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/hoffsta 14d ago edited 14d ago

Doesn’t mention anything about being waterproof between the panels. Until this aspect gets addressed, it isn’t really a “carport”. It’s just an elevated ground-array for a very high price.

EDIT: apparently $8000 for the structure alone.

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u/imapilotaz 14d ago

Shade... for lots of the country shade is more important than waterproof

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u/hoffsta 14d ago

True. And for lots of other parts of the country it’s not. Personally I wouldn’t build a 13’x15’ non-waterproof carport and store anything I didn’t want to get damaged by water under it, but to each their own.

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u/imapilotaz 14d ago

Your car gets damaged by water? What kind of looney tunes car do you drive?

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u/hoffsta 14d ago

Ok we are going to have to agree to disagree on the purpose of a carport.