Modern Solar Estate on I-beams and Unistrut

Brill Glass & Steel Solar Estate
4.28 Grid-Tie Solar and 1KW pool circulation
A modern steel and glass flat-roofed "pool house" designed by Grillias and Lau in 1955 is the location for an extensive solar installation by ABC Solar in 2007.

The solar installation is on the south-west corner of the one acre property, with an array of 32 Mitsubishi 165 watt electric panels in two rows mounted along the steel i-beams that act as an open-air cover for the pool. The solar panels are pointed south at a 15 degree tilt to achieve maximum summer solar production and to allow the panels to self-clean when it rains. Six of the solar panels are being routed to a DC Solar powered Pool pump that does the circulation and filtration for the pool. This 1.5HP DC pump will do 60 to 90 Gallons per minute during its solar production day.

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[bartzamoto]

Actually it is unistrut across the I-Beams and then prosolar racking.

[m715fm]

How do you clean them?

[bartzamoto]

rain

[estqwerty]

great video !!! I wish one like this!

waht is the price of this instalation ?

[bartzamoto]

HI,

This install is about 60K. It features a 6KW DC grid tie system and 1KW to the pool pump.

[nazarsikander]

do you have excess power after the day and how much energy can it produce. you can probably sell some to your neighbors

[bartzamoto]

this home is basically off the grid. The system generates about 900 kWh a month on average. Plus the solar powered pool pump takes the pool off the grid.

[danielolushoga]

what is the cost to power 3bed house?

[m715fm]

I thought to keep up KW you should dust them off or wash them every week. I dont think you get that much rain where you are. That looks like a great system. Please post more. Thanks again...

[davidhotpants]

Is this on unistrut or unirac? It does not look like unistrut but there is no real close up of the mounting system so I am not sure.