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Reported complete

Three solar panels on the roof

The receipt records three 195 W monocrystalline split-cell panels mounted with the roof-rack work.

Installed by Dan Moore in Salt Lake City.

If the receipt's 195 W description matches the physical labels, the three panels would form a nominal 585 W array, close to the earlier rounded description of about 600 W. The operator also remembers 200 W as possible, so the exact rating remains open.

Before any expansion or rewiring, the physical labels, open-circuit voltage, series-or-parallel configuration, cable route, and charge-controller limits need to be recorded. The array must be treated as live whenever it is exposed to light.

This is a record of the build, not an installation guide. Reported completion does not establish inspection, structural adequacy, or safety.

Parts & sources

Recorded parts cost

Solar array including three reported panels rated either 195 W or 200 W each
$582.00
Solar mounting brackets
$39.25

Recorded labor

Shared roof-rack solar and air-conditioner installation labor
$2,192.75
Shared power charging heater-wiring shore-power and solar-wiring installation labor
$1,745.25

The roof-rack/solar/air-conditioner bundle is also referenced in the air-conditioner story. The electrical bundle covers multiple systems, including solar wiring, power station, expansion battery, alternator charging, heater power supply, and shore power. Neither bundle has a solar-only allocation.

A shared bundle is not an additional charge for every system. Where repeated across stories, it refers to the same recorded charge; do not add those repeated references together.

Recorded line amounts, not a current quote or a complete installation total. Discounts and tax remain unallocated; no grand total or per-system labor split is inferred.

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