{"id":14781,"date":"2025-11-01T06:00:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T13:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=14781"},"modified":"2025-08-12T06:07:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T13:07:48","slug":"solar-panel-installation-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=14781","title":{"rendered":"Solar Panel installation review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Local user brrent reviews putting solar panels on his house<\/a> and gets a good discussion going on the process, pros and cons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. There are a lot of crummy installers out there with slimy salesman. Out of 6, only 2 even passed the sniff test<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Total out of pocket cost was $30,925 – but about $20k after rebates. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Seriously consider doing this when you need to get a new roof. You don’t want to install and then find you need to rip it up to put down a new roof in 5 years. A roof lasts 30 years and panels last 30 years, so it\u2019s good to have them in sync.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Don\u2019t go with any installer that doesn\u2019t use Enphase micro inverters. A micro inverter makes each panel operate independently from the array. Without them, if one panel is shaded, the whole array is impacted.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. A lot of companies will assume crazy electricity price hikes, I\u2019m assuming 4-5% annual increases, and the companies that felt the most honest also used those figures for their payback period. On that assumption, payback is ~10 years.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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