The High Noon Solar team stands on the roof next to the panels as the sun sinks low in the summer sky.

Keith Fife and Kathy Portner decided to offset the utility bill of their Redlands area home with a grid- tied solar PV system. They hired High Noon Solar for the design and installation of a 4.57 KW grid tied system that will hopefully net zero out their electric bill with Xcel Energy at the end of the year. Cory Sullivan, co-owner of High Noon Solar, incorporated solar panels in a dual purpose design on the home. As the second story of the home would get overly warm in summer from too much sun through the unshaded south facing windows, Sullivan decided to use 3 of the 22 Sharp 208 watt panels as an awning for these windows. The effect will help passive solar heat the home in winter when the sun is lower in the sky and shade the windows in summer when the sun is high. The remainder of the panels were placed on open roof space available on the home. The final system consists of 22 Sharp 208 watt panels and a Sunny Boy 3800 watt inverter, located on the roof.

High Noon Solar employees, Jonathan Weinberg and Greg Rosedahl wire the panels into 2 strings of 11 panels and ground the array.

The 22 panels are spread out between flat roof areas and angled metal roof areas to fit the entire array on the space available.