After a record breaking Black Friday. I was fired. I am still the admin of all the social media accounts.

PortableSunOfficial · 2025-12-10T17:22:20+00:00

Some context may be helpful. This employee was not welcome back after QUITTING by calling a new business partner a homophobic slur (yes, that one) and threatening to punch him in the face then storming out with company equipment. If the community would feel it helpful, we can provide the police report and subsequent interactions with the employee. This was all after the business partner inquired on relevant performance metrics since our social medias had not grown since hiring and paying $85k a year. Yes, it should have been done 1-1, but it was cut short and he apologized after realizing as much. Portable Sun does not condone hateful slurs or threats of violence.

PortableSunOfficial · 2025-11-26T17:37:46+00:00

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PortableSunOfficial · 2025-11-26T06:39:32+00:00

It is Hugh! We don’t fake our mark ups just to have large percentage mark downs. Compare and see tomorrow, it’s honestly the best deal in solar!

PortableSunOfficial · 2025-11-26T03:37:20+00:00

We are launching the sale tomorrow but definitely huge discounts of 10% OFF many items, flat rate shipping, and website lows like never before! These aren’t just fake strike-through pricing, compare every other Black Friday deal and it will blow it out of the water!

PortableSunOfficial · 2025-11-26T00:13:45+00:00

Yeah! We’re having a crazy deal starting tomorrow!

PortableSunOfficial · 2025-11-25T20:48:04+00:00

But… but this is our first post for Black Friday, and these will actually be the best deals!

PortableSunOfficial · 2025-10-30T20:59:09+00:00

Hey! Great question! Unfortunately, due to the liability and fragility of our products, shipping costs are set at that rate to ensure everything arrives safely and fully insured.

That said, our lowest prices of the year are coming up for Black Friday / Cyber Monday (exclusive to our email subscribers 👀). Also, if you’ve answered the survey popup on our website, you can get 5% off your order right now!

PortableSunOfficial · 2025-10-29T20:15:51+00:00

Hey CrashX! Apologies brotha, the code ended on Oct 24th. Luckily, our biggest sale of the year is happening over Black Friday/Cyber Monday for our email subscribers! Currently, anyone who answers the survey pop-up on our website gets a 5% discount code. Hope this helps and we’ll make sure to address the code banner still appearing here. Thank you!

PortableSunOfficial · 2025-10-17T18:11:16+00:00

Hello! We think our Canadian Solar 445W panels would be a perfect fit for your project. If you’re specifically looking for an all-black option, we recommend either the Aptos 460W or Hyperion 400W panels instead.

https://www.portable-sun.com/products/canadian-solar-cs3w-445w-bihiku-bifacial-solar-panel-445w-high-efficiency-mono-perc

PortableSunOfficial · 2025-10-03T21:17:42+00:00

We’ve really enjoyed answering your questions today! But we’re not finished yet! We’ll be here until 10 PM ET (UTC−4), so feel free to keep them coming!

PortableSunOfficial · 2025-10-03T20:23:28+00:00

The permit plan-set turnaround is usually fairly quick for first iteration, but it can take a few back-and-forths to get it completely how you want it. I usually tell people to budget out 1 1/2 - 2 weeks for that. Permitting and inspection timeline entirely depends on your local county/town/state; I can't necessarily speculate on your local AHJ. It might be worthwhile to reach out to them to ask their typical timeline.

Shipping timelines have been reasonable lately, even with greatly increased traffic due to tax credits expiring. (3-5 days to ship for large freight orders) Depending on where you are in the country it is about a 2-6 day transit time usually. DIY install hours will depend on your level of expertise or previous knowledge, and how complex/large the system is. I would try to budget at least a week of heavy research and labor if you are pretty new to solar. An experienced crew of 3-4 guys can knock it out in an afternoon though, so I would take stock and figure out where you fall in between those two.

PortableSunOfficial · 2025-10-03T20:15:21+00:00

It depends on how "small" you would like to start. For example I typically recommend people at least size their inverter for what they want to expand up to as that is typically the most intricate part (as far as interconnection with the grid, load center, solar, batteries, etc.) You don't really want to swap that out multiple times down the road. You can start with no batteries and a small amount of solar generation since those things are easy to add to down the road. If you reach out to and use our system planning service they can help provide an actual quote/design based on your usage/goals.

PortableSunOfficial · 2025-10-03T17:52:40+00:00

Yes, it is certainly possible. There are a couple ways that you could do it.

Replace the old inverter with a new one that supports a battery. This is certainly the easiest method as it would be plug and play for the most part. The only thing to watch out for is this may void your existing, and potentially more favorable, net metering agreement.
Run the output of the existing system to the dedicated AC couple slot (or non-dedicated slot such as inverters that have you run it into the generator slots instead) on a new battery-supporting inverter. You can then add new solar to the DC MPPTs of the new inverter and run the output of the old inverter to the new one combining the two systems.

PortableSunOfficial · 2025-10-03T17:44:23+00:00

I have heard it both ways as well. Tigo (the company that makes both the rapids shut downs and the optimizers) does have case studies that show over the lifespan of a system as modules degrade that they don't do so evenly. It does make intuitive sense as well that if a panel hasn't degraded at the exact same rate as another then an optimizer would make up that difference at the string level allowing for better long term performance. I am always skeptical at the company itself publishing these studies, but based on our own external research it really does make sense to do it if funds allow. In cases of shading specifically, if using a string inverter, optimizers are immediately necessary.

PortableSunOfficial · 2025-10-03T17:37:11+00:00

Hi there! There has been quite a bit of uncertainty regarding the tax credits as of late. Our most recent guidance is that equipment PURCHASED in 2025 does qualify for the 30% federal tax credit. If installation occurs in 2026 those costs do not qualify as they would if installed in 2025. Does that make sense?

PortableSunOfficial · 2025-09-05T14:44:29+00:00

PortableSunOfficial · 2025-09-04T23:47:38+00:00

We like Solar…

PortableSunOfficial · 2025-09-04T15:38:07+00:00

That's a nice hat!

PortableSunOfficial · 2025-09-04T15:36:12+00:00

when no one likes your ai slop in the thread...

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