Cost Per Watt for Ground Mount Installation

[nipsip]

Wondering what a competitive price would be for the labor for an install (site prep and finish work will be done by existing contractor) which would include 3 DPW pole mounts for a 10kW system consisting of 30 E19 320 Sunpower panels and 3 Sunpower 3kW inverters.

[Naptown]

too many open ends in the information to even begin

[nipsip]

too many open ends in the information to even begin

Pretty simple question. No equipment or permits - just labor cost.

I can tell you the labor cost in building a 2400 sq. ft. house but it's too complicated for you to estimate the install of a 10kW system where the site prep, ie. grading, excavating, concrete work, trenching, and finish grading will be done by a different contractor.

Must be rocket science then.

[russ]

Pretty simple question. No equipment or permits - just labor cost.

OK great - what will labor cost me to build a 2400 ft2 house adjacent to my own home?

Rock? wind loads? local code? site level and accessible? Type of inverters to be used? Layout and distances? Many items need be known, for even Rich who knows that part of the business quite well; to make a SWAG.

[nipsip]

OK great - what will labor cost me to build a 2400 ft2 house adjacent to my own home?

Rock? wind loads? local code? site level and accessible? Type of inverters to be used? Layout and distances? Many items need be known, for even Rich who knows that part of the business quite well; to make a SWAG.

Installed in open level field. 90mph wind load. No local code problems.

All site prep work and setting the poles will be done by another contractor as well as any grading finish work, gravel, etc., so you don't have to worry about level, it will be level and the posts will be in the sonotubes in concrete as directed by PV installer.

Three poles, 10 panels on each pole, three inverters. Inverters and panels are from Sunpower. Distance from the array to the house 150' - all trenching and fill will be done by another contractor.

[Naptown]

Two days to set the racks on the poles install the modules and hang the inverters that's a 2 man crew. Once the poles are set it goes pretty quickly. You do realize that DPW recommends an 8" schedule 80 pipe in a 3' diameter x 6' deep hole. It is best to not use sonotube for the whole thing just form up around the top, hang and plumb your pipe and pour around it.

Now how much that will cost is anyone's guess. Since you don't give a location the range is huge Socal will be higher than in the Sudan We have no idea what labor costs are in your area.
Therefore you will get the usual and customary answer to pricing questions Tree fiddy is what it will cost.

[nipsip]

Two days to set the racks on the poles install the modules and hang the inverters that's a 2 man crew. Once the poles are set it goes pretty quickly. You do realize that DPW recommends an 8" schedule 80 pipe in a 3' diameter x 6' deep hole. It is best to not use sonotube for the whole thing just form up around the top, hang and plumb your pipe and pour around it.

Now how much that will cost is anyone's guess. Since you don't give a location the range is huge Socal will be higher than in the Sudan We have no idea what labor costs are in your area.
Therefore you will get the usual and customary answer to pricing questions Tree fiddy is what it will cost.

Located in MA. Maybe instead of cost I should have asked for man days. Installers and electrician. How about that.

[Mike90250]

1 day to set up and auger the hole, lay rebar, drop pole.
1 week to wait for inspection.
1 day to shore up pipe (pole) dump 3 yards of concrete (takes a lot to fill in the hole) and insure it sets straight.
4 days damp cure
.25 day to install top piece

Depending on the size of array & panels to be installed and wired, and condouit installed for the wires, 1 - 2 days.

[Naptown]

Located in MA. Maybe instead of cost I should have asked for man days. Installers and electrician. How about that.

did you by any chance read what I wrote? Add a day for an electrician and helper to wire it in.

[kingofseo]

there is way to many factors to make a acurate guess


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[vinniethePVtech]

about $.90 per watt for ground mount. $.78 per watt for roof mount. That's for labor only. Residential non commercial rate.
About $9000.00 in 5.5days tops with an electrician and apprentice.

[TnAndy]

and the posts will be in the sonotubes in concrete as directed by PV installer.

Has nothing to do with your question, but I'm curious what size sonotubes you'll be using and how much concrete ? I'd think for a 10 panel array, it would take quite a bit. I did a 5' cube for mine and wondered if it was enough.

[solarsolar]

For ground mounted small PV systems I see at the moment quotes for about $4.50/Wp total installed cost, about $1/Wp of this is for labor. But that is only budgetary number, without any details known of your specific project.