Jobs
What we wire, and how far up the road we go
Small crew, long drives, a short season. We take a few jobs at a time and finish each one.
Panels, battery bank, inverter and a back-up, drawn on one sheet and wired to what the place draws.
A load worksheet before any parts list
Winter sun and snow on the array considered at the start
New frames wired so the inspector sees every box and cable run, at rough-in and at the final.
Panels, subpanels and the run to the well house
The wiring side of grid-tied solar with a battery, for houses that want to come close to net-zero.
Utility interconnection steps handled with you
A new pole, a meter base and a main panel at the place where the line comes in.
Utility disconnect and reconnect scheduled for you
Power to the well house, the barn and the shop, buried below the frost, with a disconnect at each end.
Inlets, interlocks and transfer switches, so an outage means a generator on a cord and not a dark house.
Choosing
Off-grid, grid-tied, or both
Most owner-builders end up in one of these three. A site visit settles which.
Off-grid
You make and store all your power.
Needs a battery bank, a back-up source and a careful list of loads
Grid-tied with a battery
The utility is there, and the battery carries you through outages.
Needs an interconnection agreement and an inverter your utility accepts
Grid-tied, panels only
Panels feed the house and the grid.
Needs a utility that allows it
The house goes dark when the grid does
Not sure which job this is?
Send the nearest town and a photo of the site. We will tell you which page to read.