42OhmsPA
What's in a title?
Kind of crazy you could DIY ~15.5kWh for about the same price after you factor in shipping, a BMS, Class T fuse, and enclosure.
SUNGOLD 10KW 48V SPLIT PHASE SOLAR INVERTER
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Lighthouse Beacon
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Shouldn’t matter. But we’ll get to see what happens
Lighthouse Beacon
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Yeah but then I wouldn’t have a big sexy blue box strapped to the wall @42OhmsPA lmao
Kenny_
Solar Addict
Whip it! Whip it good!!
They make blue paint
Lighthouse Beacon
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@G00SE Your words anger Sungold Cindy
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42OhmsPA
What's in a title?
Naked cells are blue too. Take that sungold Cindy
Lighthouse Beacon
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Yes it does make more sense but I don’t trust myself enough for that project. Maybe one day
Lighthouse Beacon
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Got my labels done for the manual transfer switches. SG Blue, had to do it!
Kenny_
Solar Addict
**My Solar Exploits**
Just got my March Xcel bill (for electricity and natural gas)
Approximately the same weather/temps
Electricity this year (with my solar power system) $20.02 / 92 kWh - Last year $72.23 / 469 kWh
Natural gas this year $49.64 42 therms - last year $65.88 58 therms (I did keep the thermostat about the same but did use space heaters more this year)
Just got my March Xcel bill (for electricity and natural gas)
Approximately the same weather/temps
Electricity this year (with my solar power system) $20.02 / 92 kWh - Last year $72.23 / 469 kWh
Natural gas this year $49.64 42 therms - last year $65.88 58 therms (I did keep the thermostat about the same but did use space heaters more this year)
CaliSunHarvester
Solar Enthusiast
So, 377kWh saved equals $52. 13c/kWh.
A $20 electrical bill would be awesome to me.
To feel better about this topic, I don't look at $ numbers, just at kWh billed:
January 2176 --> 1329
February 1901 --> 1008
March 1903 --> 611
April 1651 --> ??? my math predicts 542
That doesn't mean I made 1300kWh of solar in March. Far from it. It actually was only 553kWh. The other 750kWh stem from change of electric dryer to heat pump, and the hot tub was turned off until last week.
Lighthouse Beacon
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Sungold website now shows the AIO 10k as model number SPH10048P replacing previous version SPH10K48SP. Now stating units support parallel https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0323/4090/2025/files/SPH8-10kw_manual.pdf
Param 31 now shows
Param 31 now shows
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CaliSunHarvester
Solar Enthusiast
No way to add one of these parallel to the old 10kW model? I guess not, since the RS232 style connection is missing on the old model.
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Lighthouse Beacon
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I would think it’d need a board and a firmware change. I doubt we’ll ever have that. Not a huge deal for me.
I’m now ready for my two new batts arriving Tuesday.
Lighthouse Beacon
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Final images of install. I am going to let it ride now and work on other projects. I made it through the entire night last night on batteries, first time that’s happened. Happy with everything so far, buss bar project worked out very well, I am proud of that. Cheers
Lighthouse Beacon
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Thanks. One thing I do like about the liquid tight lines (although by code they should be metal) is that I am keeping all my + - lines completely separated until reaching appliance or device. I feel like this reduces risks of faulty insulation, heat, or damage to wires that could result in a potential arc fault. I may upgrade to a wire raceway one day I guess, but for now I feel ok with it.
Brucey
Solar Wizard
My understanding is that best practice is to keep positive and negative cables pairs bundled together to minimize magnetic effects?
CaliSunHarvester
Solar Enthusiast
So are the wires from each battery to the white box in the middle of the same length? It seems it would be difficult due to the arrangement. But maybe possible with the curving that you have there.
Moretorque
New Member
Should I get one to go with my VIC 450/200?
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