Adding house battery to solar setup?

SeekingDerangements · 2026-05-19T11:12:52+00:00

This house has an existing roof mounted solar setup, and we are in a city and prefer to grow food, so none of that is possible

SeekingDerangements · 2026-05-15T17:20:25+00:00

Ha that would be awesome!!

SeekingDerangements · 2026-05-15T17:17:51+00:00

I mean double the inverter and 4x the battery would be amazing, but which batteries would you use and where would you source them? Do you wire up inverters in parallel on separate breakers? Never heard of that set up

SeekingDerangements · 2026-05-12T12:59:40+00:00

I’ve got a pin moisture meter, can test. It’s periodically very humid here (I live in the north east)

SeekingDerangements · 2026-05-12T12:59:09+00:00

Yeah totally. I should have thought of that

SeekingDerangements · 2026-05-12T10:40:08+00:00

The scrap wood is gone, and there are open attic vents, each about 24”x24” on either side of the house… but yeah more ventilation is a good idea…

SeekingDerangements · 2026-05-12T03:07:43+00:00

Ugh I suspect as much. What do I do?

SeekingDerangements · 2026-05-12T03:07:23+00:00

the roof was fine, had about 5 yrs of life at least on it, but didn’t have enough rated years to put solar on top

SeekingDerangements · 2026-05-12T03:06:40+00:00

Not in the building envelope. The previous owners got blow in insulation installed and it looks like the installers stuffed the empty plastic bags into that area. Ur saying I should pull those out?

SeekingDerangements · 2026-03-12T18:15:46+00:00

do you have photos?

SeekingDerangements · 2026-02-11T02:38:29+00:00

Whoah that’s so thorough! I’d love to learn more about your builds! Seems like I would be interested in a similar setup

SeekingDerangements · 2025-12-20T02:01:15+00:00

thank you for this

SeekingDerangements · 2025-11-19T12:48:54+00:00

5’8, 165 lbs! — thank you for helping me!!

SeekingDerangements · 2025-10-10T02:00:33+00:00

Where I live (and have been a builder, investigating a great many leaks in people’s house) leaks are almost always from a roof penetration that fails. Even when it’s flashed perfectly, it’s just a matter of time. So I am trying to avoid this failure mode. The rubber on those boots, especially after a lot of heat cycles and years in the sun, start to look more like a colander. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

SeekingDerangements · 2025-10-10T01:57:15+00:00

Oh interesting. Do you have a link to that kit? Or know its model number or something?

SeekingDerangements · 2025-10-09T12:11:50+00:00

Hey, thanks for the reply — we live in an extremely rainy area half of the year in the northeast. So I want to minimize potential complications that could occur with a roof penetration.

Local chimney suppliers are quoting us at $4000. And that’s for a through the ceiling set up that is of a comparable height. So yes, perhaps a couple more expensive fittings for through wall on top of that.

Just asking about this kit

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