Hedges
I See Electromagnetic Fields!
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But panels, it isn't always me. I bought 2 pallets from Inxeption, leaving about 150. Then somebody bought all.
150 lbs. is freight. The newer transformerless SB are under 75#, go common carrier. A few I picked up locally.
I got a pallet of 8 SI. Another pallet of 9 SB 5000US, open box, from Canada cost $700 shipping (quotes up to $7000 from FedEx). Those were a couple years ago before costs went up.
One to four pallets of PV panels, up to 5000# total, have cost $200 to $500 shipping Arizona to San Jose, spread over the past three years.
Large load makes it more economical per unit.
Here's the Sunny Island deal, $3800 including delivery for two plus extras.
Offgrid I would like 3x SI for 3-phase 120/208Y. Could buy two of these and have a spare.
SMA is OK. The hardware is great, and I do get on-line support at least for a serial number that is within it's warranty window. Maybe outside, don't know. Within a service ticket for SI that had 10 year warranty I've received help with much older SB. What they won't support is SunPower branded SMA equipment.
Latest firmware is on website. For SBS, update instructions said multiple intermediate versions required. I contacted SMA support, and they said the LG battery model I have stops at an earlier version, sent me a zip with that and the previous ones needed to do the upgrade. That one was by WiFi from a laptop with browser.
150 lbs. is freight. The newer transformerless SB are under 75#, go common carrier. A few I picked up locally.
I got a pallet of 8 SI. Another pallet of 9 SB 5000US, open box, from Canada cost $700 shipping (quotes up to $7000 from FedEx). Those were a couple years ago before costs went up.
One to four pallets of PV panels, up to 5000# total, have cost $200 to $500 shipping Arizona to San Jose, spread over the past three years.
Large load makes it more economical per unit.
Here's the Sunny Island deal, $3800 including delivery for two plus extras.
Offgrid I would like 3x SI for 3-phase 120/208Y. Could buy two of these and have a spare.
Battery Inverter Solar Cabinet: (QTY 2) SMA Sunny Island SI-6048 w/ Warranty | eBay
These cabinets were designed and built by DC Solar. If you use the cabinet as-is there are only 2 connections required to have a functioning system (battery connection and solar panel connection). This setup will generate power even when there is no connection to the power grid.
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SMA is OK. The hardware is great, and I do get on-line support at least for a serial number that is within it's warranty window. Maybe outside, don't know. Within a service ticket for SI that had 10 year warranty I've received help with much older SB. What they won't support is SunPower branded SMA equipment.
Latest firmware is on website. For SBS, update instructions said multiple intermediate versions required. I contacted SMA support, and they said the LG battery model I have stops at an earlier version, sent me a zip with that and the previous ones needed to do the upgrade. That one was by WiFi from a laptop with browser.