Licensed electricians in the Clearwater Basin
Every project starts with a free assessment of your home, your roof and your electrical panel, so you know what makes sense before you decide anything.
What we install
Start with one, or plan for all three over time. Here's what each one does.
Panels on your roof turn daylight into electricity, and your home uses it first, before buying any from the grid. An inverter, the box that converts the panels' power into the kind your outlets use, connects it all to your home's wiring.
How rooftop solar worksA battery stores electricity so you can use it later, in the evening or during a power cut. It can be charged by your solar panels and, in some setups, by the grid.
How home batteries workA Level 2 charger is a wall-mounted home charger on its own dedicated circuit, and it charges much faster than a standard outlet. We check your panel and plan the cable route before recommending one.
About home EV chargersBefore you decide
It depends on a handful of things, and none of them are about how hard someone can sell to you. These are the factors that really matter.
Panels do best on a roof that gets clear sun for much of the day; trees, chimneys and neighboring buildings can cut that down.
Panels stay up for many years, so a roof that will need replacing soon is usually best dealt with first.
Your past bills show how much power you use and when, which shapes what size of system makes sense.
An older or full electrical panel may need an upgrade before it can take solar, a battery or an EV charger.
Permits, utility connection rules and available incentives vary by town and utility, and they change over time.
We check all of this in the free assessment.
How it works
You'll know what's happening, and what comes next, at every stage.
We visit, look at your roof, shading and electrical panel, and listen to what you want to achieve. It costs nothing, and you decide afterwards whether to go ahead.
We design a system around your home and your goals, then put the equipment, the scope of work and the price in writing so you can take your time.
We apply for the permits and utility approvals, then install everything to code, keeping you updated as we go.
Once inspections are passed and your utility gives the go-ahead, we switch the system on, show you how it works and hand over your paperwork.
Good to know
Straight answers to the things homeowners ask us most. If yours isn't here, ask us at the assessment, or call (555) 012-7785.
Yes, though it makes less. Solar panels respond to daylight, not heat, so they keep producing under cloud, just less than in direct sun. That's why a good design looks at production across a whole year rather than a single day, and why we study your roof's real sun and shade before suggesting anything.
Not necessarily. Solar works without one: your home uses the solar power first, and any extra goes to the grid under your utility's rules.
One thing worth knowing: a standard grid-connected system without a battery switches off during a power cut, so it can't send power onto lines that crews may be repairing. A battery is worth considering if you want backup during outages, or if your utility credits you less for the power you send out than it charges for the power you buy.
Batteries are sized in kilowatt-hours (kWh), a measure of how much energy they can store: one kWh is the energy a 1,000-watt appliance uses in an hour.
Often, yes, but it depends on the panel. Your electrical panel (the breaker box) can only safely supply so much power at once, so we add up what your home already uses and what a charger would need. This is called a load calculation.
If there's room, we add a dedicated circuit for the charger. If it's tight, the options include a load management device, which shares power between the charger and other big appliances, or a panel upgrade. We'll explain which applies to you, and why.
Then it's usually best to replace the roof first. Panels stay on a roof for many years, and taking them off and putting them back later adds cost and hassle. At the assessment we look at your roof's age and condition and tell you honestly if we think it should be done before solar.
No. Plenty of people start with one piece, often an EV charger or solar, and add the rest later. If you think you might want a battery or a second charger down the road, mention it at the assessment. We can plan the wiring and panel space now, so adding them later is simpler.
Incentives
Tax credits, rebates and utility programs can lower what you pay for solar, batteries and EV chargers. They change often, and they depend on where you live and which utility serves you, so we don't quote figures here that could be out of date.
At your assessment, we'll talk through what may apply to your home.
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Free home assessment
We'll look at your home, answer your questions and follow up with options and a written quote. You decide what, if anything, happens next.