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I spotted the scam the minute the panels came in on day 1 of receiving them. I did not provide him 97% positive feedback as did many of his victims. I asked them for a chance to explain their action and they are blowing smoke at me with BS. I intend to get a 100% refund and report them as a...

If my minimum power usage is 12,000 watts and I'm producing a max of 600 watts from solar being back feed into the system. This would not give me around 600 watts of savings? 1. Can backfeed happen even if you are always using power from the power company at any given time? 2. Are you...

Volt meter in a single outlet reads 120V. 120V X 3 = 360V ? So what happens in power is feed into the system using a 120V micro grid-tie inverter? Does it help power 120V devices but not the 3-phase stuff or 240V devices? Does it help reduce the power consumption of 1 out of the 3 phases and...

I am not really an expert on Solar panel prices but it was a bit lower then what I had paid when I got the 200W Solar panel a few weeks ago from a more reputable ebay seller. This time, I paid about .34 cents per watt. I don't know the prices on solar panels but I think it sounded like a...

8.3% premium for bifacial but they say possible 10-15% bonus power on the advertisement?

Sounds like an argument against all solar panels in general? Except for the excess heat from having no air flow under them.

Every youtube video I have seen on 3 phase has always show an illustration using motors. I know in my situation, they are being used on various motors, pool pump and an AC compressor system. Are you saying like stadium lights might use 3 phase even know they are not motors? My house standard...

Looking to go full grid-tie to offset power consumption from the utility, not charge any battery.

Is there a size that is more cost effective?

I could zip tie them to a milk crate filled with rocks or sand bags as a ballast. Also zip tie the milk crates to those PVC draining tiles with have like a web of connections with spaces between them that can help. This will help distribute the weight, keep them grounded during high winds and...

Does anyone know how this "solar Together" program works from FPL ( Florida power and light) ? They gave a sample bill, It cost more then it saves. If so, what is the point? You pay more money so you can tell people you are using solar? Is that how it works?

Is this diagram, are household devices on both Line 1 and Line 2? Is one line dedicated for 120V devices and the second line only used to do the 240V devices?

People don't really do solar panels in my neighborhood. I have an area that has sort of a flat spot on part of the room where I can sort of hide them from view. If it turns out ok, I might be able to add some more down the road. So you have to tap into a large power draw circuit, back feeding...

The 400W panel is 400W as in a snapshot if you were to measure the power at its peak performance under best conditions right? It's not how many watts it produced over a period of time such as a hour or day right? They Ebay scammers are trying to twist the meaning of everything to justify...

The 433 mhz gateway thing used in China is the Rabbit hole ?

Does anyone know if there are any gain using mylar on the underside of a bifacial solar panel on a flat roof Solar panel is not mounted perfectly flat but raised up a little bit. Youtube video test show that Mylar to be the best gains on the bifacial underside on the systems far above the...

Ebay seems like they are willfully ignorant of this. I reported the listing and almost immediately I got 2 emails. One say would look into the issue and another one saying that no action will be taken. There is no way a person would look into this issue that quickly. Probably all bots, AI and...

What makes it become net positive? Is there some kind of accounting formula FPL use? Do they start allotting you more power over time? Why do they show credits increasing? What leads for the credits to increase over time? I thought solar panels get worse over time not better? Also, does...

A long time ago, I purchased what is comonly referred to as a "solar generator" and I tried it charge it using a very small, cheap and weak solar panel. I left it facing a sunny window for a few days. The solar generated indicated it was charging when sunny but did not provide anymore detail...

What about cost per watt ratio? Do you ever use that to find the most cost effective size without consideration for the mounting hardware? I may create a mounting system using zip ties and milk crates with a bag of rocks. Ghetto style. Although that stuff is not cheap these days either.

Are these iot gateways some kind of industrial product? I don't see a lot of them for sale online like you see wifi routers and access points. Thanks.

