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yeah, just got off the phone with my parents, they are down in Htown, and their power is out, currently on propane generator backup. Unfortunately my dad isn't too keen on spending any kind of money on something he doesn't understand. I've tried explaining my system to him (i'm a few hundred...

my 6000xp + 2x EG4 indoor batteries do the job nicely. 28kwh worth of on site storage. Primarily fed by my ground mount array in the back yard Basically whole house except central HVAC and electric tankless are backed up and on a transfer switch. I can generate about 25kwh a day from solar...

can DM my details in the AM when I get home -- I'll have to look into how to upgrade my battery firmware as I'm seeing discrepancies in the cycle count now (off by 2 or 3 I think now)

I got 20 of the 370W aptos panels a bit ago, they are online and working great (pic attached) In terms of flimsiness, I don't notice any. And due to a goof on my part, I had propped up one panel temporarily against the house and forgot about it. Some wind came along and knocked it over right...

Going through this thread -- the kicker for me is who the hell uses a debit card online? (or really anywhere) So many drawbacks and zero protections should things go sideways. Or even for day to day stuff -- the only time you should be using a debit card is when you are getting cash from an...

Maybe? So it's a string of 9 Aptos 370W panels, and the peak production is shown below. Which is 326W per panel, 88% of it's "regular" advertised. Most people say expect 80% of advertised watt level, so the ground mount setup about 5' off the ground say 8% boost? no way to scientifically...

I'm using the app and the PC browser interface -- it's nice enough , does the job. It's not the fanciest or best designed out there, but you can get to what you need easily enough. Data wise - there's not much they can collect. You don't have to give your name, phone number, address, or any...

I have basically this exact setup -- primary string of 9 panels, with another string of 9 propped up against the house (not optimal but it's what I've got to work with) Very pleased with my setup - it made it through the recent pretty terrible TX storms (and wind) we had that left 600k people...

Will give the wiring a check - whole system/setup has only been online for perhaps 3 weeks full time at this point? Yesterday was bright/sunny and had zero issues, production picked up at the expected time with expected voltages. Thank you for the input :)

Hi all - had my system up for a few weeks, been running flawlessly and as expected so far. It's already had a little trial by fire, from the storms we had roll through TX that caused grid power to go down for 30+ hours, solar+battery carried me through just fine :) This morning - I saw my main...

Every carrier/company has shit workers, UPS/FedEx/DHL, doesn't matter. Sorry you got the shit end of the stick with the workers in your area. I've had FedEx drivers pull into my circle, park, sit in their car for 10 minutes (never getting out) and then magically the box scheduled for...

The 6000XP I'm using has the UL1741 cert, while I've only had my system online for a few weeks and very confident there's no reason to be on power companies radar, I do like knowing I Have a bit of buffer with the idea you described above. I Have my 6000XP pushing it's output to 9 circuits in...

it's more the fact that at least in this part of TX it's the same people doing the same thing, over over. With zero consequences. Apparently we live in an age where you can hurt other people and face zero consequences. Don't have a license? oh that's fine Don't have insurance? oh that's...

22' Bolt EUV -- used to have a 2017 Volt that was paid for and in mint condition, till a human piece of garbage ran a red light and T-boned me on my way to work.

Yes, I bought a SophTrans 40A charger, bonus it has wifi based control. It lets me select the amperage rating to charge the car with (from 10A to 40A) I have it plugged into my inverter setup on a transfer switch, so worst case I flip a switch and back to direct grid. I don't need super...

I had it before my solar project - but I do keep a small 3000w dual fuel Pulsar generator in storage along with 2X 20# propane cylinders. Originally had it as emergency measure to (slow) charge my EV if there was every grid problems, and it works all well and good. Now it would be double...

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While mini-split would be more efficient, I do already have a backup "emergency" portable dual hose AC unit I can wheel into my bedroom and keep things chilly. Had a compressor failure last year and it SAVED my ass having it keep one room cool during the 110F+ days. I plan on using the...

I'm just south of DFW airport - and it's super strut mounted to standard metal pole fence posts concreted in. Mounted on solid aluminum swivel mounts, they weren't the cheapest solution but they are rock solid. 60# concrete footers with superstrut mounting (it was a nice fit) concrete bolted...

