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This is a DIY solar 5 kW system that was installed in 2010 as a weekend project. I built this with 2 other people in two days, from the roof penetrations to …
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coolflatroof says:
March 2, 2015 at 12:48 am (UTC 0)
Great Roof Integrated Solar Product – Will Pay for your roof and then some!
► More solar roofing here
http://www.coolflatroof.com/flat-roofing-blog/solar-roofing/
Glenn Hough says:
March 2, 2015 at 1:02 am (UTC 0)
How about rain? Wont this thing get wet? wont it affect its performance?
Wesley Walker says:
March 2, 2015 at 2:01 am (UTC 0)
Best solar panels yet. They are like this sheets of plastic.
KyleCarrington says:
March 2, 2015 at 2:42 am (UTC 0)
@Shal3000 I’ve often thought the same thing and I do agree with your
points, however… there are also the high energy consumers that DON”T. The
current drawing AC motors in dryers, washers, refrigeration, air conditiong
– all of which do 2 things: 1. draw the most current. 2. Require many
hundreds of feet of wire for distribution (DC power losses over distances
are far greater.) Maybe, however, in the future, outlets will have both..
AC & DC current supply. That’d be cool.
johnlvs2run says:
March 2, 2015 at 3:07 am (UTC 0)
How does this work with stainless steel roofs?
tessyblue says:
March 2, 2015 at 3:48 am (UTC 0)
sorry to ask, but does nano solar gives AC or DC current?
MegaWeebles says:
March 2, 2015 at 4:46 am (UTC 0)
somebody didn’t do physics at school did they? AC, indeed
JohnQPangolin says:
March 2, 2015 at 5:06 am (UTC 0)
However good your product is you need to fire the person who made the
video. We’re not learning anything about cost/kw/hr and payback periods.
That’s the only metric that matters.
PermaroofOnline says:
March 2, 2015 at 6:02 am (UTC 0)
Looks like a fantastic product to go well with our product
Shal3000 says:
March 2, 2015 at 6:43 am (UTC 0)
@coolflatroof What needs to happen is manufacturers of common household
electronics (TV’s, DVD’s, stereos, etc) need to externalize the power
supply so that a DC source can be applied to the item to run it. This would
allow for both scenarios wherein someone who has AC only, can plug it in
and go and someone setting up a Solar PV system can use a direct 12 or
24VDC power distribution system in the home as well or setup a WiTricty
distribution system.
gabigowriel says:
March 2, 2015 at 7:13 am (UTC 0)
I want to know:price for square meter,efficiency for square meter and why
you STILL make SHIT videos just to sell a product/fool your customer!
cornandstuff says:
March 2, 2015 at 7:18 am (UTC 0)
@MegaWeebles they would have also told you about inverters in physics
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March 2, 2015 at 8:17 am (UTC 0)
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3lysium79 says:
March 2, 2015 at 9:11 am (UTC 0)
@Shal3000 COMPLETELY AGREE! I’ve been baffled by this for years!
9753flyer says:
March 2, 2015 at 9:45 am (UTC 0)
@Shal3000 A: Invertors now are extremely efficient – loss as literally nil
B: Those who are serious about solar install DC appliances. Most appliance
are actually DC anyways and simply use a built in inverter. All major
appliances are available in DC form for little if any cost difference.
neobudda1 says:
March 2, 2015 at 9:49 am (UTC 0)
how much
Krishan Chaudhry says:
March 2, 2015 at 10:11 am (UTC 0)
how do you connect to the grid and save on energy and how much the panels
cost certifed instller chaudhrykrishan@gmail.com
coolflatroof says:
March 2, 2015 at 10:51 am (UTC 0)
@Pangolinx1 – I will go ahead and fire him 🙂
joe cam says:
March 2, 2015 at 10:54 am (UTC 0)
severe cost???severecost!!! 16 % effective use.why is everybody in solar
panel industry so greedy????????????????? can you make affordable panels
that average person can afford??????
SmallWindTurbines says:
March 2, 2015 at 11:24 am (UTC 0)
Nice video project man.
lobocop101 says:
March 2, 2015 at 11:39 am (UTC 0)
is this like amorphous film?
Clenergy says:
March 2, 2015 at 11:59 am (UTC 0)
The main problem is if you don’t tilt your panel and leave them on the
floor, everytime it’s rainning or the wind blow, you will have a lot of
stuff on your panel reducing the efficiency. I am not sure you want to go
on the roof every 3 days to clean them. Installation is something,
maintenance an other.
coolflatroof says:
March 2, 2015 at 12:06 pm (UTC 0)
Just as a note: In this video, the solar panels are from Open Energy. The
company operantly stopped manufacturing those panels for some reason. IB
produced this video before they actually released SolarWise. IB has just
released and is now selling IB SolarWise that uses proven Uni-Solar
thin-film laminates. Actual product looks slightly different, and comes in
rolls vs. sheets as seen in the video.
coolflatroof says:
March 2, 2015 at 12:38 pm (UTC 0)
If you talk to solar integrators, you will learn that they hate the roofing
part of the installation. Remember that panels must be attached to a roof,
otherwise the wind will knock them down. This “attachment” usually results
in a leak, which can be avoided by using roof-integrated solar system.
Christopher711 says:
March 2, 2015 at 1:34 pm (UTC 0)
I am wondering how well they will hold up in a hail storm or if tree
branches land on then? How easily do they break?
Eric Layton says:
March 2, 2015 at 2:32 pm (UTC 0)
My new video
Eric Layton says:
March 2, 2015 at 3:12 pm (UTC 0)