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Vent: Saw solar panels on a brand new strip mall and they were angled all wrong
Drove past this new strip mall off I-35 last weekend near Round Rock. They put solar panels all over the roof which looked cool but I noticed the angle was pretty flat. I stopped and looked closer cause I was curious. Turns out they installed them at like 10 degrees tilt but our lat here needs closer to 20-30 for max sun capture. That's gonna cost the owners a ton in lost power over the next 10 years. I bet some contractor just slapped them on to meet a requirement without actually caring about efficiency. Has anyone else seen this kind of half-baked solar install happening in their area?
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derek9943mo ago
You said "half-baked solar install" and man that reminds me of this apartment complex near me in San Antonio. They put panels on the pool house roof a few years back and I guess nobody checked the trees first. Half the panels are shaded by a giant oak for most of the afternoon. I saw the maintenance guy just hosing bird crap off them last month like that was gonna fix the output. Some contractor just collected the check and bounced.
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derek9943mo ago
Huh, did the trees grow after the install or were they always there?
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the_charlie3mo ago
Classic case of installers ignoring the trees then disappearing.
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