DFW TX here -- power went out at 530am Tues morning, and as of writing this (Wednesday morning) still isn't back on. my 6000XP and 2x EG4 Indoor batteries are handling it fine. I work nights, so actually got an alert from my EG4 app saying "no AC in" -- checked home cameras from work and got...

yes - setup per the manual from section 5.2 "additional configurations". They use the 18kpv unit as an example, but it's the same for 6000xp (only with a single set of +/- terminals on the inverter. no performance issues, or warnings, or really any issues except noticing in the data/stats...

Enjoying my setup so far -- 6000xp + 2X EG4 Indoor batteries. Not a critical issue, but curious why the SOC between batteries would be off by 5% despite being used equally? Voltage is within 2/100's of each other. (screen shot attached of full readout of BMS info off their app) only 27...

I did something similar - I bought the slotted looking pier block, 60lbs weight. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Headwaters-12-in-x-8-in-x-12-in-Concrete-Patio-Pier-Block-PIERBLOCK/204230166 Bonus: the slotted top of each block is the absolute perfect width for some high profile super strut...

Unless you already have the mining gear laying around - it won't be profitable. Even if you have the gear laying around it still likely won't be profitable. I have quite a bit of gear, but cooling it in a Texas summer, even with solar picking up a chunk of the energy, it's just still not worth...

not an electrician here - but I just got my two indoor EG4 batteries, 6000xp and 1/2 my twenty panels online, learning how to balance things for the most efficiency currently. I burn through 20kwh of energy just for the car (EV) round trip for work each day, HVAC and Tankless water heater will...

damn -- I have two of those EG4 indoor batteries and thought I was doing pretty good, lol. I'd love a 3rd, but have to be somewhat reasonable on the ole' bank account. To be fair - both of mine are running excellent I'm only like 1.5 hours west of Signature Solar where I got all my gear...

I do love my APC unit - the external battery config units are getting harder to find it seems. I picked up one of those "twin" sets where there's a whole addon battery designed for it a few years ago. Luckily I have another year or two before I need to rotate the batteries out of it. I have...

heh happens to us most -- I'm wrapping up the main install of my off grid system (6000xp, two EG4 indoor batteries, and 16 solar panels-- 370W aptos panels) Originally I was going for a 10 panel setup, but they were so cheap I figured I'd just buy 20 and be covered. Was able to find room for...

The default setting on 6000xp for N-G bonding is "disabled" - you can enable it in the software. I'm not an expert by any stretch but when I went down the rabbit hole on that often discussed topic, for OP's setup: it seems that since the 6000XP would be doing the bonding, there's no need to do...

similar to my house -- ordered 20 panels from signature solar, (aptos 370w bifacials) and have gotten up about half of them. I originally only planned for a 10 panel install, but found some extra space here and there, so will probably max out at 16 or 17 panels. The remaining 3 will probably...

my parents lost power during the storms for about 24 hours -- they have propane generator backup they'd run during the day. Power was restored for them yesterday. I'm in DFW -- we got a few light showers luckily and none of the crazy stuff.

I was just wondering about this topic myself last night - as I build out my system, it looks like I'll have 2 or 3 panels left over (purchased 20) Storage wise it would be nice to leave them outside on the back porch in a shaded/covered area vs storing indoors or in the garage.

work in progress -- but functional and been putting it through it's paces the past 2 weeks. Ideally I'd have put the transfer switch right above the 2nd battery, but my main breaker panel is right on the other side (outdoors). Ran two conduits through the wall into the back of the transfer...

makes me glad all the hardware I need is sitting in my house/garage or already online. picked up 2 eg4 indoor batteries (28.6kw total) a few weeks ago, and 20 Aptos bifacial panels, I'm set for at least a decade I think :)

Now it's starting to make sense! In that I've been fiddling with it as we post back and forth here. As a test went and plugged my car in to charge extra (I have it limited to draw 16A @ 240V maximum) and I see now how the inverter logic behaves in that once you hit quick charge, all loads +_...