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  • Post in thread: Another Michigan chucklehead

    I'm over in Ann Arbor. Thanks for the info, I'll take a look at your gear specs and manuals. I'm not salty about DTE changing the program. They changed it only about 5 years ago but after a bunch of outcry, existing systems were grandfathered in until the 10 year mark and my system paid itself...
  • Post in thread: Another Michigan chucklehead

    Howdy, I've been watching both Will's and Jehu's videos recently, on batteries especially. I have a 39 panel system (Mage 230 watt) and Enphase M190 grid-tied inverters, I've had it for 12 years and it's been great (SE Michigan). What's not so great is the changes the utility (DTE) made to the...
  • Post in thread: DIY battery or just go off the shelf?

    So now that an attractive (to me) split phase solution has come out (EG4 6000XP) for a good price, I'm ready to add battery backup to my house. I currently have 39 Mage 230w panels grid tied with Enphase M190. I am in SE Michigan so for now, I'm not going to hook up any solar to the inverter...
  • Post in thread: DIY battery or just go off the shelf?

    What did you build, like with what cells and BMS and all that, and were did you get it? I'd enjoy doing it too ... but there's so much info it's hard to know where to start.
  • Post in thread: DIY battery or just go off the shelf?

    I'm going to leave most of the Enphase connected they way it is. I'll have a subpanel on the other side of the inverter. In the spring I was planning on peeling off 5-7 solar panels, remove the Enphase inverters and run them as a string into the inverter. I heard Signature Solar was bad, I was...
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