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I also think that it is a good idea to consider that there is a idle consumption when sizing inverters and batteries. That eats away at wiggle room.

Good read, and if I am following, the SCC and the battery are a 'team' to provide power regarless if day or night, and to be ready for night (assuming good design). Cycles are a good thing ( assuming LFP ), and I should consider this the way it works versus the idea of charge the battery and...

Between top tier and the less expensive counterparts, does the rule you get what you pay for still apply? With an investment like solar I, expect something to last a decade or more, are we seeing this reliability with the lest expensive counterparts? Schneider seems to be a good product that...

Welcome, I too am from the high sunny state. It is a good place to collect it. I am in a similar learning path as I want to add in some off grid power backup to my current grid tie system. I was just reading about this. being that I have only experience with grid tie micro inverters, if you...

I found this link with additional searches. You can change to a photo map, zoom way in and change the date. There is a time 'slider' where you can see the sun position, this is nice. https://www.suncalc.org

Would this be a series connection? Volts go up, Amps stays the same, where a parallel connection, Volts stay the same and Amps go up. https://www.asobolife.com/series-vs-parallel-for-solar-arrays/

This is a great explanation, thank you.

That is a great looking enclosure. It looks like there was a Lot of though and planning when in there. Well played!

Interesting point. I will dig into this a bit more as there may be additional power that I did not think that I may have during a power event. Thank you.

As I poke around and try to re-educate myself, I seem to have move questions then answers at this point, but i am getting there. Brief back story, I have a 4.5 kW system based on Enphase m215 micros. My goal is it add some additional power in the range of 1.5 - 2 kW and have some off-grid...

Hi, I had totally missed this. I have the very old envoy where there are no CTs. So my thought is that the envoy will measure the production, and if I have a couple CT on the mains, the Home Assistant will display the consumption. I would then think that if there was a higher production then...

Curious if anyone has had experience with this vendor? I have 3 panels that are producing about a 1/3 less then their peers. I emailed customer support, but the email was kicked back. Called the US phone number, but it is out of service. A quick search online, I see that they went bankrupt...

I have to say that is a funny story ( I am laughing with you not at you ). At least now, when you search for 'NEVAH WICK DA WED WIAH!!' it is now shows up in this thread. Yes, I have searched for this before cus, well I was curious. Now I know, and other will too. Thank you for providing...

HI 73powerstroke, I too am pretty new around here, and there is a lot of good into around. I have seen a few of your posts, and you seem to be on a mission, but I am not sure of your endgame :) I may have missed it from previous posts. I am making an assumptions here, please forgive me if I am...

Hey everyone, Curious if anyone has opted out of their ToU program? For those in it, do you see any benefits? I just had my new 'smart' meters installed and of course, they did not provide much of any information. I had called in, and it sound that you can keep the smart meters in place, but...

Howdy, I understand that I only get about 4.5 - 5.5 hours of solar peak power depending on the time if year for my area. Being that I want to expand my current system with adding 4-6 panels ( 4-400s watt or 6-300s watt ea. I will be using a SCC ) with a ground mount system, what methods...

I would like to make sure I got this, 2s would be the right way, as if you did 3s and colder temps, you would be too close for comfort for 150V SCC?

Sweet, that may be the 'word thing' I need to put in the 'google bot' to get the answers I seek :) Half the battle is to know what to search on. Thank you.

This is cool, thank you for sharing.

Is that going to change for your, or are you not under Xcel energy? I hear that they will move to smart meters and that will be the start of Time of Day rates. I hope that I turn the meter back enough that I will not be effected, or at least that is how it is in my head.

I just discovered SA (I am a Home Assistant user) yesterday and I have been looking at various charger/inverters that work. Is it confirmed that the MNS are not compatible, like did they requet to lock it down, or they are manufactured by someone else?

Greetings, When I had started out with the desire to expand and add in additional power with battery backup to my home, I was first focusing on tier 1 like Outback and Schneider. It seems that this will allow for me to basically AC couple and have the ability to charge the bank with AC or via...

Hello, I have been trying to research if there is a such an inverter that would work in both America and Japan. I understand that these are two different grid types. The USA is a split phase 120/240 60 Hz, where Japan is a 100v 50/60Hz. When I try to research on the web, I turn up little...

Hi SDT, It sounds like you are where I am at. I assume that you are referring to the federal tax credit. I have an existing grid-tie that I have had in service for about 9 years and I am looking to add panels, SCC and hybrid inverter w/ battery. Did you ever get more details on what can be...

Hello, I understand that S-B-U would be how these AIO unit will provide power to the loads in the priority of Solar, Battery then Utility. Question I have is, assuming that the battery is within the settings allowing to charge, and the sun is out, how is the battery charged? I would think...

Hello, Has anyone had any experience with using one of the Shelly EM for monitoring power and are these useful for performing power audits? I am using Home Assistant and have an Enphase Envoy. I can see how much power that I am producing, but I would like to determine how power power that I...

Typically after a day of work I am mush ;) I appreciate the easy to digest write up.

First off this is a great community and I look forward to contributing to. I have been lurking around for sometime with my ambitions to 1) expand my current system and 2) offer some some sort of power backup in the event of a power loss, or deliver power from batteries to offset peak rates as...

Thank you for the input. I have checked out these Schneider Conext as they seemed to be a great way to add batteries to my existing system. Question is, if I had an off grid solution as well, to add additional power as well as have a bit of juice when the grid is down, will that all still...

Retirement goals :)