tomy2
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only in the winter, where I live. for some reason, I thought you lived in northern Ca. Didn't you buy a Senville mini-split, how did it do in freezing temps? mine seemed to bog down at 27F.
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How did your solar fare during the January '24 freeze?
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It's always 10° warmer in the summer and 10° colder in the winter, when on the river here.
Working on an ice covered metal boat or barge is brutal.
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tomy2
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one would expect it to be cooler on a river in summer. did you see my edit of my last post?
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I have a 1200 sq ft home with excellent insulation R45 Rockwood. High efficiency Mr cool 2 unit mini split. 1-1500 sq ft fireplace insert. 2-eg46500ex 48v inverters, 27 blue sun 460w bifacial panels with up to 575 gain. 12-eg4 5.12 batteries. It takes everything our system has to operate well. We conserve big time here! No dryer use for clothes. Micro turned off when not in use. Lights are 90% LED'S. Considering going to Schneider inverters, but I don't think they could be compatible with my eg4 batteries. Answers?
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Nope again. lol
I have a 48vdc Hotspot mini split. It's been purring right through. 4° F, yesterday.
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Not when the sun is reflecting off the surface.
It would be cooler if I were there for pleasure. (Actually in the water)
but in full safety gear, not so much.
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That is a minimum of 12Kw of PV. What are you seeing for PV yield in good sun? The EG4 6500EX will clip PV input to 3.9Kw per MPPT and that is all you will get per MPPT. How did you arrange strings, any shading, etc?
61 Kwh should get thru a day in a 1200 sq ft house. Now if the sun doesn't shine for days,there isn't much you can do except switch to grid or run a generator if totally off grid.
I'd look at PV yield per day. If the weather doesn't cooperate, not much you can do.
My place is also 1200 square feet. Daily consumption, about 5kWh give or take - and I do have a dryer (heatpump version). I have 60kWh storage right now (100kWh soon). At 5kWh this means I can get 12 days of autonomy. As long as you can take heating out of the equation (and that includes water heating/heating in a dryer, etc.) you should be able to get your consumption down a lot. I heat with wood (central floor heating and masonry fireplace) and use about 30kg per day for heating and hot water at -30C outside, at a temperature of +24C inside (Why? Ask the wife...). The heat pump only comes into the picture once I have solar production again, somewhere in February.
Schneider should work, but you won't have communication.
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EastTexCowboy
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It varies here. It was running 9.5 cents but when demand is up it goes up to as high as 13 cents. This past month's bill it was 11 cents.
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I don't think I've seen any feedback on this thread on systems installed outdoors, but I could have missed it. I'd like to hear how those are faring in low temps. Maybe @Markus_EG4 could give us a report on the EG4s with the Power Pros he installed a few months back?
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What a wonderful day.
Well, for January. lol
Nothing but sunshine in the sky.
Well, for January. lol
Nothing but sunshine in the sky.
tomy2
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Lucky you! all cloudy on west coast, just had to let the grid charge batteries so they are ready for a big storm tonight. good thing is that the rain ends tomorrow for ten days of mostly sun.
tomy2
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Is that a whole house unit that connects to a ducting system? I never see anything like that advertised around here. probably overkill for this climate usually.
tomy2
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ours is 38 cents now and will go up to 50 cents this summer . I need to get more battery before then. I need one that can go outside, at least 15 kw, if anyone knows of deal on one.
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It was just a teaser. Preparing for a week of rain. lol
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It's a standard type ductless mini split.
80….?… hell I start heat stressing at about 75…
.at 80 degrees I go looking for a place with dim lights and beer signs in the window…
can’t take that kinda heat no more…
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