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I did a capacity test on one of the LF280k cells.

So here is my current hot water usage per day with the timer. Here is what it was before doing the timer Seems like my total power usage from the hot water heater has gone down a good bit And just for fun here is total power usage overlapped with solar per day.

This is grid tied solar. About 75% of the reduction is from the solar and the other 25% is from lifestyle changes. The house is all electric and I run the hot water heater/ dishwasher / washing machine / dryer during peak solar when possible. The future plan is to get a 43Kwh battery and...

I am new here, but I don't think you guys are getting trolled. More power instability and government instability makes people look around at where they are vulnerable. It seems logical that people would like to have more reliable power systems that they are in charge of. I know more than most...

Put a deposit on 11/24 and paid in full on 12/10 They arrived on 12/24

I have a few comments about using a hot water heater with 180 degree thermostat, a mechanical timer, and a mixing valve. The things I have changed since originally hooking it up. I put scald guards on the showers so the kids don't accidentally get hurt if something goes wrong. I originally...

My hot water heater always runs on the solar. The only downside is if there are heavy clouds. If I notice this in the morning I will switch the timer off and try the next day since the tank has enough hot water for 2 days.

You can do AC coupled with backup. A 15KW Sigineer inverter will do the trick. This would be an off grid setup. You can connect the Grid to the AC input on the inverter and if your solar and batteries go off line, it would switch over to the grid.

The batteries are all top balanced. Now just have them all hooked together waiting for me to have the time to build the battery.

The mixing valve should maintain a constant 120F to the house. Only the tank gets to 180F and it is a commercial tank that should handle it.

I think AIMS Power sells the UL certified version. That little cert is expensive.

Decided to go with the 2 Sunny Island 6048-US-10 inverters.

I have used this to get my wire sizes.

This has been moving really slow. Mainly because I couldn't get batteries. I now have 48 280 ah LiFePo4 batteries that I have been top balancing. The REC Q Series BMS 16S is on the way and all the wiring on the outside of the house with the exception of connecting the wires from the SI...

When exactly do you expect more EVE LF280k cells?

Transfer switch down feeds secondary loads panel from grid Transfer switch up feeds generator backup on SI My battery room is attached to the house and my understanding is that I have to be able to disconnect power to the house in case of fire. I do not have an interlock.

My micro inverters drop offline :( I wasn't aware that you could backfeed PV to the grid using the SI 6048-US? It probably isn't worth it because I get paid producer rates, about 4 cents / kwh I have 48 280 amp hour LiFePo4 LF280k cells. I expect these to pay for themselves in about 7 - 8...

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When the Transfer switch is in the down position, I run the PV grid tied. The system is currently running grid tied. The new stuff is the SI/Battery/60 amp safety disconnect/wiring to SI generator backup. (Everything in the top left quadrant of the picture.

I have a sunny boy SB4000 w/DC disconnect. It is an older one so I am sure it doesn't have the frequency-watts adjustments. It is a never used 2012 model that was ultra cheap.

Another check with the utility. In my area, you can't push that much to the grid unless you are a business.

I am almost done. Looks messy because it is

I currently have a grid tied PV system with 12 AP Systems QS1 1200 watt micro inverters with 48 320 watt 72 cell panels. My big snag right now is finding the right inverter and the right monitoring. Any feedback is appreciated. My priorities: Charging from PV only Minimize grid usage, but it...

It uses the clip on current transformers, so maybe not so useful.

Another plug for SanTan solar. I have used him and had no problems with a small order of 5 panels I placed a year ago or so.

The manual labels AC2 as generator/grid and I was using that loosely, my bad. When I said generator, I mean AC2 of the SI. My idea was that if there was no sun and the battery was low, the SI could swap over to AC2 (which is connected to the grid) and charge the battery. I wasn't aware that...

I just use a squeegee and a water hose.

Would this honeywell mixing valve and this mechanical timer work? I have a 50 gallon commercial water with dual 180F 2500Watt thermostats. It is the #1 power user in my home. Rewire the dual thermostats individually and connect the mechanical timer to 1 element. Set the thermostat for the...