Chiko Steel Solar Carport: Effortless Installation and Durable Design for Reliable Solar Solutions
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Published 2024-01-19
Crafted with resilient Zinc-Aluminum-Magnesium coated S350 steel, its design strategically avoids shading issues, ensuring higher efficiency and increased energy production. The versatility of this solar carport extends beyond conventional use, serving as not only a carport but also transforming effortlessly into a gazebo or pergola, making it a stylish and adaptable addition to your needs. Designed for professional installation, this carport includes universal lag bolt kits, pre-drilled holes, and gutters between panels, providing waterproofing.
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Correction: The wattage should have been used instead of voltage to compare. To calculate, you would calculate the increase / original number x 100%. In our case, we would find the increase by subtracting 45 W - 40 W to calculate an increase of 5 W from our monofacial panels to our bifacial panels. Then we would divide our difference of 5 by our original number, 40 W from our monofacial panels. So, 5 / 40 = 0.125. To find our percent, we would then multiply this number by 100, 0.125 x 100 = 12.5%, showing that we actually are getting a 12.5% increase in energy production out of our bifacial panels over our monofacial panels even at this lower wattage production. As solar production conditions improve, we would expect to see this same trend continue. Please note: The day of testing was less than ideal conditions, we plan to retest in the future.
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All Comments (21)
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This is very interesting. I would be very interested in Solar Angle adjustable, modular carport sizes for covering the RV, Animals, a Gazebo, etc.
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Also they can’t be shipped direct to consumers home. They have to be shipped to a business with dock or terminal. Seems like you could build a wooden structure for a lot less and I think it would be much for pleasing to the eyes IMO
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I appreciate the comparison of bifacials to roof-mount, but it looks like you just did a point-in-time spot check. It would be nice to see the different power curves over a 24+ hour period to see what the actual gross gain was.
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Brilliant addition! Would love it if you guys considered offering gutter options for existing arrays too.
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If I owned one of these solar carports.. I'd park my White Jeep underneath it.. I've got 1200w (Six Bi-facial 200w JJN) on a dual axis tracker. I ordered a pair of 25' 4ga wire that I'll connect from my 3 controllers that go to my Four 100Ah lithiums, that will replace the small 8ga that is connected now. IT's currently (< lol) connected now creating a bottleneck of power. This would be a perfect carport to park my RV under when I get my offgrid land.
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I was just looking at this unit and it only started at $3500. Am I going crazy or did something change?
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The 'nominal' slope for a year-round, fixed mount, south facing solar array is the latitude of the location... In other words, the 'ideal' angle of 5 degrees is WAY too low for panels north of the Panama Canal. In the Caribbean, the angle would be 15-20 degrees (a 1/6 roof slope) and in New York City it would be 40 degrees (almost a 1/1 roof slope).
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How are the base plates mounted in your video? I just got mine and have been exploring different options for footings.
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Can you also please offer some clarity on the power capacity of this product? You list 12x PV modules on your website, yet show 15x installed here. I assume the listed 400W modules in the description are what was installed; that would be 6 kW for 15x.
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What is included in this package? I looked at your website but it doesn’t provide that information
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Has Anyone gotten this approved by their building department. Have Heard that Chiko and SS are not forthcoming with enough information for it to be qualified under code.
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Do you offer anything for Florida 170 wind loads?
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any option for snowload as high as 50 lb per sq?
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I have a 55' x 25' design need to speak with someone!!
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5 degrees.. need more like 20-30 degrees. Why settle for 5 degrees?
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It would make sense if it came with PREAPPROVED PLAN
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Comparing voltages???? MPPT can vary voltage in any string depending on what it thinks is optimal. Always compare power, otherwise (using your voltage analysis of power) the static electricity i just produced walking across the carpet is 10x more powerful than your solar arrays. Fortunately if we look we can see 40w and 45w showing when you are talking about voltages as a power measurement 🤦♂ 85watts total coming from 2 x 11 x 400w panels? These should be 4400watts per string in perfect conditions. These are currently producing 1% of capacity. Maybe do the power production test when there is power being produced in some nominal range. Anyway, the carport is nice.
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Creative place to put panels. The design could use some improvement for finished aesthetics. ARKA also has a nice look, at least in their marketing. I believe there is a mistake in the performance comparison, however. You should be comparing power [Watt], not voltage [V]. Looking at the power output, it was only showing 40-45 W. Was that filmed in the morning or evening? Information about anchoring requirements would be helpful too. I assume this needs a significant concrete footer. Here’s another thought - could energy storage modules (heavy, bulky) be used? Another multi-purpose design element. Nonetheless, keep it up Signature Solar.
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4400 watts of bifacial panels producing 45 watts? Sign me up! I think something’s wrong here. I have 4900 watts of bifacial panels and they regular produce over one kilowatt during storms with a layer of snow on them and zero visible sun in the sky.
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Won’t work in the northern climates. Way to flat of a profile and we don’t really need car ports in the summer. My timetable array is at 76degree for mid Nov-mid Feb.
