Recent content by Anit767

Nope, I did all the paperwork myself. The electrician did the labor - mount inverter, run conduit, install breaker for $400. did you read the comment you quoted in your post?

my last post said $500, but it was $400 for the hardware (Wires, breaker, etc) and labor. He mounted the inverter in the garage and the disconnect outdoors near the meter. He also ran conduit.

I just called around. $100 per hour is typical in my area. I was close to net zero last month. Total cost was around $6500 for everything - panels, inverter, wire, install, etc.

Much obliged. I used the term “website usage” because that’s the number it showed on the coop electric website. I had no idea what it referred to. They don’t answer calls or emails. pv output from the inverter was easy to find by connecting to the inverter. these are the values it shows on...

I just ordered an ac/dc clamp meter. I am curious to know how accurate my sma inverter is.

How much was it off?

I’m curious, since you have the emporia vue, what’s the loss when you compare the solar energy you produce vs what is actually sent to the panel? 10%?

Problem solved! Someone explained it to me. Here’s an updated chart..

I’ve never heard of that. I’ll get one. Thanks!

This might help. what’s strange is how inconsistent the billing is. If the discrepancy was the same percentage every day, it would make sense.

I think the middle chart is confusing. The reading was taken at 1am. So it’s showing you the previous day’s usage. 24th I generated 35kwh i used 38kwh i was billed 25kwh assuming 10% loss. 38-31.5 = 6.5kwh (what I should have been billed) that’s about 19kwh too much

if they are charging me for 25kWh and I produced 35, that means I used around 60 kWh that day. I’m in a 5 year old 3 bedroom home. We never used 60 kWh before solar.

You can see that the meter went -5kWh on the 27th. It should have been -20kWh.

The first chart is from my Sunny Boy inverter. The second is from the electric company’s accounts. The last is from their website that shows my usage. They have been ripping me off. What can I do? I’m in a coop. We don’t get to choose our provider here.

it doesn’t show online, but my bill was much lower. I just added 10 more panels yesterday. Hopefully I get close to zero.