Joseph from Tinton Falls, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since May of 2012. He and Tara signed that May and the array was producing by the first week of October, 53 black-framed Canadian Solar 235 watt panels on Enphase M215 microinverters with Zep II mounting and a standard ANSI SREC meter. At 12.455 kW it was one of the larger residential systems on our books at the time, designed for about 14,681 kWh a year. Fourteen years on, it is still producing. Tinton Falls is in Monmouth County.
Project Facts
- Location
- Tinton Falls, NJ
- Service
- Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- May 2012
- Panels
- Canadian Solar Model # CS6P-235PX
- Panels
- 53
- System size
- 12.46 kW
- Inverter
- EnPhase M215-60-2LL-S22/S23 Micro-Single
- Mounting system
- Zep Solar
- Estimated first-year production
- 14,681 kWh
- Electric utility
- JCP&L
Solar questions from Tinton Falls homeowners
Are panels designed for the wind near Tinton Falls?
Yes. The array and its mounting system have to be designed to resist the applicable wind loads, and coastal and exposed locations can carry different wind-design conditions from sheltered inland ones. It is one of the reasons the mounting system and its engineering are chosen for the site rather than by habit.
Does solar equipment have to be listed?
Yes. Modules, inverters and mounting systems are each subject to product-listing requirements under the applicable standards, and the equipment has to be installed according to that listing and its instructions rather than to general practice.
What is the difference between kW and kWh?
kW measures the size of the system; kWh measures the electricity it produces or the house consumes over time. An 11.5 kW array might be estimated at 13,100 kWh in its first year. Confusing the two makes proposals look larger or smaller than they are.