Walter and Barbara from Bayville, NJ have been Green Sun Energy Services clients since September of 2019. Twenty-nine LG 335-watt panels went on the roof that December – 9.715 kW in all, estimated at 12,710 kWh in the first year – on a Unirac rail-free mounting system, with 152 linear feet of critter guard closed around the edge of the array. Rail-free keeps the panels low to the roof plane, and the guard shuts the gap underneath before anything decides to nest in it.
Project Facts
- Location
- Bayville, NJ
- Services
- Solar Critter Guard, Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- September 2019
- Panels
- LG Model # 335N1K-V5
- Panels
- 29
- System size
- 9.72 kW
- Inverter
- SolarEdge SE7600H-US000NNC2 HD Wave
- Mounting system
- Unirac
- Estimated first-year production
- 12,710 kWh
- Electric utility
- JCP&L
- Critter guard fitted
- 152 ft
Solar questions from Bayville homeowners
What is hosting capacity, and can it affect a Bayville property?
Hosting capacity is how much distributed generation a part of the grid can take without affecting safety or reliability. A neighborhood with a lot of existing solar can face interconnection limits even where the individual property is ideal for it -- which is why the utility review is not a formality.
What happens when the panels make more than the house is using?
The surplus flows out through the meter to the grid and creates a net-metering credit, which can offset electricity drawn from the grid at another point in the billing period or later in the annualised period.
How much weight do panels add?
The exact load depends on the modules and the mounting system, but residential solar generally adds a relatively modest distributed dead load. Weight alone does not settle the structural question: wind uplift, attachment spacing, roof framing and snow loads matter as much.