Well, I don't know what else to do when people who sell these things are refusing to sell to me . I am there offering them them a thousand dollars with the promise of more to come and they don't want my money or business. They are brushing me aside like a mosquito. I guess they have so much...

Name is a Joke I think from a daredevil personality from some TV show . Knight rider, Baywatch, the renegade, don't remember. Question is how we learn. Those teachers who attack and belittle people who ask question so no one will ask a question are doing a great disservice to their students...

Ok, so that sound relatively fair then. I have heard of places like California and others that the power company started screwing over its customers on this. Where they credit you only a fraction of what you provide then then charge you full cost when you need it.

Do these uneven legs problem have a technical term that I can research more about it?

I thought the grid power is considerable higher then what houses use. Perhaps when its pushed on the grid, it only helps your local neighbors on your street not the entire power company's grid. AI said " The power voltage from the power company on the street level is typically 240 volts...

If power in the USA is at 120V, why would you want a microinverter at 230V? 230V is European standard? I thought 120V is safter ?

Do you need a subscription or gateway to view enphase micro inverter data? Such as whats going on with the power production of the solar panels?

I think so because my power bill sometimes its almost or over $2,000 a month. Also, my backup generator is 55KW 3-phase. Why would my house have such a large generator if the house did not require it.

Maybe if I could get a straight answer instead of conjecture. My microinverter instruction say you can just plug it in the wall socket and it will back feed. Since I use more than I produce, why would this be a problem? Is there any video or article that you can link me that said this is bad...

What does it mean when a inverter is said " Wattage 200-299 W" ? I mean its like which one is it? 200W or 299W? Does it mean like 299W peak and 200W continuous? Thanks .

When I say the grid, I mean the utility company's lines outside of my house/meter. I am wondering if the grid-tie inverter will naturally try to help power the entire house or if only effects the local circuit its connected to. Like if you overload your electrical socket by plugging in a...

What does # of branch connections 3 PCS(single) mean? Does it mean you can only connect 3 panels into this setup? As seen in the manual for this inverter...

Item # 1005006437044447 On Aliexpress. Odd, It sort of loads the page then it goes to " Sorry, the page you requested can not be found:( " When searching on google, it finds where it should be. It even starts to load the item before it gives the error message. Maybe the government is...

Well my alarm bells went off when someone told me that micro inverters should be 240V because mine were 120V and planning on plugging into the normal electric plug which is also 120V.

Do they actually like assign you a actual plot of land with actual panels assign to only to you with some kind of meter keeping track on how much those panels generate as well as charging you some kind of maintenance fee that you have to overcome to save money? Is that what is causing...

Why is micro inverter saying its wifi connection is 433 mhz? I thought wifi is 2.4 or 5.8? https://www.inverter.com/images/uploaded/WVC1200-micro-inverter-instruction-manual.pdf?srsltid=AfmBOooKfIR37cXAfkbv5p8RfQO6xFvuNKcGy5TCeDNDE95o9SLa06Jp

I thought it was just solar technical jargon lingo. You mean you have no idea either? Maybe it's a Chinese thing. I found this diagram for 3 phase where it does have L1, L2, and L3 combining into an electrical box. Is this the 3 it's referring to?

Can you spray your solar panels with water to keep them cool? I have all the tools and supplies to do drip irrigation in my backyard. I could fix up something that can periodically spray water on the panels to cool them off if there is an efficiency gain from the cooling effect of water...

When you say efficiency. Do you mean using thinner wires? What in a common American house uses 240V? Dryer, water heater and central AC, maybe an oven? So as far as the Inverter goes, what happens if I use 120V vs 240V ? Is there a list of advantages vs disadvantages to each? Can a 240V...

How much 💲💲💲💲💲💲💲💲💲💲 does that cost? What about time? How much time and money does it take? Do you have to like sign your life away with some contract?

Are you referring to situation where you are producing LESS than you are consuming( Using 100% of the power yourself) or a situation in which you are selling the power back to the Power company at certain times? I do not intend to give the Power company any power. I am trying to figure out how...

