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I'm not licensed, but I have spent most my life working with my dad (off and on)who is a master. Around here you can self wire if you pull permits yourself as the homeowner. Dad always told me to leave something for the inspector to key onto that's obvious and have a really technical question...

Senville 12000btu. Heats and cools my offgrid cabin. Accessible by Alexa for remote monitoring/activation. Easy to install - my dad and I did it in an afternoon with no experience. It was cheap and free shipping. But I think they're all pretty close to the same to be honest.

People in glass houses... Solark wouldn't be in the position they're in without "copying" the work of the establishment. The AIO market wouldn't exist if it weren't for those giants. Yet I don't see any representatives from any of those companies in here bitching and moaning only ever Solark...

We've got 2 sayings around these here 1 "every flat surface becomes a shelf" 2 "there is no such thing as temporary" - if it meets my fuck-it, it's good enough level it's not changing.

I was able to purchase 2x lux 12k's last week for the US equivalent price was $4200 ea. Stocked in a Canada, should arrive later this week. I just emailed lux and they gave me contact information of a distributor. Big savings over all the online resellers. Perhaps try that approach.

I struggle with wood, the tolerances aren't there. A 1/16th feels like miles. Give me metal anyday, a mill or a lathe or sheet metal tools But I dabble in construction. This is all me down to the hand excavation of the basement from solid granite. I did hire out the steel roof. I do know...

There's an auction right now ends today in MI in 2 hours https://bidnow.auctionaz.com/ui/auctions/98556

My xw+ has flicker. I've checked for floating neutral and have determined that the led drivers are just shit.

I'm guilty of the bigger house. While I'm currently living comfortably in 301sqft with my wife an baby, the house is 2700sqft. It's hard to build small because resale value - which is a horrible reason, but it is what it is. I've done my best to be as energy efficient as possible and our...

The xw will try to power your loads and change your battery at the same time. With a small generator this may cause the generator to disqualify. This happens to me every time my well pump turns on. I actually physically turn it off when we're charging. The benefit of the chargeverter in this...

Just something else for insurers and building officials to pounce on to make it even more difficult to install a BES legally.

I believe Lion used to sell the deye inverter that is now solely sold as sol-ark. Regarding your hot water issue, get a 80gal heat pump water heater and a marathon storage tank if you need extra capacity. Or get a small air source hp from Nordic/Arctic or another air to water company and use...

If I had a standby generator likely rarely. As it is with a manual generator, I check battery voltage via a web GUI if it's been cloudy for a few days before sunset and charge as needed. That's mainly during winter. During spring, summer and fall, I rarely look at the web GUI or even think...

I've had an xw+. Running continuous since 2019. Its only failed on me once and that was my fault. I let it overheat. It takes everything I throw at it and just shrugs. My biggest complaint is the added cost of pdp's and conduut boxes. I've been looking at every alternative for my new...

I was provided the certificate, the full report will be provided shortly. The full ul test report is for the lxp-lb-us-12k (clTSus #210225117) and GSL051280-A-B-GBP2 (cSGSus #SZES220800462161 Both which are Canadian and Us listed. That is good advice about markings. I had to explain that to...

There is a common phrase about German cars. If you can't afford a new one, you can't afford a used one. Having owned a few Mercs since new that have become quite high mileage, I completely agree with that phrase.

Usage rheem 40gal hp. 2 adults, 1 toddler. Hp only mode.

I had a small Mercedes diesel SUV. It started no problem at -35c...it wouldn't shift into gear and move, but it started.

Since we're sharing, here's my shame. I slapped this together years ago, days before a surgery to remove a tumor from my neck. Haven't really been back into it since - it just works. BMS and 12v heater not shown.

A tip I picked up from my dad years ago: stick PVC conduit in or over a tailpipe until it's soft and then hand bend it.

Personally I'd set 4 threaded rod anchors (per post) in the bedrock with hy200 or equivalent . Then place 2 nuts on each rod (to act as lock nuts) and set my metal posts on the nuts. And level accordingly. Lock down the post mounting plate with a nut and washer on top. For added peace of...

Sounds like a job for the Ram charger. I'm personally waiting for that.

This. It's a few hundred dollars and 3 CTs. I ran an IQ system "headless". For 4 years and finally added the envoy when I had 3 inverters "die". Added the envoy, reset the micros and updated the grid profile to a f/w profile. It's worth the money.

That was a fascinating read thanks, I'd never heard about thisuntil reading it.

That's my use case as well. My wife commutes 250km/day. 2 tanks/wk @$100/tank in the family car, 4 tanks in the truck. I couldn't use the EV daily in dark winter as a car(unless is was actually sunny) but I could use it as a bigger battery in winter when I need it and for groceries (ie short...

The IEEE 2015 shuts down at 60.5hz. So this is why you see the quick curtailment and shutoff. It's very odd though that with your soc&voltage so low the solark is raising your frequency. your findings are inline with that solark told me recently "only when the batteries reach a low state of...

3 of us got them in my truck, then I had a neighbour with a tractor come lift them out of the truck and into storage for me. When I've got the utility building built, I'll use an engine hoist or a beam trolley to get them up onyo the wall.

I'm fairly sure you can flash xw6848+ firmware onto a xw6048. It is indeed not compatible with the gateway/InSite and closed loop BMS. But it will function perfectly in open loop with user set battery specifications. https://www.se.com/us/en/faqs/FA240042/

It doesn't. It's highly annoying since it requires an additional feeder essentially. If you need to backfeed your panel your best bet is the old guard of Schneider/outback/sma.l

My cabin system and also my hacked together tool shed battery (tool shed is a diy pack for just charging battery tools). Cabin system is 4 tesla modules in an airtight enclosure, in it's own little building away from everything. - retiring very soon thankfully. Tool shed with a jacked...