Comment by edent

Comment by edent 15 hours ago

3 replies

(Author here) My roof is full on both sides. There simply isn't any more room.

I do say:

> As solar panels increase in efficiency, it might be more sensible to replace the panels on my roof, or add some onto a shed.

Even in the darkest days of winter, they still generate something (unless they're physically covered in snow) - but they'd need to be 20x as efficient to power my typical winter usage.

mnw21cam 13 hours ago

Solar panels are already at least 20% efficient (most are better than that). I don't think they'll improve much beyond 30% within the next 20 years. Your 20x aspiration is of course technically impossible.

blobbers 9 hours ago

Did you DIY? Our installer basically only put panels on the sunniest sides of our home. I'm surprised you went with panels on all sides.

  • edent 8 hours ago

    We didn't DIY. Our installer was happy to put the panels wherever we wanted.

    Our roof is an even East/West split. So one side powers our morning and the other side our afternoon.