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I did not think I'd ever end up here, in a solar forum showing off my stuff. But the CV-19 scare made me realize my energy dependence and I started collecting components a couple months ago. My initial plan was something portable and it worked out well. You can see some details in my 10kWh...

Like many here I've just started dabbling in solar. My first purchase was the two Tesla batteries for about $1,100 each shipped. I grabbed the REC 260W panels on Ebay for $60 each. To that I added a cheap 2kW Pure Sine wave inverter and a 40A MPPT charge controller. A couple of 250A breakers to...

Some of us put extra effort into making our solar install look neat and tidy. Maybe it's OCD or pride of workmanship or something else. If you think your install looks good I'd like to see it. Show it off with pride and show it off for inspiration. I'll go first.

After some 15 months of being completely ignored my Tesla batteries gave me a big middle finger last night. Cells 1 & 2 are 3.5v and cells 4-6 are 4.0v. After discharging overnight to 21.4v Cells 1 & 2 are 3.1v and cells 4-6 are 3.8v an even bigger spread. Ugh. So I'm scrambling to figure out a...

Was today, the day you read this post your best solar day? Congratulations! Now show it off! I don't care what you did yesterday or last year, that doesn't count. You have to wait to post until you top whatever you've produced before. I'll go first.