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I'm in the process of researching something different for our 20 year old well pump than the standard 3-wire 1HP that's in there now. I found this interesting other's might as well. "Well", see what I did there? :rolleyes::ROFLMAO: I can show myself out...

https://batteryhookup.com/products/new-12-8v-30ah-lifepo4-battery-series-12-24-36-48v BMS is rated at 65a for 2 seconds. Any thoughts on what it might rated at for a 1/2 second or an even shorter time? I'm thinking about using it for my tractor's starter battery which hits 220 amps for a...

Daylight savings is back to costing an me hour of decent production. Yesterday, 5.5 kW of my solar was in the shade until noon but today it's in the shade until 1PM. Just burns me everytime this happens.

Giving very serious consideration to getting a robotic lawn mower. I've got a ~1 acre yard with steep enough hills that I really shouldn't be taking my ZTR on. My ZTR only has a few more years of trouble-free service if I'm lucky and I've been daydreaming about an electric mower to replace it...

Pretty sure this is a member. @Ptom? Great run down in a short period.

I'm not saying you should buy this but if there was no talking you out of small wind this would be quite the set up. If you could get it for not much more than the opening bid it would be hard to pass up. It will be a major undertaking to remove and move it. If it was closer I'd be taking a...

My local NPR just ran this story that I found pretty interesting. Not surprising to me at all but still it's something you might consider sharing with your friends and family who are asking you about going solar with someone that knocked on thier door or who bought them and 30 others suckers a...

$1,500 each OBO Local pickup preferred of course but would be willing ship. If that's an out of line price please feel free to thoughtfully advise. There is also 2 functioning Trace 4024 inverters. There's 3rd one that I think works but haven't tested it. They will all be for sale. These...

Looking to replace the questionably maintained FLA lead acid batteries salvaged from a DC Solar Trailer. Sunny Island has a built in shunt for monitoring FLA batteries SOC and adjusting charge parameters as needed. As far as I can tell it does pretty good. If someone was going to ditch FLA...

I'm sure it's a simple box to check or uncheck but I can't find it. Totally off grid site that I help maintain and I really need to see it. The only Victron kit is the Smart Shunt and a Cerbo GX. Sunny Island inverters, Midnite and OutBack MPPT's. It was collecting data and populating the...

You pay shipping or pick up. It was given to me and I have no use for it but would rather not throw it away. 12v only. Used. I just did some testing prior to tossing it. Motorized hatch door works but the fan won't turn on in AUTO or MANUAL mode. The fan itself works when I wire around the...

Does anyone have a recommendation for a 12v motion sensor? I started off with 3 of these from amazon. Lasted 3 weeks then one failed and within 2 days the others failed. Yes, I wired them properly, voltage and amperage are well within spec. Worked amazingly well right up until the time they...

Any ideas on how to get at least 30 but preferably 100 amps @ ~2.5 V? Background: I have a 48v FLA lead acid bank made up of individual 2V cells rated a 1104 AH. About a year ago I found one of those cells with a substantially lower SG reading of just over 1 when all of the other cells were...

2v cell from a 23 yr old 48v FLA battery still alive in the wild. Doing well actually. Last May (~8 months ago) I found this cell way under spec compared to his 23 counterparts. Pulled it, then wired around it, reprogrammed my inverter. Left alone until a few weeks ago. SG read was just over...

Before daylight savings part of my PV is fully shaded until noon. Now that it's daylight savings it's not in the sun until 1PM. Sucks to lose an hour of production, especially in the middle of the day.

This is under the Chit Chat zone so cool your jets. Anyone else with an iPhone on Visible unable to get texts back from Androids? Visible will only offer the standard answers "restart your phone, install the latest firmware, etc"

Thought I'd post something I found today. Customer called to say thier SunnyBoy inverter hadn't been producing for a few days and the breaker feeding the inverter feeding the was tripped... Uh-oh. I get there and find the Midnite SPD looking like it had some unplanned fun. Pulled it off the...

