cherry Hill, NJ
- Services
- Roofing Installation, Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- September 2020
Solar
- Panels
- Solaria Model # 370R-PD
- Panels
- 24
- System size
- 8.88 kW
- Inverter
- SolarEdge SE7600H-US000NNC2
- Mounting system
- Ecolibrium Solar
- Estimated first-year production
- 12,697 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 38%
- Electric utility
- PSE&G
Roof
- System
- GAF Timberline Lifetime Roofing System
- Area replaced
- 2,700 sq ft
- Warranty
- 50 years
Questions from Cherry Hill homeowners
RoofingHow long should an asphalt shingle roof last in Cherry Hill, NJ?
There is no single guaranteed service life. Longevity depends on the shingles, the installation, ventilation, weather exposure and maintenance. New Jersey roofs face summer heat, freezing temperatures, snow, ice, heavy rain, wind, humidity and, in some areas, coastal salt. A properly installed architectural roofing system should be judged against the manufacturer's warranty and installation requirements rather than a generic life-expectancy number.
SolarHow 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.
RoofingDoes a wind warranty with no speed limit mean the roof cannot blow off?
No. It is a limited warranty without a maximum wind-speed limitation for qualifying systems, and that is a statement about coverage rather than about physics. Storm damage remains possible and the coverage remains subject to the warranty's terms and exclusions.