I'm the luckiest boy in the world!

Subdood said:

Am I the only one who who is constantly drawn back to my inverter to see how much power it's pulling in?? I go do something else in the house but I'm back to the solar closet again. It's like a spectator sport for me.

Ooh, look it's pulling in 3,000W!!
Oooh, look at that charging current!
Oh, yeah..

Then I'm all disappointed and deflated when the battery's all topped off.

I need a cigarette..

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Solar house generator I started DIY back in 2000 - My path from Trace to Xantrex (on FLA battery) to XW Pro inverters on Tesla Model S batteries

Well I have been working on project plans on upgrading my system, as I have referenced in prior posts. This will all be DIY, just getting the parts will be difficult thing I have come up with 5 phases for the project to be implemented over time as funds become available. Later phases can...

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Solar house generator I started DIY back in 2000 - My path from Trace to Xantrex (on FLA battery) to XW Pro inverters on Tesla Model S batteries

Battery SoC went from 70 to 88% today even with some clouds. That is almost as good as yesterday where the SoC went from 80 to 100% just with the solar panels and did it in 4 hours. Current reached a high of 98 amps today Yet, the clouds started to increase by 2PM and really reduced current...

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dougbert said:

next task: add a diversion load

Solar house generator I started DIY back in 2000 - My path from Trace to Xantrex (on FLA battery) to XW Pro inverters on Tesla Model S batteries

Well I have been working on project plans on upgrading my system, as I have referenced in prior posts. This will all be DIY, just getting the parts will be difficult thing I have come up with 5 phases for the project to be implemented over time as funds become available. Later phases can...

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Solar house generator I started DIY back in 2000 - My path from Trace to Xantrex (on FLA battery) to XW Pro inverters on Tesla Model S batteries

Battery SoC went from 70 to 88% today even with some clouds. That is almost as good as yesterday where the SoC went from 80 to 100% just with the solar panels and did it in 4 hours. Current reached a high of 98 amps today Yet, the clouds started to increase by 2PM and really reduced current...

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you can add several kwh of production per day with that

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Subdood said:

Am I the only one who who is constantly drawn back to my inverter to see how much power it's pulling in?? I go do something else in the house but I'm back to the solar closet again. It's like a spectator sport for me.

Ooh, look it's pulling in 3,000W!!
Oooh, look at that charging current!
Oh, yeah..

Then I'm all disappointed and deflated when the battery's all topped off.

I need a cigarette..

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sunshine_eggo said:

We're all card carrying members of Solarholics Anonymous.

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Subdood said:

Am I the only one who who is constantly drawn back to my inverter to see how much power it's pulling in?? I go do something else in the house but I'm back to the solar closet again. It's like a spectator sport for me.

Ooh, look it's pulling in 3,000W!!
Oooh, look at that charging current!
Oh, yeah..

Then I'm all disappointed and deflated when the battery's all topped off.

I need a cigarette..

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Liam M said:

Yesterday, my 600w array hit a record 755w, nearly 26% over rating.

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dougbert said:

next task: add a diversion load

Solar house generator I started DIY back in 2000 - My path from Trace to Xantrex (on FLA battery) to XW Pro inverters on Tesla Model S batteries

Well I have been working on project plans on upgrading my system, as I have referenced in prior posts. This will all be DIY, just getting the parts will be difficult thing I have come up with 5 phases for the project to be implemented over time as funds become available. Later phases can...

diysolarforum.com

Solar house generator I started DIY back in 2000 - My path from Trace to Xantrex (on FLA battery) to XW Pro inverters on Tesla Model S batteries

Battery SoC went from 70 to 88% today even with some clouds. That is almost as good as yesterday where the SoC went from 80 to 100% just with the solar panels and did it in 4 hours. Current reached a high of 98 amps today Yet, the clouds started to increase by 2PM and really reduced current...

diysolarforum.com

you can add several kwh of production per day with that

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Subdood said:

Didn't see this in your thread, but got to thinking about maybe putting some circuits on a timer, and having them come on midday after the battery gets charged.

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sunshine_eggo said:

We're all card carrying members of Solarholics Anonymous.

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Subdood said:

Are we like the Only Fans of the solar community?

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dougbert said:

lol

also, love your signature where you describe your beginnings - keep going

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Subdood said:

Nice. Are they bifacials? Was it sunny with snow on the ground?

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Supervstech said:

I have mine laminated, and in a hard case!

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Liam M said:

Negative, 6 x 100w panels and must have been a cloud edge.

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myles said:

I frequently see my 10.7kw array pulling in over that. I've seen over 12kw coming in for durations when it's very cold here -30 Celsius. With the snow and the bifacial that helps!

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Subdood said:

Is your rack adjustable? I saw it on your YouTube channel but couldn't tell. Also like your DIY battery, isn't it a 4 x 14.8KWh bank? That's a hefty cabinet it's in.

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