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    GXMnow replied to the thread XW Pro Grid Support limitations?.
    I only have a single XW-Pro running as "Split Phase Master" but the idea is not that different. All of my neutrals tie back to my main...
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    Today was productive. The battery was fully charged before noon and the house was running totally off of the Enphase system. So I took...
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    GXMnow replied to the thread Adding Schneider XW Pro.
    I looked at the other thread. A while back I did the same math and figured it would not fail in a bad way, but the batteries from the 2...
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    GXMnow replied to the thread Adding Schneider XW Pro.
    Are you going to swap from the NMC cells to LFP? I could not find a voltage range to make them work well together.
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    GXMnow reacted to 400bird's post in the thread Adding Schneider XW Pro with Like Like.
    Well, if I wasn't already sure, I'm now convinced, this is an addiction. I don't need it, but I picked up 48 used EVE cells from...
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    GXMnow replied to the thread Midea Duo review.
    I got 2 pics from the outside which sort of show the way it sticks through. The inside pics didn't show anything. It comes with that...
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    GXMnow replied to the thread Midea Duo review.
    Midea seems to make good stuff. I'll watch to see how your setup holds up. I also looked into the twin hose models, but ran into similar...
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    My original thought was to have the hot water line from the main water heater go to the inlet pipe on the electric one. They typically...
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    I have thought about that. Two of my bathrooms are at the far nd of the house from the 40 gallon gas water heater in the garage. I have...
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    I was out of town for work for nearly a full week. I was only a little closer to the Eclipse though. It was still only about 50% cover...
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    GXMnow replied to the thread Eclipse 2024.
    Here is my production graph from So Cal. Well out of the total coverage area. The power cut to about 50% on a totally cloud free sky.
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    Production is basically done for the day. It looks like I pushed about 2 KWHs from the DC system out to the grid. That made just enough...
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    We had 2 days of poor production, and my battery got down to 51 volts, I have it stop grid support at 50.5, so it was about as low as I...
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    PV solar power does not really work like that. The amount of power coming from the panels is constantly changing with the amount of...
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    I just found these on Amazon. They would probably be great for what we do under 100 volts...
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    Mine are over 20 years old. They are below the "Class 0" electricians gloves. Mine are probably rated to just 500 volts, but thy bend...
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    Here is the line I used for my DC breakers...
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    GXMnow replied to the thread Purpose of a Pre Charge Resister?.
    Not always. It is very possible for the inrush to fry the MOS FETs. And in many cases, when they fail, they can fail in a short...
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    GXMnow replied to the thread Purpose of a Pre Charge Resister?.
    Many of the "Server Rack" style battery units do have a pre charge circuit. If your battery has it, it will be clearly mentioned in the...
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    I am commenting here mainly to follow where this goes. I would like to add Arc Fault to my DC array at some point. It is not technically...
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