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AB205: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB205 This is state law now. "Income" mentioned 39 times in the bill (CTL-F). Here's one: "The bill would require the fixed charge to be established on an income-graduated basis, as provided, with no fewer...

Pretty sure it will be by address...as in Apartment #, street address, etc.

I'm in SCE-land. Yes, this snuck up on me this week with a phone popup. AB205 is the enabling legislation...signed by pretty boy (and sadly for those who don't know him, me thinks our next prez) last fall. Mandates "at least" 3 income ranges. We will get smacked with at least the middle...

Update...just before the holidays I got my old 60A PWM up in parallel. Happy that I did that, and everything seems to be ok. I have a clamp current meter and read about 35% of the Victron MPPT current going into the battery w/the PWM. I know there's other ways to calculate input amperage...

Well, my original issue was "clipping" of the charge current @50A (which is what my Victron 100/50 does) and both respondents suggested buying another charge controller... adding a Victron in parallel, or a MPPT charge controller with higher current rating. That got me to thinking about...

Hey thank you, Checkthissout...I had looked on Amazon but didn't find this one. I will keep this one in mind, but it does put out a constant output voltage (and the 1 star reviews for the high power unit not too appealing). For sure I don't think I could build for this low a cost. If need...

Before I respond to criticism, I will put out my call for help if anyone has experience designing/building the following: DC to DC converter with about 50 amps @ nominal 24 V DC input and 100 amps output @ nominal 12 V and with the output voltage following proportionally the input voltage. If...

Here's what I've got: Victron 100/50 SCC Xantrex Freedom X 2000 W 12 volt (recent upgrade from 600 Xantrex PSW) Hodge podge of panels all with very close Vmpp as configured (some 12 V in 2S and some 24 V) so array voltage ~36 V (Vmpp). Note that I bought panels with the Vmpp within a +/- 0.2...

It is on my "to do" list to check out the device I bought with my minifridge sooner than later. I am installing my new inverter but will continue to have capability to run either or both and thus I will give my 600 W Xantrex PSW a go to see if it will start my fridge with and without that...

I did buy a Xantrex Freedom X 2000 W (4000W for 2 seconds) and am 90% completed on installation. 2/0 cabling replacing 4 AWG, etc. Won't be utilizing the ATS (keeping my 600 W inverter on that in a parallel system) but bought a different ATS system that has a mechanical make/break so will not...

og_dave: Well the circuit came but now on a back burner as I went with a 2000W /4000W surge (2 seconds) Xantrex Freedom X. In the process of installing that now and a complete reinstall of all other equipment (2/0 cabling for from 4 AWG for instance). Turns out I finally got around to reading...

I'm looking for similar approach as I want to have backup for a small freezer and small fridge in case of grid down for extended periods. Primary goal is to replace my 600W PSW Xantrex with as low a PSW inverter wattage as possible. Similar to your reasoning. I posted yesterday on the MOES ATS...

Well I guess it would...but manual (more like a multipage brochure...JITA 300AH btw) says "discharge protection voltage" is 10.0 - 10.8. Also says "Cycle Life" >2000 cycles at 100% DoD and up to 5000 cycles at 80% DoD. Why I've set to 12.2 V with my MOES ATS to get as long a life as possible...

Bear with me on this post...covers two topics... So issue may be rapid cycling, or could be inductive loads...still not convinced either way. If you see my previous posts on this thread I've had no issues with this ATS. I also (up to now) only ever run a relatively small inductive load (190...

I obtained one of these last month and so far so good. I think that what you should have done is to discharge and charge each battery (fully) independently and then validate/verify that each rest voltage is within a certain range. