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Originally Posted by Angel And The Wolf
If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay for your panels?
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I don't really have a cost breakdown on the panels for the existing system. I paid to have them installed before the end of 2017 when the 30% state tax break expired. I was in a rush, so didn't haggle, but it seemed to jive with other installs I had read about. I probably paid a $10k premium for the labor and everything, but all of that and then some came back in the tax credits. My net out of pocket ends up being about $5700 on 4.96kW with a SolarEdge optimizer system. (SE is similar to microinverters, but with DC optimizers, that cost less instead of converting to AC at the panels as Enphase does.)
For the new system, I am going to go with microinverters by APsystems, which are about half the price of Enphase. It ups the cost a little, but with a 240V bus on the roof and down to the panel simplifies the electrical substantially. I was quoted $7200 shipped for a 5.4kW DIY kit just yesterday including RENVU doing the permitting for me.
DIY for the shed as well, figuring about $3500, almost $11k total out of pocket. But 30% would come back to me from from the feds, knocking that down to $7700. Factor in the tax deduction for the HELOC as well, and it will probably be just shy of $7k total out of pocket.
That is probably a touch on the high side, but RENVU is making it really freaking easy by including virtually everything I would need to DIY short of the structure to mount it and labor.