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NOTE: Using this thread to track progress on tweaking LV2424 settings so that hopefully, in the future, someone with an LV2424 or similar MPP Solar inverter can benefit from it. _____________________________________ I'll say, when I bought it, I had high hopes I could optimize for my...

It is great how solar power has helped fuel the next level of communication... https://www.amazon.com/Solar-Powered-Middle-Finger-Gnome/dp/B07658P4TY?psc=1&SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-d-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B07658P4TY

I've always wondered about those little islands that no one lives on. Yeah, they are undoubtedly ravished in a storm. But, could part of it be the economics of moving diesel onto it? If so, then does solar mean we can build homes on more islands now? Anyone up for New Island Live TV Series...

and I opened it 10 minutes ago... Well, started to open it, anyway.

Will, in this video, can you provide a link to the meter you are using? Jehu seems to use same one, but he said he is using the shunt, and all I could find on Drok was the kind with the hall sensor. I wish they had a faceted search on their site. Do you prefer hall or shunt, and why? 300A...

Thank you, @Will Prowse , for the valence teardown. I acquired a red light one in a collection I grabbed on craigslist. More than got my $40 worth w/o the Valence, but I was considering tearing it apart. You made my day today doing it! I cannot wait to see the videos of you re-using the...

Obvious and Presumptuous walked into a thread. Obvious said, "you are Presumptuous." Presumptuous replied, "it's that obvious?"

Just ask Google... I need an onion charge controller. Looking into it further... https://www.fastcompany.com/1311755/how-make-electricity-waste-onion-juice

I ruled out running wire underground with PVC due to insane effort, more bush and tree roots than I have pairs of socks, and challenging updating it down the road. Since PV and landscape wire is already weather proof, you really just need to protect it. How do you run it above ground...

DO NOT POST PICTS OR DISCUSS p0rn IN THIS THREAD... DO... come here when Away From Keyboard (AFK) so people can see your productivity:

When will manufacturers quit rigging spray paint to automatically break the neck of the nozzle when you pop the cap off?

I have a 12V socket that has two tiny LEDs in it. But they stay on as long as they have power (so you can find the empty socket in the dark -- and it looks kool.) So asked myself, how important is it to have a switch for those lights? To contrast, the computer I am typing this on uses 292W...

https://www.wired.com/story/ai-is-throwing-battery-development-into-overdrive/ Machine learning is basically training a system using test data and algorithms to predict. In this case, the AI is predicting performance after quick charging. Performance might be capacity, our favorite metric...

Two days ago, they announced a coming solar event, which happened yesterday. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/cannibal-coronal-mass-ejection-devoured-140527197.html Naturally, I wondered if it would boost solar production. Yesterday turned out to be my best PV production day so far in July. ...

I plan to play with ground mounting, but have little practical experience in building with wood. Can anyone share links to anything helping people learn how to build structures. I know I can search online, and plan to do that. Have already done it quite a bit... enough to know that it's hard...

Is anyone using any method for shock absorption? I've been thinking long and hard on why two chairs on my patio never get knocked down by the wind. One obvious answer is they are heavier than the others. But, they also have a round bottom instead of four feet and... shock absorption due to a...

Cathy is a positive person, but needs love. Andy is a negative person, but has something for Cathy. How I remember Cathode vs Anode. Cathode: The positively charged terminal of a battery under discharge conditions that establishes an electromotive force. Chemicals at this terminal have a...

While I love, use and only recommend LiFePO4 for in-home PV storage due to its safety/stability, the winner in grid storage is... (source: SolarPRO, December 2018) That paragraph ends with... NMC (nickel manganese cobalt oxide) in Li-ion: The Future

As a follow-up to this great question about combining SCCs, can you combine inverter outputs into one live? I'm buying one of these manual transfer switch panels. They both take in two lives (110V). The difference is 30A and 50A inputs. All my AC load outputs are 20A; so this panel will have...

If you want to use your MPPT to charge a small Li-Ion pack you build (3S5P), how would you manage current flow? If using overcurrent protection, what is a cheap but reliable option? Can you regulate current? If I put my 18650s in my charger, I use 500mA per cell. 1000mA is an option, but...

@Will Prowse What do you trust more, the built-in 5 LED meter reading or a voltage reading after quick charging for 15m? I have a 2S2P bank that the inverter shut off when it hit the low voltage setting I had. On the negative side of the bank, they had 4 LED lights and read 12.7xV. On the...

preserving for a future discussion He had half-assedly paralleled, one battery failed from over charging and the other one never really did take a full charge.

It's a very fascinating metal that has been gaining interest for its physical properties, such as the ability to change colors with electric current. But, this is the first I've heard of it being used to create a new rechargable battery. VW develops electric vehicle with niobium battery in...

It sounds simple, but is one area that is incomplete in our FAQ, though there is some good stuff there today. Let's discuss this in detail then try to summarize for this OP and our FAQ. Here are questions to kick it off: 1. How do you balance before putting in series? 2. How do you monitor a...

I took 4 AAAs out of a remote control and tested them with my multimeter. One of them reads a negative charge (-0.5V) in normal direction, and a positive charge in reverse direction! Another cell correctly reads 0.7V in normal direction. How can a cell develop a reverse polarity? Just a...

I put up 2 of my 6 panels. Ready to add two more via a 2nd mount. But, where I want to add them a neighbor's very high trees with branches maybe 50+ feet above drop projectiles. How can you protect your panels? This is just from the other day:

Did Will just ask us to drive his Tesla around for a few days?

I've been programming my whole life, and integrate it into other professions and hobbies (e.g., I'm a trader in equities and futures markets, so I created a trading system.) Anyone else like to write code or create apps, systems, middleware, IoT, etc,...? @CheezWiz You ever think about writing...

It is very important that DIY'ers understand the banks they are building. People have strong opinions in some of these threads. New DIY'ers are considering throwing together banks with various capacities along the series string, and yet we don't have a FAQ to point them to to understand the...

Where is the next video, Will?!? LOL