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I wonder if anyone has done the data on the weak morning and evening sun at about 50 latitude. I am curious about gains from casing the rays by angling to morning and evening sun, or how small they would be.

I have done a very similar purchase, I don't see any problems with what you have done. I went for the Yangze 550 watt panels. And Chargery BMS out of Hong Kong. One note of caution. It is not 3 day Amazon delivery. Once you get your BOL and know the name of the ship, you can track it on the...

It looks very good, but email and phone messages don't seem to work. http://www.jttelectronics.com/products/bms-controllers/s-series/s4-bms-controller

Sorry. I knew I would forget something. The distance will be 60 ft

Just for information. I just installed a new well and piping to the house. I was very concerned with freezing, and spent $600 on a self regulated heat tape. Then I researched the insulation the diamond mines in the arctic use. Closed cell polyurethane foam is the answer, and they wanted 16/ft...

The Growatt 12000T will stand a surge of up to 15KW for starting current. You are confusing input with output. All inverters quote output and surge power. The input is as stated 7000 watt solar, and they can be over paneled without harm. The over paneled watts will be wasted in summer and...

That has been my experience, good advice, solid dude.

Keep an eye on Kijiji. I have seen 380 watt panels there a month back for $280 Calgary listing 275 watt for $120

Thanks for your input, Ampster and Hedges. I will not ever take stolen tax dollars for anything I wish to do or build. And net metering is a expanding hairball that is already dictating the way a house faces and the number of panels you are allowed to have. Plus the line charges of $200/month to...

That's an interesting idea. I could easily put half the frame angled east by 15 degrees and the other west by 15 from solar south. Especially in winter when the sun is low on the horizon. I've been reading some say as high as 20 deg. offset from south, but I guess I should talk to a local solar...

Yes, building one now. I drove 2-7/8" pipe down 6 ft into the ground as my base, and 2-3/8" slides right into it for the frames. Weld to base pipes as required. Be aware that this is not mild steel, and if using a cold saw it will rip out carbide after a few inches cut as it work hardens as it...

I received an email today from Richmond in which he said: So that is the state of things on the PF100

If you are in a city or it's control area, you are kinda boogered. I may be wrong, but I have never seen a UL approved panel over 350 watt. They do make them over 600, but not approved. If you are insured and troubled about legalese, you are limited in your wattage. And yeah, I think grid tie is...

OK, I paid $40 for a 250 meter roll of this stuff. It was not needed by the original owner. I tend to grab stuff like that when it floats by. I have a mini excavator to do my trenching. Your point about cost is valid, and maybe cheaping out on the DC side is not good. This will work fine for the...

Good to know there is heat produced, so an insulated shed would be fine for it, just have to vent the gas out. Not sure but if I go to a forklift battery, maybe a separate room for the battery, or is gas venting a big issue. On motors, the Growatt has a huge transformer, the unit weighs 201lb...

Thank you. Love the welders boots in the last pic:love:

Thank you for those works of wisdom. I just recently read an assessment of the world rare earth supply and known deposits. The "green energy" solution is an attractive delusion until the world realizes that we need more nukes to charge electric cars and trucks, But, because we will run out of...

A simple electric eye for a farm yard light is configured to turn on after dark. Wired to a normally closed relay it would be activated by the electric eye to open the relay and your pump is off till daylight.

Inrush current filling the capacitors, most likely. Use a carpenters pencil as a resistor and put the positive on one end of the lead and the CCS terminal at the other end of the pencil. Wait 30 seconds and then hook up with no spark as the caps are full.

Thanks for your response Eggo. I read the Wiring Unlimited and it was a good informative article other than from page 9 consistently getting the DC flow direction wrong. They have shown electron flow from positive to negative. Electrons are repelled by the negative charge and attracted to the...

There are a lot of compounds that conduct and you would think not. How about rubber tires, yes they do conduct. I found this on an MDF search: (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1163/016942410X537189)

Yes, sounds right Rogerus. I've owned my place for 20 years, and if I never burned a watt in all that time, I would still have to pay $200/month, and have done. That's $4000, that would be half a battery bank. Ampster I am pleased with everything I have got so far. The 12000T inverter is what I...

Would you not have to re-configure the battery to lower voltage? I'm getting second hand info from my daughter who says she thinks hers is 400v.

Do you have loads that will not function on 200+AC? Some electronics are fussy but not many. My Plasma cutter will shut down at 170 volts, I've found that out. Most loads in N.A. would not know if it was 228 or 245 volts. As one member says watt are watts. If the volts go down the amps go up to...

First off, the OP 'thinks' it is hard on the inverter but not sure. We need sure. Second, a soft start would be a disaster for a welder, slowly trying to form an arc and giving no penetration for a spell til it came up to speed. Third, there are transformers out there, I have one and the type...

Have you attempted to measure this voltage between the rods on the battery box and the concrete? I can' find it at the moment but I remember reading about the voltage that develops on an antenna and they based a calculation on voltage per height above ground. I remember Art Bell from the After...

As I live in a colder climate, heat is less of a concern, but I think it would be best to have an end plate of 3/8" aluminum with draw bolts done finger tight, and foam between each cell, but on every second cell if you slipped in a sheet of aluminum about 1/16" thick which extended out 1 inch...

Energy reflected is not energy collected

$688.88 + $990.96 shipping Is the shipping for real? They must go back and forth a few times to make it 3 times the norm. Or it is air freight, maybe

I'm curious as to whether my wiring will pass the experience inspection. I plan to have 2 battery setups that are identical, and to parallel them just before the shunt breaker.