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I don't have a problem with reducing carbon (or other greenhouse gases) by any means. What I have a problem with is the heavy hand "We know best and if you disagree with how we want to do it, you're a climate denier" attitude so many people involved at multiple levels display. Nice to see a...

It's my understanding that the House was supposed to be representative of "We the People" as individuals and that the Senate was supposed to be representative of the States; that's why originally they were selected by the government of the individual states, not through an election like the...

If you have a data sheet on those batteries, follow whatever settings it recommends for best results.

Initial plan for either the house or the garage: 20 250W 24v solar cells $989.80 32 3.2V 150Ah Lithium Iron Phosphate Cell $3,194.12 1 5kw 48v split phase inverter $1,092.50 + $268.00 shipping The solar cells will likely be series/parallel connected with a total of 48 volts. The...

I'm looking at the MPP Solar PiP LV5048 all in one

No argument that people (not just scientists) should be allowed to question results, but from what I have seen, most folks that toss out the "climate denier" mantra seem to be willing to take the data we are questioning at face value and seem to be from one particular political party. That's why...

The best option if you want a battery with a specific BMS and other options is to build one yourself, to be quite honest. Battery manufacturers have to consider the intended use cases for what they build and allowing the end-user to swap out random parts would not make it easy for them to gain...

Anderson Powerpoles are an excellent idea; I make heavy use of them when I build cables for use with my Amateur Radio gear.

I think the LV6048 has a power saving mode, but I'm not sure how well it works. I've heard that some inverters that have that kind of feature poll to check for loads and and that they don't always have it set to check both 120 volt legs, so it seems to not work if you turn something on and it's...

Correct, and as I pointed out, the Senate was actually intended to represent the will of the individual states as a whole, rather than the voters themselves. The same is actually true of the President, whether most people realize it or not.

Honestly, for switches, you're probably not going to beat using the Sonoff Basic or Sonoff Mini, or possibly the Shelly One. I'm not sure what model of outlets to suggest, since I haven't looked into those yet.

Well, I guess it's time for a status update. I fired up the system on February 2nd of 2022. Other than a minor issue with the BMS I ended up getting, the system has been working very well. I will be upgrading it to 10-15 kW of solar power for my house and garage.

The plan is to have separate solar/battery installations for each building.

I'm not sure I like the looks of that change, to be honest. At least the previous design enabled full contact of the bus bars to the battery terminal.

Correct. Having the charge current balanced is the key here.

Good evening folks. I've been following Will on YouTube for a while now, and am finally getting ready to build an off-grid solar system. My basic plan is as follows: 2 MPP Solar LV6048 all in one units connected in parallel for 12KW output 400AH battery bank at least 20 solar panels I need an...

Maybe, but then you're actually paying even more for the car than what the sticker price is. That and most people that own any kind of car tend to fall for the marketing and buy a "new" car every three to four years anyway.

I'd go with the Growatt Inverters, since you can parallel them out of the box. Also, the standby consumption those inverters is about the same as the Axpert VM III. Yes, it will cost more, but the safety factor is worth it.

Revised my installation plans; I've decided to go with the Growatt SPF 5000 ES and a SolarEdge Midpoint Transformer instead of the MPP Solar LV6048. I'm also going with 24 250 Watt Solar Panels instead of the 270 Watt ones I originally considered. Should have the basics of the system online by...

Two main reasons; lower cost and native support in Home Assistant.

I think you're onto something here. They most likely don't want a consensus, but to force their bad science on us. I suspect a good part of the whole thing is politically motivated, at least in the US.

I'm torn between the LV6048 and the LVX6048. The main issue that I see with the latter is the need to buy the kits to parallel multiple units when the former comes with that capability out of the box. On the other hand, I'm not sure I will ever need to parallel more than three of either of these...

I'd get another panel and go with 3S2P, personally. That would double the current into your charge controller without negatively affecting your maximum input voltage rating.

Well do I know the feeling of not wanting to (or being able to) cut down a tree; I have a similar issue with a very beautiful Butterfly Tree (aka Butterfly bush) near where I want to place my two solar arrays. I can put one array where it will get full sun, but the second one will be blocked...

I don't know if this has been mentioned anywhere else, but if you're interested in adding wind to your solar system, I think this site is a good resource for finding out if the idea is worth considering. Now, I don't know how accurate the overall information is, so keep that in mind...

Good afternoon. Just joined and am seriously considering installing solar power at the house. I have need of a configuration with two relatively low capacity inverters and one higher capacity model. One will go in a small shed, another in the garage and the highest capacity in the house itself.

Actually, audio, like RF, is AC (alternating current) so it's more critical for phasing for the length of leads to be as close to identical as possible. DC is less critical.

Home Assistant, dimmers, or other means of turning off unneeded lights, energy-efficient lighting (I'm going with LED lights in my house); all of these things are good. Another thing to go with is multiple forms of power, like a combination of Solar and Wind power; my third stage of power...

Actually, that's one of the really big batteries that Tesla intended for electric power storage.

Sort of makes me glad I've pretty much decided on the LV6048 instead of the LV6548. Not that I'm trying to make light of your problems by any means. I hope you figure out what's going on, though I suspect that firmware difference may be part of the equation in some way.