Marc from South Orange, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since May of 2025. The job was a removal and reinstallation: 20 panels, 4.5 kW in total, taken off and back on the roof within the month. Panels coming down and going back up is the part of a roof job nobody budgets for when they buy an array, and it is the reason to do a roof first when both are anywhere on the horizon.
Project Facts
- Location
- South Orange, NJ
- Service
- Solar Removal/Replacement
- Client since
- May 2025
Solar questions from South Orange homeowners
Is the roof strong enough to carry solar?
It has to be verified as part of the design rather than assumed. The residential code requires the roof structure to support the loads the array imposes in addition to snow, wind and the rest. The evaluation looks at rafter or truss size, span, spacing, roof material, system weight, snow and wind loads, and where the attachments land.
Which direction should the panels face?
South-facing roof planes generally give excellent annual production, but east and west can be very productive too. The design should compare the modelled annual production of each available plane rather than rejecting anything that is not due south.
What is hosting capacity, and can it affect a South Orange 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.