Want to share my experience installing roof top solar DIY here in San Jose and approval process.
I am doing this because I had a hard time to find this information myself and spent some time researching.
Actual install was around 2-3 days but to get all info needed I spend month or 2 months...
I made structure using 3x3 11 ga 20 ft tubesI also used 10 ft 12 ga unistut. This is 40 ft by 9 ft structure with post 8.3 ft (3 posts) to 6.8 ft (3 posts) from the ground (and 2+ ft into concrete)I used yeswelder 205ds welder for flux core welding. The goal was to build universal "pergola"...
I tried GStar 425W panel and it is quite good and very light (45 pound).
I googled and found this: https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2024/06/24/top-solar-panel-brands-in-reliability-quality-and-performance/
and GStar is listed as top performer
What do you think?
year ago I bough rhino3 batteryevo battery (LFP) 15.5kWh 48V and it has this behavior BMS state of charge floats.
Each day I discharge/charge it by 40-50% and BMS state of charge calculation is of by 1%.
in 3 weeks BMS state of charge might be 100% but actually battery is 80% charged.
is this...