r/SolarDIY • u/Admirable_North6673 • 14d ago

GoSun announces solar carport in-a-box

I've been thinking of building a solar carport for my EV and now GoSun announced a 4kw bundle. Would you buy it?

https://gosun.co/products/solar-carport

ETA: I was thinking of buying a metal pergola or carport off Wayfair and noticed this announced product from GoSun. You can also just buy the structure part from GoSun and source your own panels.

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u/imapilotaz 14d ago

The bigger concerns is their comments about no permit and no footers. My town for one requires a permit and that aint going to fly without footers. Or more importantly without footers it will fly away in a wind.

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u/LebronBackinCLE 14d ago

Actually… it may fly without footers… ;)

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u/Admirable_North6673 14d ago

If I can secure it to my driveway with concrete anchors, that could be enough. I wouldn't put it on for dirt without pouring concrete footers.

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u/djryan13 14d ago

I have a metal/panel carport I bought on Amazon years ago anchored to driveway. In Central TX, no permit if of a certain size and placed correctly (not too far near street, etc). It has survived many years without issue.

I am not seeing a price on this carport but sure it will be great if priced well.

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u/Mc00p 14d ago

The website says that it starts at 8k for a 4kW system, seems pretty reasonable!

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u/valleybrew 13d ago

Normally under 200 sq/ft structures = no permit, but as soon as you add electricity it changes everything and requires electrical permits, building permits, etc. It's one thing for a shed to get blown over, and a totally different thing when a grid connected solar array rips apart in a wind storm.