There's a select few of you that are here for no reason other than to pick fights. You know who you are. Please stop picking fights for no other reason than to ridicule people, you're ruining this forum for those of us that here to here to learn and help others when we can. Be of value or...

2/5/2023 Plans changed for a customer, so we have four 48V 100AH SOK server rack batteries left over from a recent project. Unused and in original boxes. Boxes were opened only inspect and batteries were turned on to make sure they work. They are all fine. $1600 each and no shipping. $50...

If you can't find a spec sheet like this for the wind turbine you're looking at then please take a serious pause before you spend any money. The most important consideration for any wind turbine is swept area. Bottom line is that a wind turbine with a ~60" diameter cannot make more power or...

My old boss put up a video. Not sure why I never paid attention to him back then.

Well this is embarrassing but it is my first time touching multiple server rack batteries. I'm sure it's right in front of my nose but I can't find it in the manual on CC's website or any of the YouTube Videos on Current Connected' s channel. All I've found is the Sol-Ark will plug into the CAN...

There's a lot people who are just hours away from a dangerous situation should thier power go out in the winter. Many of them are friends and family who live in an all electric standard subdivision house or apartment building. What advice do we give them? Keep in mind these people don't have...

Does anyone have any easy tips for fixing the pesky prone to fail buttons on the Outback MX60? I'm talking about the predecessor to the Flex max 60. I've got two units with useless buttons. Or does anyone know of an alternative to the pricey Outback Mate Programming tool? I can use it in lieu...

I know it's not solar but it is a critical part of the entire energy system of our house. It allows us to heat our home and shop off grid with impressive comfort for less than 2 kWh per day plus a few arm loads a day of wood for the boiler. Around 4,300 ft2 total area that it's heating plus...

Many already know that the SQFlex is the solar pump that all other pumps want to be when they grow up. TIC If you can get over it's price tag you'll never regret it. I recently bumped into a lower priced alternative sold by people who also sell SQFlex's. Check out the SPFlex at the Solar...

We've got a dead Midnite Classic 250. A new one is going to run around $700 or more and I'd still be limited to ~63amps and one 250V MPPT. It got me to wondering about the pros and cons of spending a few hundred more dollars on a 48V AIO with two ~500V MPPT channels. I don't need to the...

Just in case you hadn't seen this newest piece on Pink Energy (was Power Home Solar). Not sure where to put this. Admins please move if needed.

A long time ago I bought the place next to me and ended up with an extra well. It's been sitting there doing nothing for years but a few months ago it occurred to me that it would be fun to do a solar water pumping project with that well. I've inspected the static water level several times at...

I want a battery that works, not a new hobby. What I mean by that is that I am stunned everyday by the number of "my battery refuses to work with my inverter" of vice versa, etc posts. Initially I'll be using my existing 23 year old Trace SW4048 battleships but will likely move towards a...

This was my weekend project. 6 x 535w bifacial modules on the patio outside my office door. A local surplus place had a few hundred kw of them at 40 cents/watt. Still working on what I'm going to do with them. I already have a little bit bit over 15kW of other modules which takes me to net zero.

Can anyone recommend a heat pump water heater on today's market that is worth buying? Not sure where to post this so I'll put here. Admins, please move if needed. We don't have an appliance forum, right? After spending just a few minutes reading the reviews on Home Depot and Lowes it's...

I'm getting ready to do a solar water pump at my place but would like to avoid the standard top of pole mount. I'll start off with two ~400 watt modules mounted on structure that I could eventually turn into a greenhouse for my wife. Something like this ATV carport is catching my eye. I'd...

Today is Earth Overshoot Day 2022 but unlike many "days" it's not one to celebrate. I just recently heard about this. Subconsciously I knew it was there but actually seeing the details was a real gut punch. https://www.overshootday.org/

Has anybody else tried to get support from SMA in the last month or so? Something seems terribly lacking with thier support. I can't get a simple question answered about which version of firmware I need to run their cellular modem. Yes, I've searched thier documentation high and low but...