Luckily in CA, at least in my county, they allow owner-install with a permit. I installed my own 9kW system with no issues and it passed inspection first try. I'm an EE but not a licensed Electrician or Solar installer.
On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM Roger Daisley via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > That would be a big code violation and likely a very big fine by L&I in > Washington State. In WA, your volunteers can not even mount racking, even > with a Journeyman electrician "supervising." (Racking is considered > "electrical equipment.") > If a volunteer even so much as touched a wire, L&I would probably go for > the Death Penalty ... After they drained their bank account! If a licensed > electrician was on-site and helped in any way, he/she would also likely get > their bank account substantially lowered. > > -----Original Message----- > From: EV <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Cor van de Water via EV > Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2025 7:11 PM > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <[email protected]> > Cc: Cor van de Water <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [EVDL] Dumped by two solar providers. > > Hi Lawrence, > The non-profit Sunwork.org specifically targets the solar installations > for people that have too small energy bills to be interesting for the big > installers. > Not sure if they will do installs in the city, most of their projects are > around the south bay area, but it can't hurt to ask them. > Their model is that you buy the system outright, they charge their cost > while their manhours are reduced by doing the install with volunteers, > supervised by one of their staff, who also does the design, permitting and > signoff. > Full disclosure: I am a volunteer solar installer, trained by Sunwork and > participated in several of their local installations. > Cor. > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM Lawrence Rhodes via EV <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > First Solarsesame backed out. Then Tesla did. The Tesla reason was we > didn't have the room for 10 panels. Who can do a challenging installation > for a good price using permits. I just got hit by State Farm just for > having a messy yard and storing wood under a staircase. Lawrence > Rhodes....Got my insurance back and a clean back yard. > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > > scrubbed... > > URL: > > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20250402/7f > > fd833f/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ > > Address messages to [email protected] > > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20250423/d463e40d/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
