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		jaggederest 39 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Solarpunk is happening in Africa Yep I'm looking at used solar since I have a ton of roof space and land area, and the shipping is 50% of the price of a pallet of panels. Even if they're derated 25% and 20% fail, the racking and balance of system outweigh them to a silly degree. It's going to be 80% balance of system 20% panels.

theoreticalmal 39 days ago [–]

If you plan on mounting to your roof beware of expired fire ratings. I ran into this problem recently

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