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    Is the power company just biding time?

    In Canada our leader JT is trying desperately to get us off carbon. $70 / tonne is our current carbon price. $150 by 2028. For 10 GJ of gas I pay $50 just as one tax :)
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    Is the power company just biding time?

    In Alberta, Canada 80% of my bill is a connection charge. 20% is usage charges, maybe 30% if I bring in over 1000 kWh. I added another 4000 watts to my south wall to see if I could make it throughout the winter on solar electricity. Nope. Now, 2/3 of my energy does come from my vertical panels...
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    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    I don't have vibration / noise issues.
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    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    Well I tried to parallel my 2 lvx6048 inverters via adding 2 $55 parallel boards and change section 28, but all I did was get an error message DC/AC inverter circuit error so I when back to using one inverter in the charging only mode. I hope to get more courage next week to try again. I did hit...
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    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    If you don't mind pushing the on / off button you can charge your 48V batteries even if the inverter is in off mode. So it doesn't use the 140 Watts standby power. Then if you need the extra ac power you can turn the inverter on.
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    5000 Watt Aero-Sharp grid tie inverter for sale HR-INV-X01-050 in Alberta Canada

    5000 Watt grid-tie inverter for sale I bought this inverter 8 years ago, but it wasn't keeping after my 6000 watts pv input so I removed 2 panels during the summer months. I now have hooked up my panels to the MPP LVX-6048 and it can handle the 6000 watts -- so I don't need this anymore. Is it...
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    LVX6048 PC Solarpower Application Fails to Log Data

    This Solar Power desktop app seems to run on Ubuntu 20.04 which uses openjdk version "16.0.1" I haven't connect the micro usb to my laptop yet to input data. Curious if some got this working.
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    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    The Solarpower app uploaded data all day yesterday for both me and my neighbor. Today it is not working again. Today was the first time I couldn't use the app to change the LVX6048 settings. Normally that always works. Too bad the Solarpower app wasn't more reliable.
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    MPP-Solar LVX-6048

    Even though monitoring the LVX6048 is delayed or more often not existent you can can the LVX6048 setting via the app instantly.
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    LVX6048 PC Solarpower Application Fails to Log Data

    Using the SolarPower program is hit and miss. It seems the china's servers priorities Chinese data. My updates come in 5 minute intervals when the data is be transferred. Works less than 30% of the time
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    Sorotec REVO II 5.5K-48 (Please Review)

    The specs look like MPP LVX-6048 other than the weight 16 kg versus 26 kg. The heavier the inverter the better it is build. I also like buying from Taiwan rather than China.
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    Inverter life expectancy.

    10 minutes and it seems to be still working. MPP LVX-6048 I have an old Aero-Sharp 6k for 8 years but it started to only allow for 5k input.
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    MPP-Solar LVX-6048 Solarpower App

    You have to enter the Part Number that starts with a W..... then connect your phone's wifi to that wifi access point and then hopefully it will ask for what wifi access point you want to connect the W... to. Mind connected to my home wifi and it still has the W... wifi still broadcasting it's...
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    MPP-Solar LVX-6048 Solarpower App

    I got help from Andy at mpp solar. I guess you have to have your date and time set right for it to work.
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    MPP-Solar LVX-6048 Solarpower App

    So I downloaded the Solarpower app Solarpower app-- it says I am online, but I am getting no data from the LVX-6048. What gives?
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