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Learned that one the fun way...metal shaft screwdriver with plastic handle, tightening down the PV wires from the inverter at the disconnect located at the array, finger slipped and touched the shaft ⚡⚡quite the tingle. Went inside, grabbed another beverage and threw the DC disconnect at the...

Not wrong but I have no plans to move anyth in the utility room once it's mounted. Set it and forget is my goal 🤙

I'm in a rural township that is very "hands off", code guy didn't even care to see my inside work haha

Yup! Thankfully no damage and everything still works as expected and at capacity.

I have a monbloc air to water heat pump. All refrigerant is "outside" the home and I did not require an HVAC pro or any special tools to complete the install, just "regular" plumbing tools.

Be fun to see "in the field" videos, either fans, other youtubers or actual installers

I was looking at the Big Battery Rhino for this reason, I have wall space but not much floor space so the less than 5 inch depth is intriguing. Price point is not as good though compared to this EG4 or the Ruixu wall mount units

So I'm running into this with the quoting process and I realize the answer might be "fuzzy" depending on jurisdictions, BUT, does a ground mount require a rapid shutdown system? The inverter at the moment is planned to be "inside" the home....

Rough estimates say I'll have 6-7 year ROI with assumptions of electric costs increasing at least 3% year over year, this does take into account federal and state tax credits, without those the ROI would be longer, possibly to the point of "why bother" from a strictly financial perspective...

I have a sol-ark 15k, my plan for batteries is for power outages but my understanding was that the scenario you lay out is what it can do. Charge the batteries with excess solar, once charged, export to the grid, once PV can't provide power you can tell it when/what to prioritize power wise...

I'm looking at moving forward with a sol-ark 15k setup (batteries to be done "later") and of course one advantage is the full 200amp passthrough, no need for a critical loads sub panel. The thought process that's on my mind though, when I do get batteries, what's the best way to load shed high...

Uuuggghhhh, after a windstorm I now have L2 under producing, appears similar to an issue I had before with a loose/bad connection. I must not have zinched down the cabling enough and something moved. Update: Oops, I must have not had a panel torqued down enough somehow and it was half dangling...

Going by your user ID you're "way" upstate in NY, I'm a little further down, a heat pump isn't the worst idea as like watchdoc said they've gotten better. One option for water heating and home heat could be a pellet boiler?

This guy made one already, fine it doesn't take into account interest charges, I'll concede that: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14adTRsoK_6cY6lLonZz6q27T2ZnmWHg5mtCzkDAme68/edit#gid=0 My interest rate is 6.99%, it's a 10 year loan but once the system is online, the money I would have...

So I did get as far as getting a cooler, little controller for temp with a 20 watt heater and a "master" switch mounted to the outside. No loads other than the heater and the thing worked well, battery when I checked it has been full and the temp appears to have never dropped well below...

So far have consistently hit 14+ kw from the PV array when the sun is shining, had a couple blocks of over 15kw from PV per the sol-ark the other day

Nice! I have an air to water heat pump, so long as the snow is kept away from the coils and doesn't impede airflow it works well, even when it gets below 0F. The one I have has a 3kw backup resistive for the worst case scenario. Not knowing anything else about your home, can use air to water...

I was hoping to do this with a Delta 2, during the warmer months a 240 watt panel mounted to the side was more than enough to provide some night time lightning and charge batteries for my tools. However the cold weather showed up and the Delta 2 said "no". Need a cold weather solution...

I guess I missed that part of the sol-ark, the generator port can be used to receive power from a generator or be used to power a sub panel? That would be a workable solution, I really am trying to avoid using any generator, although the contingency of being able to might be nice in the long...

I have an MBTek which is really a Phnix-e unit, Space-PAK uses the same OEM. Bunch of others out there, hydrosolar.ca, nordic, artic heat pumps (they would actually be my next choice)

Not sure why I can't figure out the proper grounding for my system. I have two arrays, Sinclair Adjustable Ground mount with 3 posts per array. I was advised I can run a #6THHN from Array 1 to Array 2 where I have my disconnects to a grounding bar and then down to a grounding rod. The real...

All accurate I'd say! For me though, I'm only planning on a single purchase of up to ~15kwh of battery, I have "ok" space for a rack mount but the wall mount keeps my floor more clear especially compare to most wall mounts. If the pricing was better the Big Battery 48V Rhino would be more...

Little further along, have all the wiring, disconnect and xfer switch in place. Sol-ark is "powered up" though I'm using the xfer to bypass house load at the moment since I do not have the solar in place yet. Kind of backwards compared to some probably, waiting on "heavy" equipment to get the...

It was commented on about having a ground rod at the array site, it's more so to ensure good ground for the equipment (even though, yes, the posts are in the ground themselves). My array is setup in the middle of a field ~180ft from my house, if lightning strikes the array I'd rather it for sure...

Sorta stinks to see those numbers drop like that, but since I've had solar deployed I've produced 2488kWh, so there's some savings....of course my system didn't get PTO until December. Other family members keep putting off solar installs cause "it'll get cheaper as time goes on", which is...

I'm a bit off from having solar actually "online" but data gathering for battery when I get there. I'm lucky in the my utility is still 1 for 1 kwh net metering so I'm not rushing to be "off-grid", however I am in the country so power outages are a thing. I am more interested in having the home...

Heat Pump Furnace meaning a replacement of your current AC and gas furnace, not sure of any that are listed as "DIY". Watching YouTube University though shows that "most" units really you need a vacuum pump and appropriate gauges. One option is find a friendly HVAC person that will let you buy...

Technically engineered for 24 inch hole. I didn't reach out to Sinclair to inquire about smaller hole, maybe should have. It's upright and holding strong, already have had two wind storms with gusts 40+ and it's tilted at 48 degrees so it was a sail haha.

Where the power goes for me would depend mainly on net metering rules. For me where I'm at it's 1:1 per kwh with a once a year "true up" where I can get in theory 2 cents a kwh. Battery capacity and home usage monitoring would be large decider as I'd want to use up as much of my positive net...

So even though wiring carrying the voltage from the panels is entering the building. I feel like the NEC wording is open to interpretation, common sense says full agreement, no need for rapid shutdown on not-building mounted panels but the words to me are a little more vauge.