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If you are the design team, it is on you to research the data sheets and manuals to know if they will work in your application. It is common in Hybrid inverters to have a single, get your attention number, but since hybrid are many things there is no single number that covers all the functions...

The XW has been in the feild for 15 years, well proven product. Things with less than a year, no one knows if they are quality or not. I personally would not recommend anything without a few years of history, there is a flood of products being introduced and year later discontinued, which will...

Your issue is the panels only get rated output at ~13 amps being sourced but the Enphase is limited to ~10 amps, this is what is causing the clipping Also the Maximum AC output is rated ~290W ( 1.21A @ 240V ) but since the panel is not on its mppt peak at 10 amps, it is what it is

Not will, it has. The entire reason for one to one net-meter was to incentivize a new technology so people would see a reason to install it, that was ~20 years ago and it worked when solar was $5.00 watt, not 20 cents like today. Power Generation is a just one part of what it takes to have...

Very common that utilities offer customers a monthly discount for a customer having a remote high load disconnect the utility can control. Can't have your cake and eat it too ....

I would say consider yourself lucky as what was tagged is simple stuff to correct and your not getting tagged on not meeting UL9540 requirements, which would require a listed battery / inverter pairing which your system does not have. ( CO is NEC2020 ). You are also using lots of unlisted...

Beta programs provide the product as compensation for the data collection and working through issues as well as an NDA so you won't flood forums like this. If you paid for a product, it either meets the published feature set, or if it doesn't you are not getting what you paid for. Some techie...

I modified my forum software ( phpbb ) to require use of a keyword needed in the registration form that I posted in a thread that a human can easily find, since I did this I have cut to spam registrations to zero.

Reviewing the 4.5kw Sunny Island and the 1.4 PHI batteries there appears to be a design flaw in the installation The Sunnyboy 4.5kw each can charge at 110 amp continuous / 140 peak, yet the PHI batteries are 28 ah maximum each so in 5p2s specified would be 140 amps continuous. So the grid...

This would be a valuable addition for Will to do, more extensive and duration testing. I had a full lab ( electronic equipment ) and 5 array in my home office that I worked from, but have moved on a decade ago to teaching in higher education.

I was a lead hardware designer ( remote ) for the xw mppt 60/150 in 2005 and had a XW-6048 at my home lab, but haven't had one since 2012 so I'm not current in what schnieder is doing with updates. This picture was part of the home lab I had taken in 2006. The concept for AIO I like, I...

B@llShit! I have had legal, permitted solar at every property I have owned since 2002 ( three different homes over that time ). We still have one to one net-meter with no insurance requirements for under 10kWh systems, and is better than most of all the other states in the USA. Never had any...

This should be a sticky at the top of all forums .....

Again, your missing the forest for the tree's. You have clear UL9540 violations in a NEC2020 adopted state. Make the inspector happy, regardless of what is wanted right or wrong and move on. If you fight this, your protentionally forcing having more knowledgeable people review your...

We deal with wind code being coastal south-west florida and design to 145 mph codes for roof mount every day. Look into IronRidge racking, it is listed / certified for high wind loads as are all listed solar panels. The system is easy to design with, they have online calculators and the footings...

We use to have a thing call Beta programs with metrics that were expected to be meet before products were generally available. I managed more than one of these and without a doubt is part of the reason there is tier one products ( paying customers are not expected to do testing that should have...

Absolutely not, they are rebranded china stuff, new to the market and will not be around if you have issues. Its low cost, thats it. You need to be looking at Schneider XW, Outback Radian or possibly Sol-Ark You need a solution that is proven, has all the accessories like wiring boxes, ATS...

SpongeboB Sinewave is Bob Gudgel, Worked at Trace, then Xantrex then with his brother Robin started Outback in 2001 and the MX60 was his design, then founded Midnight Solar in 2005 again with family. He is the longest and most prolific designer for the US solar products I know of.

What I see is you have identified an issue, you haven't shown what the cause is, but are assuming it is the bypass diodes not working as expected. Based on the fact the voltage is so high, I would challenge that conclusion. if they the diodes were not present, you would have very low voltage...

Trade trick is use a common claw hammer, lightly tap on the shingles with a hammer, the thud sound will go lower, with sponge/flex feel away from rafter and when you hit the rafter, it becomes no flex and almost no thud sound, more like a tap sound. Takes some practice. If you miss when you...

There are other previous Hybrid products that predate Deye and hence Sol-Ark, as a reseller, one that I actually tracked down previous developers was the Solar City H6, which was designed and built by Delta ( Taiwan ) in the 2014-2016 time frame. Signature Solar bought at auction I believe most...

Actually, you end up using more energy as the drum motor has to run 2x longer and you still need the same BTU's to remove the water, just will take 2X longer.

It was never a sustainable model, there are significant costs to support the grid and the baseline cost should be born by all that use it equally. If you have those with means getting full retail to sell back and zero bills for energy generation, the remaining people without solar are funding...

A vendor has no means to reject a payment, they never even see it till its posted and this is all done by third party's, the rejection comes from the credit card issuer. As been posted many times, it is almost standard practice now for large purchases to intentional be reject so two factor...

At the same time California code requires a solar electric system on all new home builds :rolleyes:

I'm sorry for your loss, but anyone whom feels wind codes, listed array structures and PE sign-off are optional, will over the life of the system ( many years ) will have the same fate :cry:. Unless one is an engineer and understands the cubic function that wind applies to structures, you don't...

And a shameless plug for my work from 2005 for $690 on Amazon In a world of disposable electronics, the fact that Outback, Midniite and Schneider ( Xantrex ) are still sold to this day is impressive.

AC ripple is normal and does not really have any impact on the battery cycle time as its is a faction of the voltage range of what is considered one cycle ( 100 to 0 SOC ) so there is no need to add parts For added capacitors, you may not realize that your four Conext MPPT 100 have significant...

My belief is that the market that meets UL9540 standards is generally limited to professional installers. They are the ones that choose what their businesses will sell and expect full support from the manufactures for not just the products, but training, access to engineering and such as they...

If you look at the image, you will see the cell has fractured likely causing a short circuit. There is no such thing as flexible silicon wafers and bending them will eventually always result in damaged cells .