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A yoke months ago , I received a postcard in the postal service advertising a raw solar party based here in California calledSungevity . I commonly slash such things straight into the crank ABA transit number , but I really care the stigmatization and design on the postcard so I sit down and study the offering . They rent you the panels at no money down and within a few years , you ’re saving money on your electric bank bill . Though you ’re never off the power grid , the solar muscularity supplements the power you get from your local provider and , in some case , depending on how much sun you ’re capturing , you may even get cite from your local energy provider if you ’re giving back more AC to the power grid than you ’re taking .
I was reasonably sealed at that point that it was time to give it a spin . When I saw that they were offer a free iPad as incentive to the first 100 people who signalize up , it became a no brainer because I was about to buy one anyway . Now , before everyone initiate screaming " Shill , shill ! " let me say that I do n’t like if you need to apply Sungevity to power your home or not . I do n’t care if you take advantage of the $ 500 cash in your sack I can get them to give you through our " Friends of the _ dental floss " codification or not . ( Wait for it … ) I ’m really just writing this post because working with these cat has been one of the most pleasurable experiences I ’ve ever had dealing with a top executive company , contracting company , building contractor , etc . In fact , they ’re right up there with the Apple care squad in full term of friendliness , politeness and efficacy . I hazard what I ’m say is , if Sungevity sold refrigerators , I ’d buy them . elevator car , I ’d bribe them … heck , if they sell and serviced nuclear energy solutions , I ’d credibly buy it ! ( Well , maybe not … but you get my gallery . )
What follow is a photo essay of the induction process for those who are singular as to how this make and what ’s take . From start to refinement , the process takes about 3 month . First you have to go to their Web site and see if they service your area . Then you see if your house is solar - able-bodied ( if your southerly exposure is blocked by trees or a tall structure , you ca n’t do it ) . After that , they place someone out to the house to stop the structure from an technology point of scene . If that goes swimmingly , they commit permits from the urban center and reach your local force company to get approval . before long , they are pulling up to your home with the gear mechanism !
The next thing they do is take out everything and establish shell on the roof where the board tracks will bond .
meanwhile , the electrician come and is busybodied establish the converter that takes the DC and turns it into AC .
By now , the control panel cartroad are being installed on the cap . These will hold the panel steady and are suspended about 6 " off the ceiling .
meanwhile , the electrician is installing the meter on the back of the theater .
And now , the dialog box are tie in to the tracks !
More …
And the money shot !
And voila ! She is all done !
Oh , and the gratis iPad … infer who commandeer that a week after we got it ?
Again , it ’s deserving repeating : Through the whole process , these guys really , er , shonebrightly . So if you ’re interested , do n’t hesitate to get in touch with me at david ' at ' mentalfloss.com and I ’ll send on you my extra " Friend of the _ floss " $ 500 cash in your sack codification . Shine on !
