06/24/2016
Anonymous
Kasselman Solar did a fantastic job installing our new solar electric system. I highly recommend them to anyone that is considering a solar <br />install. They don't do solar leases which, in my opinion, look great up front but are only good if you have no other options. You will save more<br />by buying your system outright. And if you have to sell your home, the installed<br />system will be considered an asset instead of a liability. Everyone that I worked<br />with at Kasselman was excellent. They were on time with everything and actually <br />installed the system ahead of schedule. The original timeline was for the system to<br />be installed in six to eight weeks after the contract was finalized. They actually <br />did our install a little over five weeks from the original arrangement. <br /><br />Kasselman employs electricians for their main business. During our system install, there wasn't enough room in our old main electric panel to do a 'side line tap'.<br />So they replaced my entire main panel including all of the breakers and didn't charge <br />anything extra! I offered to pay something extra as I know this was a hugh expense and<br />a benefit to me. They refused to accept any additional money for the extra work! I <br />can't say enough about what a great job they did. They exceeded all of our expectations!<br /><br />Our old system was installed by GroSolar: We already had a 4.59k solar system installed <br />nine years ago. That system provides about half of our electric needs for each <br />year. The old system uses two string inverters to convert DC power to AC power before <br />it feeds into our main power panel. They did an excellent job on that install as well<br />and it still performs very well today considering it is using the older technology.<br /><br />Our new system that was installed by Kasselman Solar: We added another 5.41k system in May of 2016. The system utilizes microinverters on each of 19 - 285 watt SolarWorld panels, <br />made in Hillsboro, Oregon (USA). This newer technology allows each panel to operate <br />independently and operate on different plains. This means the panels can be at different <br />angles compared to other panels. If there is shading on one panel, it doesn't impact the output of other panels. This was a big consideration for us because our old system was installed on one roof all together. Our new system has panels on different roofs, facing in different directions and at different angles to the sun. The electricity is converted to AC, by a microinverter at each panel, fed to a central box and then into our main electric <br />panel. We can monitor our system on our phones. Also, Kasselman monitors each panel individually and can identify any panel issues remotely. The system has been running for almost a month and our electric meter is flying backwards! Adam Jordan was the main person I worked with to get my contract finalized. He and everyone at Kasselman are top notch!<br /><br />Between our two systems, we should get about 100% of our electricity from solar every year!