Lou Auer
My solar system was installed in 2009 and is a legacy 5kwh 27 panel (210W/panel) 'string' system. My inverter finally died after 17 years and I called 5+ installers/providers to simply replace the inverter. My solar panels were still generating high capacity. Every single contractor wanted to 'rip and replace' my entire system which would be $16K+. And, they wanted a minimum of $300 simply to visit and tell me what was needed to 'fix' the system ( new inverter). And, their fee wouldn't even be applied to any future work they did.... it was simply an inconvenience fee for them. Since my panels were still producing at a high level, I wanted to leverage what I already have. Kobi, the principle at SunSolar US, was the only contractor who did the old fashion visit without the 'inconvenience' fee. He agreed that the existing panels were solid and offered an alternative that saved me 50%. We leveraged the existing panels and installed 'solar optimizers' on each exiting panel and replaced the inverter. I've seen a 10% increase in production in March and I expect the summer months will provide a greater increase. And, we didn't need to rip anything out and poke new holes into my roof. New solar monitoring capability is amazing and provides generation details down to the individual panel level. The upgrade is battery storage ready as a snap-on in the future. Crew was on-time, clean, professional and done in 2 days. Highly recommend.