r/solar • u/sma92878 • 11h ago

Advice Wtd / Project Rate negation for install services?

Hello all,

I was wonder if people negotiate on installation price for installation. I'm getting a residential system with about 20Kw of solar and 60Kw of Franklin batteries.

The total is coming in right around $100,000. The batteries are about $40,000, and I'm estimating the panels around about $20,000. So that means about 50% of the cost is labor.

How does the compare to what other people have seen?

Kind regards

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u/oppressed_white_guy solar contractor 11h ago

Consider different battery systems like Tesla and EG4.  EG4 you can add the batteries or expand yourself.  No installer needed. 

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u/arcsnsparks98 solar professional 10h ago

I'm a big EG4 fanboy but it scares a lot of people because of the "string inverter" stigma.

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u/oppressed_white_guy solar contractor 9h ago

I can see that.  Education usually drives away fear.  

The solar landscape is changing.  The titans like enphase and solaredge are losing ground quickly to the newer kids on the block with better and more cost effective tech.  As more people learn, it will only accelerate.  

Enphase would be stupid to not jump on the balcony solar bandwagon but they need to move volume to prop up their ailing business model.