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Yeah I would guess that with an unobstructed southfacing 15kW system in Texas you would pull more than 50kW/day on average... my system at half the size will do that pretty easily in the summer. When you get solar installer quotes they will usually include a heat map of your roof that...

To clarify, my solar panel system is 7.6kW, but this doesn't mean that it's max daily generation is under 10kWh... rather, the system can (theoretically) generate up to 7.6kW per hour (if conditions were ideal). So, today, for instance, it produced a total of 48kWh. Our house is 1500 sq ft, no...

Thanks, I haven't made a decision yet. Here's a recent video of Will's that is exactly the kind of system we have been discussing here: As Dank Farrik and LazyDragon note, this is not braindead simple like a Delta Pro would be. However, the storage gap between the two solutions is large. Ideal...

Thanks SparkyJJO for pointing this out! Yep, that's the sort of thing I was mostly looking at. At first, I thought maybe the MPP Solar 6548 is overkill for my needs. However, for that additional $550, it is interesting to see how much more you get: 50% more wattage, the option to scale up to...

Thanks -- that is super generous of you. I really appreciate it. I will definitely take you up on that if I move forward with this sort of project. You've already answered questions that have saved me many hours of research, so thanks again for that. Regarding the inverter you suggested, just...

Amazing, thanks very much for this!! I would never have thought to consider the MPP Solar 6548. This indeed would be a more powerful system in both storage and amps. I've been trying to figure this out for a while, so many thanks! On the spectrum from complete beginner to expert, how difficult...

This question is about whether there is DIY solution that is cheaper than the Delta Pro for one relatively specific application. The application is: temporary backup of a few circuits in my home panel in an outage. Specifically, I want at least 30 amps at 120v. I have a 30 amp 120v/240v inlet...