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Put the kids up for adoption.

Well in my country the sunlight time is shortening drastically and now I have stupid hard shade from a highrise for an hour or so. Killing my production all round. Good news I took a tree down and can now put two more panels up to mitigate this, even though they'll be in 100% shade for part of...

Or you could go up to 475w or even the newer, smaller 600w panels. They are amazing.

There's no way I'd run a system without comms. That's a non starter.

Do they come in green?

It's just one of those things. It is what it is. Facts or no facts lol? You go with whichever way you like. The beauty of choice.

And in steps D. Trump. Already some of these companies are manufacturing in USA over China. What a fucking legend for trying to bring jobs back to the country. Now he's flawed on many ways don't get me wrong, but this is a first for the capitalist world we live in. A man with fucking balls...

Took some shots of my little DIY cart as it's almost complete now, just need the AC wired in and we're done. Rear of truck. Inverter wiring so far. Had to trim the lugs down to fit the battery terminals. Standard 2/0 lugs are huge. Couldn't get any with slim spades for 70mm². Just waiting to...

No. The point is to do it GREEN. You can still own more than two pairs of underwear and have a low impact on the earth. You should look at powering a small desal/filtration plant. Aquaponic systems. Power a sewing machine, you should have sheep on your solar producing land. Then you can...

It was only seven words.

Then my suggestions are on point. A small desal/ filtration system for water. Aquaponic systems. A sewing machine for your clothes. Self sufficient items to make use of your excess solar power. If it were me, I'd be buying a washing machine and some clothes before anything is done. Like...

Can't thank you enough for your help. I'll post some photos of my little setup soon. Cheers!

Yeah but it's 2025 not 1900. People actually clean themselves and try to look respectable in society, to you know become a functioning part of it. In this day and age you need nice clean clothes and amenities. Scrubbing your two potato sacks with your unshaven face/leg in the muddy cesspool...

Woah that's expensive. I got 475w panels for US$93ea. Free shipping too for the 6 I purchased.

Cost breakdown for those interested. All prices in AUD. All prices include shipping. Growatt SPF 5000 ES & WiFi dongle $663 Growatt Hope 5.5L-A1 $1799 Jinko Tiger Neo 475w x6 $952 ZJBENY 250A DC Breaker $192 Benedict PV Isolator 32A 1000v $35 4x 1m 2/0awg with lugs $180 PV extension 6mm 20m...

My SPF 5000 ES turns on automatically every morning and starts charging the battery. It gets triggered by the panel voltage going over 120v. It does this if the battery is at any charge level. I am using a growatt battery with coms. The switch is in the off position. It uses less power in...

Exactly. Imagine having no data and just blindly fumbling around with no factual data. Crazed. Like putting faith in a book that was written to dumb the masses by governments. Mind boggling.

Lol. That's communication from your devices. You are monitoring your devices. To allow that to happen, they are communicating information. You are using comms.

What. The. Actual. You put a little smiley next to your funny remark. Thing is you're actually serious and believe what you're saying here. Crazed.

Ok ol' fella. What exactly does this mean? A lot more what?

Yours isn't operating correctly then. Charging in off position. Off but charging. Battery charging while inverter switch in "off" position.

Yeah was going to use a 16A 500v DC isolator for the panels. Thanks for the quick, sharp reply. Legendary.

My point was op can still wear clean clothes and have a shower everyday without impacting the earth in some ungodly way. Not showering and only owning two sets of clothes is downright disgusting. Imagine the impact op has when just walking down the street with all the other humans that roam...

No idea what you mean by this. It won't start without solar voltage, that's obvious. But it will start up in the off position and charge the battery, again irrespective of battery charge status, or float from the previous day. It also does start if it's "dark" outside, as long as the PV...

Growatt. End thread\

Must be something wrong with your browser or search functionality - https://diysolarforum.com/search/3381612/?q=Growatt&o=relevance

A smart man we have here.

My firmware is 067011.04 068011.04 Damn, that's probably it.

