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A forklift operator would have a hard time putting a fork through a steel container that the panels come in from China.

It is like your power meter on your house it cannot tell you how much power is available from the power plant it can only tell you what you are using.

I have been on a ground source heat pump for 25+ years I have 700 feet of vertical loop in 4 wells and a 36K BTU heat pump. You will need 9 gals per minute which will give you a 10-degree rise in your water temp. I live in the deep south near the gulf coast and the humidity is the real killer...

If you are going to do DIY solar stuff you need to correct this.

Ship to store is much better than ship to home you do not have to take it if there is damage that you cannot take and Home Depot has a good return policy.

An air-to-air heat pump in your area is not recommended due to the low COP (less than 1) at the low temps you get however a water-to-air heat pump COP can be as much as 3 or more.

Builders plastic sheeting spread on the ground with a layer of gravel to protect it from the sun with the gravel the most expensive part.

I have one I programmed for my use I measure battery volts and battery amps every 10 seconds and multiply the two to get watts then multiply that by a fraction to get a number to get watts per hour that fraction is dependent on your sample rate then add that to the total watts the battery will...

I have one of those it requires 8 gals a minute for the condenser/evaporator depending on the mode. in heat mode, it has a cop of 4.2 in AC mode the seer is 14. 36,000 BTU I have 700' of ground loop

I have had so far 7 days of heavy clouds my 80kwh is down to 35kwh yep I could stand to go to 100+kwh for week like this.

Yep, I am about 30 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico.LOL It is used here for cooling as it is the most efficient cooling there is as it uses 75° water for the condenser instead of 100° air.

If they were Lithium-ion the fire ex would not have put out the fire.

My system did ok for the freeze batteries dropped to 45 KWH took two days of sun to recharge to 95 KWH

Your power supply is sensing the voltage at the power supply terminals and does not correct for voltage drop on the wire you connect to the battery unless it is a good power supply with remote sensing (4 wires) it will also work better if you use larger wire going to the battery and NO alligator...

If you have excess power you can use an electric space heater to heat up your house in the winter much cheaper than what you are looking at.

Yep you can connect a 60 amp BMS to a 1000 ah battery.

I wish they did only one or two do come with fully charged lines the rest come with lines that you need to get the moisture out and pull a full vacuum to do that. Also, most get out of their warranty by requiring that a licensed AC man do the work for a DIY install.

Inverters need a battery to handle surges that the solar cannot supply for your fridge, water pump, and power tools.

Yep now your voltage looks normal and the power level for 5:30 pm looks good.

It seems that your battery does not have a separate breaker to also disconnect the battery and is using the fets in the BMS to turn off the battery all fets have leakage and will pass some current it is in the microamp range but can be measured and will charge up a cap in the inverter. I think...

Copper tubing is a waste of money as the limiting factor is the ground it is a poor conductor of heat the plex tubing that is used for floor heating is much cheaper than copper.

Good choice on voltage as there is an abundance of 90VCD motors be aware that 10 HP internal combustion is less than 10 HP in a DC motor which means that you do not need a 10 hp dc motor.

He said kilowatt not kilowatt hour.

It would be wiser to just add them into your system

Those breadboards are not good for long-term use as they develop bad connections on the chips due to not being soldered or gold plated but are good for prototyping and proving it works. If you unplug the chips and just put them back in your problems may go away.

Where are you measuring your power draw? if from the output of the inverter you are missing the inverter draw and efficiency numbers.

Ford has just announced that they will be building battery plants in the USA for EV"s. Ford announces $11.4B partnership to invest in new electric vehicle plants, battery production

@SHTF Power Anyway If your batteries are consuming 30 watts per hour you need to return them as they are defective. The self-discharge is listed in the manual in the specs here is a screenshot of that.

I did a little math and I think you are not fully charging your batteries with only 8 panels and on bad sun days it gets worse. On a good sun day I think you are only getting 3kw of power an hour and i think that is on the high side.

Do you mean 20000000Wh or 20000KWh.?