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I'm talking about hardware efficiency, the generation and conversion processes. It's easier to step down than to step up? There used to be a few guys on youtube that used both systems LV vs HV and the points I made is what they found to be true. And, it's cheaper in both materials and ongoing...

I know they are making commercial grade equipment but they are missing a growing market and IMHO the future of residential solar. If they could get packages available for the inverters with a epanel without all the breakers and battery units easy to install they'd be direct competitors for some...

Some advantages to HV that I can think of. 1. Equipment runs cooler making it more efficient and overall performance should improve along with lifespan. Less fan noise since it's running cooler which should mean less idle consumption. Seems like surge performance would also improve since you...

Are those not all AC coupled...where you have to have a grid connection? I could care less about selling back and I want my system to work if the grid is down. With the way the world is right now I don't want to rely on a grid for things to function.

A few more questions. Rosie has a five year warranty right? This new AIO has ten? Why? It would appear Rosie is a superior inverter made in the USA? How does the surge compare between the two? Finally, why does any inverter I can find that has 100A pass through relays are AIO? I thought Rosie...

I'm not sure, I'm looking for more info on this myself. From what I heard they are easier to configure in HV application for some reason. I think they are more resilient on internal balancing. You can also charge them in freezing temps without damage and discharge to zero without any degradation...

I'm only aware of Sandi and Aims for us DIY folks. The others like what outback and schneider have on the market are only AC coupled so they do not work without the grid. They're are a few guys running the sandi inverters, they are low frequency and built like a tank and are industrial quality...

Current thought by some running HV is that sodium ion batteries will resolve some of these concerns. Thoughts?

This is why they make active balancers, in fact there's HV 10A 15A ones that are on the market now. There's too many pros to HV to not move forward in the industry.

Do you guys ever plan on releasing any of your inverters with high voltage DC input for the battery side? It seems like there's a little movement in the market for this but it's so slow. Aims has one with I believe 300V input now. I'm not sure on the Schneider home but they said high voltage...

The new ones last for a year or two before you have to call up home depot and go through days of back and forth with their India call center and Apu to get them to honor the warranty. Most times they will send out a tech to try and fix it a few times and each time it's a week or weeks before...

Speed Queens are awesome, do they still make the no boards ones with a agitator?

The old kenmore and whirlpool ones in avocado green and harvest gold that still work today. The street lights dim a little when they come on but they still work. The washing machines that you didn't have to wash twice or flush the tolite multiple times...the good ole days. I blame disposable...

I have no idea about this storm but I grew up in Dallas and we got golf ball size often and sometimes baseball size hail.

LOL....that's what came to my mind. "Slightly cracked with some snail trails."