I'm running a Growatt 5.5 L series rack mount battery with a SPF5000ES. Works great. I'd contact ANJ. They'll give you an answer immediately. Amazing customer service.

Growatt SPF 5000 ES does this for me in conjunction with a Growatt battery. It's pretty cheap, I got one for US$375 delivered.

Ho hum. You, you're a funny guy.

@Will Prowse https://medium.com/solarnets/introducing-a-game-changer-in-solar-panel-protection-the-hail-blocker-net-344a8a7a7142

You could buy a Growatt for like $300 shipped?

Or you could just set it on the inverter.

Some really nice looking climate there. I'm so fucking sick of 40C +.

@timselectric I am actually going with a different PV isolator switch here - https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/364477425924 I am assuming it won't really matter here as it is just a disconnect, or should I stick with a 16 amp 500v? Mainly due to availability and price. Thanks

A couple of things I'm not sure about. The battery needs grounding, the growatt inverter doesn't have a ground. Can I just sand some of the chassis and add a bolt? Or is grounding at the AC ground points an option? Also the precharge procedure is built into the battery but not too sure how...

Not sure I understand you here. 74 nights, 84 days year around? What exactly does that mean? Then you say 22c-28c average year around? Do you mean the other 261 days are not average 22-28? Lol, no idea what you mean...22-28 sounds too hot if that's the actual yearly average. 10c would be...

It's like 10 button presses lol. Why on earth would you add/purchase another device to do what the inverter can already do. Makes no sense whatsoever. If you've got the dongle you could do it on your phone, anywhere, anytime.

Searching "briefly" and coming back with nothing, suggesting other forums doesn't help anyone lol...it's just lazy. Why did you even bother posting?

There is lots of information on growatt on this forum as per the above link and search functionality built into this forum.

You missed the key point. Americans get those jobs. Americans spend the money in America, hopefully on more American products, so the money stays in the country at every level. If only our leaders would take the blinkers off and wake up to this. They sold our water, power, telecommunications...

As above edit - Six panels. US$350 minimum for free shipping.

Doesn't need to be a cable. Communication can happen wirelessly. We've been doing that for decades? Cables are ancient technologies. If you're getting data from a device, it's communicating in one way or another. You might not be using an rj cable and not have li set on the inverter, but...

I don't think shipping from Australia will work for you. We have the highest freight charges of any developed country. We also have the highest retail prices too. Sometimes you can get a deal though. So you should be able to in your country. The buying power is 1000 fold there.

Well we have critter guards here. They cover the panels entirely. Too many possums and rodents chewing on 500v PV wires. They make nests etc in amongst panels for the warmth. These are probably some type of deterrent, possibly incomplete with no side guards.

Mine does. It gets woken up at 6am when voltage rises. Inverter is off at this time. Battery is charging. Works for me irrespective of charge state or conditions from the day before. It will wake up the battery at 0%-100%. What would be the point of the device if it didn't wake up upon...

Bingo. The SCC should wake the battery up when it sees enough voltage, for you know, charging. Imagine having to manually turn on the inverter every morning, missing generation if you got up at 9am instead of 6am. Makes no sense whatsoever, and is not how these devices are intended to run...

You actually believe it's one way only? Much research required for you.

Hi all, What an awesome forum and, Will you are the man. Once I found your videos the others became irrelevant! Just looking for a sanity check for my final build, specifically breakers. I'm in Australia to get things started. This is a portable build, not hard mounted. I have these...

Road signs? I'm talking about solar devices.

Check. Battery metal case to AC in ground. Says to connect everything, breaker on and then turn the battery on with the switch. Simple enough lol. Another thing I have completely confused myself with too much reading and too many different takes from different sources. Panel grounding. I...

Yes. That doesn't sound right at all. Even with clouds you should have some current with over 200v of panels. Mine gets woken with very low wattage coming in, the inverter reports single digit numbers early in the morning. As soon as solar is over the inverter draw it starts charging even if...

I paid $375 for the SPF 5000ES. There's a cheaper model.