A while back I posted a thread about how I was considering solar power for our house. After a -lot- of research, number crunching, etc I decided to pull the trigger back in January. After permits, approvals, and everything else involved the install finally went in April 4th. I got the following:

30 Tesla/Solar City solar panels rated at 325 watts per panel. 9.75 kilowatt maximum capacity.

• 1 Tesla Powerwall 2 13.5kw battery backup and accompanying hardware.

Ignore the hole in the wall. That was there when I moved in.

So after all this got installed it takes a while to get it up and running. The city inspector needs to sign off, which takes a week or so. Then you need to sign some docs with the utility company, who comes out and installs their own meter to measure how much your solar panel system generates. The whole process can take 6-8 weeks after the actual install, but I lucked out and the utility company installed their meter today, a little fewer than 3 weeks after the initial install.

Today was my first day of actually generating solar power. I turned the system on at about noon and I was able to generate 35.2 kwh during the remaining daylight hours. Now that it's nighttime the whole house is running on the Powerwall so we are still not using the grid. Surplus solar goes back into the utility company and stored as credit I can consume at a later date. Even though my electric use is a bit high I suspect that I'll be net positive between solar production, running on battery at night, and credit stored with the utility company.

Anyone else install solar? How was your experience? Good? Bad?