North facing Panels

[DanKegel]

BTW, I believe there's a lot of desert in SO. CA that doesn't see a lot of morning/coastal fog or May/June cloudiness. To say or imply all of SO. CA climate is described by what happens relatively near the coast may not be entirely accurate. My location is ~ 1,400 ft. above sea level and while I get some morning fog, it almost always burns off by 0800 or so. I watch the fog retreat to the coast as I do my morning rants. Just sayin.

Or, more briefly, "I think that mostly affects *coastal* Southern California, isn't it?"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Gloom

[J.P.M.]

Or, more briefly, "I think that mostly affects *coastal* Southern California, isn't it?"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Gloom

Still at your rude communication methods, huh Dan ?

I believe the meaning of what I wrote is reasonably clear. If it makes you happier to redefine what I wrote without asking me what I meant, feel free, but do so in your own mind and don't do my writing for me. I consider such methods, of which your post is a good example, rude and presumptuous.

If you truly want to know something - which in this case I doubt - ask, but don't ask leading questions, at least not of me.

[DanKegel]

I believe the meaning of what I wrote is reasonably clear

Perhaps. I was just trying to help.

I should also have mentioned that as of 2008, about 68% of Californians lived near the coast, according to

http://www.census.gov/prod/2010pubs/p25-1139.pdf

So it's possible, or maybe even likely, that the majority of Southern Californians experience June Gloom.

[Kingram]

https://www.solarpowerworldonline.co...solar-modules/
I noticed a house here in Arizona which is about a mile from me that has 30 panels total and they are all on the North side of the roof, it is such a strange roof design and that was their only option. Now that is wanting solar really bad but according to the article above North facing panels may not be as bad as we once thought. I'm now wondering what the average roof pitch is in the southwest .

[x3uay9]

my boss has had an install with SunPower 327 watt panels on a space limited roof, Ok they are more expensive but 13 panels as you suggest would get you over 4kw using them and would perform much better than a north facing system.

Most manufacturers also do panels in the 250-290 watt range so might be worth getting a few quotes for different size schemes and go from there.