Mr. Serious
Senior Member
- Location
- Oklahoma, USA
- Occupation
- Electrical Contractor
A man in a neighboring state called me the other day and asked if I do solar installs, I said, "Yes, I'd like to get into that." And he said, "but you haven't ever done one?" And I said, "no, I haven't ever done one yet," and he said "bye."
He called back again today, and asked if I do solar installs, and I said, "Yes, we can do that." He has about 30 jobs in my area and he sent me prints for one of them. The name of his company is "Sun Valley." So, I'm going through the prints, everything is specified, size of feeders, brands of materials, etc. I'm not sure about what product to use to seal the roof penetrations for mounting the brackets, but maybe it even says somewhere in the documents. When I worked for a very small wireless Internet company, we always used this stuff we called "tar tape," but really it's sold at auto parts stores as "air conditioning insulation tape."
So, the most basic question: am I expected to provide all the solar panels, brackets, inverters, and everything? Or do they provide a lot of the materials and I just provide labor and basic materials? I think there may be some standard way that most companies like this operate, but I don't know what it is. The prints he sent were for a 22.5 kW system. What's the going rate for all the hardware required, $3/watt? If I have to provide everything, I'll need to get a loan. It looks like they want me to provide everything, but it's not totally clear.
He called back again today, and asked if I do solar installs, and I said, "Yes, we can do that." He has about 30 jobs in my area and he sent me prints for one of them. The name of his company is "Sun Valley." So, I'm going through the prints, everything is specified, size of feeders, brands of materials, etc. I'm not sure about what product to use to seal the roof penetrations for mounting the brackets, but maybe it even says somewhere in the documents. When I worked for a very small wireless Internet company, we always used this stuff we called "tar tape," but really it's sold at auto parts stores as "air conditioning insulation tape."
So, the most basic question: am I expected to provide all the solar panels, brackets, inverters, and everything? Or do they provide a lot of the materials and I just provide labor and basic materials? I think there may be some standard way that most companies like this operate, but I don't know what it is. The prints he sent were for a 22.5 kW system. What's the going rate for all the hardware required, $3/watt? If I have to provide everything, I'll need to get a loan. It looks like they want me to provide everything, but it's not totally clear.