So assuming I have for sake of argument 480V/3ph. What happens if all the power inverters are on a single same leg. The micro-inverters detect what the grid is providing and tries to match the same volts, frequency, phase, etc right? What if a single legs and phase gets all the solar power and...

Are Bifacial rated as their front-side output rating? Then the backside is an added bonus ?

My Micro-inverter is 120V. If the outside grid is at least 240. How can 120V go upstream into 240V? You are saying the 120V from the solar is going to raise the voltage of my house and/or grid and mess up the wave? I though the grid tie inverter was suppose to match the waveform of the house...

Is it bad to have Solar panels in the sun without any load connected to them? Will the power build up and blow up the panel or anything? Thanks.

There were some twitch streaming who went to Japan and started trolling people for views. I hope that is not why you are there? I guess you are training with some ninja master and going to return home to set things right as the next batman or something like that?

Yeah, if I knew all the answers, I would not be on the forums looking for answers. When you say they send the power/data to a unit that managers the voltages and sine way synchronization. What is that unit called? I thought the micro inverter monitored the grid power and would make modify the...

My first attempt is going to be backfeeding into a 120V plug I already have in the general roof area. You are not suggesting to put in a 240V in a 120V US plug correct? You are talking about if you were producing a lot of power(more than a single US plug can take(over 15A), then upgrading to...

It would be nice if you could use this program to get some kind of government tax breaks or something but I guess that is not a thing saying the solar farm was like a timeshare and they were selling units in the solar time share program or something. Then you telling the government that money...

Good to know, I was testing out some DIY mounting options but I will bring them back into the shade for the for now. Thanks.

Do they have equipment with capacitors that have that ability or is this just wishful thinking?

The AI has spoken

Except the battery cost makes that option super expensive.

I was planning of getting mylar sheets and covering putting them under the panel to reflect any random light right into the underside of the panel. Youtubers have shown that to be the biggest bonus but they all tested from the solar panels being in elevated positions. My situation they will...

What is your question? I link my microinverter and it's manual in the forum. It's not like I am trying to keep it secret.

Do 3-phase households need 3 phase inverter or only if they want to generate power for the 3 phase items in their house. In my house, the AC compressors, pool pumps are 3 phase but everything else in the house is normal 1 phase. I plan to generate a very small about of solar power(under 1,000...

I have seen youtubers in the US doing this method. Where does it say this method is not allowed?

You can't change the laws of physics but apparently the laws of biology can be changed at will if scream loud enough. This ebay situation is like you order a Lamborghini on at a hot deal for 100K and you get like a little envelope with a toy Lamborghini Car inside as delivery. Then its like "...

Are you referring to a 3-phase system? My understanding is that 1 leg is used for one of the (1 of 3) phases as well are the entire house/building whereas the other 2 phases are dedicated for the (2 of 3 and 3 of 3) 3-phase equipment (motors and stuff) If I am using a lot of power in my...

Are you serious? All the youtubers said that Mylar was the best they tested. What type of paint are you talking about? Some kind of experimental paint using exotic material? So you paint some kind of weatherproof flat board and placed it under the panel? Do you have a link to the article or...

If by "dump load" you mean a place to place excess energy in the rare event of generating more power then is being used by the house instead of exporting it to the grid. The solar "generator" is a basically a portable battery pack with some of them getting pretty big these days.

I would like to see more nuclear too. I actually would like to see a lower power bill. In the hottest summer months, my power bill can approach and even exceed $2,000 a month for a residential house. I am also looking into methods to try to make my AC more efficient since that is the biggest...

Does this data logger modem have a part # or name? What do I search to find it? Do you maybe have a link to this part? Thanks.

Micro-inverters is phase 1 or what I'm starting out with. It's simple to just plug into a normal outlet and have it backfeed your house. If the technology works for my situation and it ends up saving money off the power bill. Phase 2 may be expanding the roof system to the maximum capacity...