Recent content by crazydane

@Kruncher Yes I would say the roic was worth it. Coming up on 7 years since I started and its all paid for. Of course part of that was from mining and selling crypto to pay for the solar expansion as I grew. Yeah, the reason I went with the Ubiquiti inverters is that I have a "few" of their...

I dumped the micros for the following reasons: High failure rates (1 or 2 per month on average out of about 140 micros) Ubiquiti no longer supports SunMax platform and software is outdated No shading to speak of on any of the arrays Voltage loss on long 240VAC runs #1 was the main reason as...

That sounds like quite the project! So in trying to size what I would need, I took a look at how much I consume and what my peak loads are. Here's what the 22nd looked like: It wasn't that crazy cold on the 22nd, but this morning is very cold (4F), and as a result, my heat pumps are working...

Just had a 4 hour outage today, which was not unexpected, given the rain/sleet/wind we have had over the last 48 hours. I haven't completed wiring in the Kubota yet, so I had to drag out the 10 kW military unit since temps were in the teens and dropping, so just waiting for the power to come...

I'll know shortly as my next bill will be in the middle of Jan 2023.

I was looking at those in the first link above. Actually spoke to the guy and he was willing to sell to me directly, but we did not quite agree on a price for 4 of them. Was looking at these as well: Its not real clear to me if they allow back feeding to the grid like the SIs.

No annual true up as far as I know, at least that was the case back in 2016 when I went to a local meeting sponsored by the COOP. The question was asked and the answer was that if someone build up a significant balance, they would issue you a check (at retail pricing) so they did not have the...

@Hedges Definitely looking forward to seeing what SMA comes up with next. There are starting to be a lot of high frequency options out there, but I think most would have trouble getting my 7.5 hp compressor going and my car lift. I would prefer a solution that does NOT have PV inputs since I...

I always wondered if the poco ever "catch" folks with more solar than they are supposed to have. I know in VA where I live, residential systems supposedly max out of 20kW. I started out with 20kW and was inspected for 20kW when my net metering agreement was established back in 2016. I have...

Got the SBs extended to land on the grid side of the ATS. Its the 2 wires you see running along the bottom of my "junction box" via the 2 large straight through Polaris connectors. I got quite a collection of those now. And here they come up into the 400A disconnect: (the right Blue/Red...

I have taken the federal tax credit in all the years I have expanded my system, so 2017, 2018 and 2021 and will again in 2022. I don't see why you couldn't claim the credit more than once if you are staging your solar. But like Quattrohead said, you should not take the word of some stranger on...

Rated load details are: Power Rating 5kW, 0.8 pf @ 4000ft/120°F; 110% Max Power; De-rate: 3.5%/1000 ft from 4000 to 8000 ft I'm testing into a 5kW dummy load (1.0 pf) at 760 ft and temps around 70F. So it makes sense that I'm doing a little bit better than 0.57 gph. I also have a...

@Hedges I edited the post to detail the L1/L2 and N wiring gauges as well, just to make everything clear. @Bluedog225 Both the horizontal and vertical pipes are 3" from the local plumping supply store. The mounting is all Ironridge.

I have a MEP-802A diesel generator. It burns 0.5 gallons of fuel per hour with a 5,000 watt load. I also have a Kubota 17 kW generator. It has a 4 cylinder turbo charged diesel. Next time I load test it, I'll see about collecting some fuel consumption data.

Just to be clear, just the ground wiring is 1/0 aluminum or less (except the 3/0 copper going to the house sub-panels). The L1/L2 wires are all 300 MCM copper except the last few feet going into the 200A sub-panels, where it it 3/0 copper. The 225A solar sub-panel has 300 MCM all the way to...