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  • Post in thread: Getting close to my power company divorce.

    My system almost finished
  • Post in thread: Getting close to my power company divorce.

    In central Maine my power bill was under 100.00 a month for 750 kwh now it is 230.00 and our state is plastered with solar farms it's now solar land not vacation land. I emailed some company's for a ground mount and got a a quote of 70k for twenty 400 watt panels feed to grid only. that's a...
  • Post in thread: using a gun safe for battery

    If you you live in a area where you need to put your battery's in a safe mabey time to consider moving
  • Post in thread: Cheap but viable ground mount solutions?

    For me it was cheaper than buying all the stuff welding cutting. And so on this comes as a kit in the future I will make a wood frame mount the mounts on top and store firewood under it semi water tight a somewhat free roof for my wood and make power that's my idea.
  • Post in thread: AOLithium (48V) Buyer Feedback

    I bought my battery one month ago on ebay it's been running three weeks now spent many hours and never got the battery to communicate with the inverter lvx6048 battery works fine I have 4 24 volt redodo wired 2s2p and the AOLithium wired to a buss bar and it's working great sadly it's...
  • Post in thread: Cheap but viable ground mount solutions?

    thanks the mounts I used are steel hot dip galvanized .
  • Post in thread: Who is still building DIY batteries

    I have 4 redo do 24/100 ah wired 2s2p powering mylvx6048 for 9 weeks now no problems. Powers all my load at night will buy 4 more.
  • Post in thread: Getting close to my power company divorce.

    I think that if Maine would give home owners interest free loans for solar power to feed grid or power loads this would eliminate the need to rebuild our entire grid. Instead the people that buy the power pay the bill for all the infustructer to be upgraded to handle the solar farms load...
  • Post in thread: Aolithium 48 volt 100ah cannot communicate with lvx 6048

    Hello I just bought a new battery a aolithium and cannot get it to communicate with my lvx6048 inverter a made a cable to match pins with inverter and battery still not working any one has solved this issue? could you please lend a hand. Thanks
  • Post in thread: Who is still building DIY batteries

    Mechanic by trade if it works don't fix it
  • Post in thread: Cheap but viable ground mount solutions?

    I used ecoworthy ground mounts lag bolted a 4*4 to the bottom I bolted together 5 or 6 kits together and the mounted 9 panels together. Got the mount off eBay vary slightly in price from 110.00 to 140.00 good luck
  • Post in thread: Cheap but viable ground mount solutions?

    ECO-WORTHY Adjustable Multi-Pieces Solar Panel Mounting Brackets Kit System for 1-4pcs Solar Panels
  • Post in thread: Aolithium 48 volt 100ah cannot communicate with lvx 6048

    Hi the cable that came with the battery was a regular cable to use from one battery to another emailed Them the have no idea what I am talking about i wired a cable still don't work for my inverter it's pins 3 and 5 and on the battery side it's 1 and 2 this is for 485 a-b communication good...
  • Post in thread: Cheap but viable ground mount solutions?

    I mounted 365 watt panels there still hear 3 plus months later the mount is 119 inches wide I bought splices and bolted all the mounts together Cinder blocks on top of the 4*4 to weight it down I had plenty of blocks sandbags work too will take pics and post them it's cheap and it works the...
  • Post in thread: Cheap but viable ground mount solutions?

    The mount will hold up to 4 100 watt panels my panels are 40 inches wide I needed I think 6 or seven still cheaper than wood or making it with steel or unistrut and you get plenty of hardware could not buy that much unistrut for the price. On ebay the price is always goining up and down check...
  • Post in thread: Cheap but viable ground mount solutions?

    ECO-WORTHY Adjustable Solar Panel Mounting Brackets Kit System for 4PCS Panels ?Black Friday Sale,Lowest price of the year, Buy Now? eco-worthy-us (7637) 98.2% positive Seller's other itemsSeller's other items Contact seller US $102.17 Was US $159.99 Save US $57.82 (36% off) No Interest if...
  • Post in thread: Cheap but viable ground mount solutions?

    Made with steel and it comes with hardware for mounting also adjustable angle and galvanized and cheap
  • Post in thread: Lvx6048 charging batteries with grid

    Hello the other day I was in my basement were my inverter is running the batteries were being charged by the grid I looked at my solar production for the day and the pv in on the display was showing voltage 110 volts dc so I checked with a meter and it in fact did have this voltage is this a...
  • Post in thread: Cheap but viable ground mount solutions?

    And the renogy mount looks flimsy
  • Post in thread: Lvx 6048 charging batteries from grid

    Well my inverter started charging tonight from grid I was in the basement and was checking how may amps input and the pv input states 110 volts it's dark and cloudy tonight is this normal I checked with a meter and it has 110 volts why would the inverter produce the voltage on the phone...
  • Post in thread: Lvx 6048 charging batteries from grid

    Pv line
  • Post in thread: Refubished eg4 inverter

    I bought a inverter that was refubished it is a split phase unit eg4 from s/s sent with two of the eight screws holding the cover on something rattling around inside the unit with the inverter.it came a paper that stated the work that had been done and checked off one of them was that all...
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