Any web site that shows panels available for a given size?

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softdown Solar Expert Posts: 3,876 ✭✭✭✭
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Lets say that you are looking for panels that are 62” tall. Finding that size can be tough.

Unless there is a service that shows available panels for a given size. 

I’m looking for 62” x 32” panels. Quite a few (~12). Only found Sonali at Amerescosolar so far. 
First Bank:16 180 watt Grape Solar with  FM80 controller and 3648 Inverter....Fullriver 8D AGM solar batteries. Second Bank/MacGyver Special: 10 165(?) watt BP Solar with Renogy MPPT 40A controller/ and Xantrex C-35 PWM controller/ and Morningstar PWM controller...Cotek 24V PSW inverter....forklift and diesel locomotive batteries
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  • softdown
    softdown Solar Expert Posts: 3,876 ✭✭✭✭
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    Contacted host NAZ last July. NA in that size. 
    First Bank:16 180 watt Grape Solar with  FM80 controller and 3648 Inverter....Fullriver 8D AGM solar batteries. Second Bank/MacGyver Special: 10 165(?) watt BP Solar with Renogy MPPT 40A controller/ and Xantrex C-35 PWM controller/ and Morningstar PWM controller...Cotek 24V PSW inverter....forklift and diesel locomotive batteries
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  • BB.
    BB. Super Moderators, Administrators Posts: 33,609 admin
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    The downside to solar panels... They are all pretty much custom designed and mfg. Based on the most cost-effective materials (such as silicon wafer sizes, and such). There is little standardization over the years.

    Next step is to find some panels that meet your needs and change the racking to support the "latest and greatest" panels/array for your needs.

    -Bill
    Near San Francisco California: 3.5kWatt Grid Tied Solar power system+small backup genset
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  • softdown
    softdown Solar Expert Posts: 3,876 ✭✭✭✭
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    Changing the racking would be pretty onerous. There is angle iron that connects the top with the bottom. Then we have the foundation boards “cemented” into the roof.


    First Bank:16 180 watt Grape Solar with  FM80 controller and 3648 Inverter....Fullriver 8D AGM solar batteries. Second Bank/MacGyver Special: 10 165(?) watt BP Solar with Renogy MPPT 40A controller/ and Xantrex C-35 PWM controller/ and Morningstar PWM controller...Cotek 24V PSW inverter....forklift and diesel locomotive batteries
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  • JRHill
    JRHill Registered Users Posts: 349 ✭✭✭
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    "Changing the racking would be pretty onerous."

    When I did the house solar I bought 20' lengths of 1.5x1.5x.125 aluminum angle and made my own. The panels were SunTech 195. In 15 years, half of the panels have fractures on the glass but every string is putting out near spec (but in summer heat they seem to suffer more but I don't care so far).

    I was penny wise and pound foolish at the time. I am married to those panels and their bolt pattern. SunTech still makes a panel of that size and pattern last I looked years ago after their bankruptcy and reemergence. But when the time comes that the panels need to be replaced it will probably include a mounting framework as well. And removal. And a 14/12 steel roof repair. And finding a company that will undertake the project where we live.

    My beloved wife won't let me get on a ladder anymore - let alone the steel roof. I happily comply. When you are contemplating things with a 25-30 year lifespan its easy to forget that you will change in that same timeframe.
    Off Grid. Two systems: 1) 2925w panels, OB VFXR3648, FM80, FNDC, Victron BMV-712, Mate3s, 240 xformer, four SimpliPHI 3.8; 2) 780w, Morningstar 30a, Grundfos switch, controller and AC/DC pump, 8 T105. Honda EU7000is w/AGS. Champion 3100. HF 4550, Miller Bobcat.
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