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Sorry, I actually found a stock one on eBay, so I'll be listing my upgraded model for sale in the next month or so.

From what I was told, they didn't quite have the selectable feature figured out at the time.

I have a 2013 EVSE upgraded by EVSEUpgrade to 20 amps 120V/240V, including the 120V adapter. I was told that it is not selectable, so it does need to be on a circuit larger than 15 amps. Anyone out there have an unmodified charger?

You can build a system for less than that Go Green Solar kit. QueenBee on this forum helped me immensely with getting my system built.

My '13 Leaf is currently at the dealer for a new PTC heater assembly. The computer screen said it was related to a TSB, so it must be a known problem. This is my first trip to the dealer since I leased it last March.

The snow that has been lingering on my lower panels for days apparently cause the Enlighten website to flag 6 of the panels/inverters as broken. I guess I should get a really long squeegee...

Awesome writeup! As a fellow engineer, I love seeing these massively detailed writeups, but for some reason, I never take the time to do them myself. Also, a big thanks to QueenBee for helping me a ton with my (nearly) completed 7.44 kW system

My BenQ panels are made in Taiwan. And yes, Taiwan is part of China - but go ahead and call a Taiwanese person Chinese and see what they say. And I didn't say the Enphase inverters (which I am using) are Chinese-made, but they aren't US-made. Canada isn't (yet? :D) part of the US...

AUO/BenQ panels are made in Taiwan, not China. Decidedly not US-made, but not Chinese. Those Enphase inverters are also not made in the US.

90% coal/natural gas/oil here in MO. Solar panels are being delivered on Tuesday.

They have a 300W / 48V DC limit, which would seem to indicate that you could use a 300W 72 cell panel with them. That would be interesting, because I could get another ~20% on my roof with 300W panels and these new inverters - but Enphase still says they are for 60 cell panels.

Enphase just published the spec sheet (and more on their website): http://enphase.com/wp-uploads/enphase.com/2013/07/M250_Data_Sheet.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Temp ranges: Ambient temperature range -40ºC to +65ºC Operating temperature range (internal) -40ºC to +85ºC

Maybe they'll have a firesale on the M215s now...

What're the details on your setup? Is it two arrays - one pointing northeast and one southwest? What size panels? If you don't mind sharing, what was the price before the Ameren rebate/tax incentive?

Yeah, I'm planning on the Enphase units. The county told me that the electrician actually has to install the panel - I'm guessing because of grounding concerns, but who knows.

I'm going to pursue doing (as much as possible of) the install myself. Unfortunately, St. Louis county doesn't allow homeowners to install the actual panels, so I'll be looking for an electrician to do the actual hookup. I'll handle installing the racks and as much as I legally can do of the...

From speaking to my city's plans examiner (with whom I dealt with a lot, unfortunately, when I built my garage), I don't need a ton of supporting documentation about the site, etc - the main requirement is an engineer's stamp saying the roof can physically support the weight/uplift. All the...

St. Louis County just added restrictions on placing the panels on the roof - this really hurts if you don't have a very large area suitable for panels on your roof...

Are you guys within a city or unincorporated St. Louis county?

Same here. It's not a good design.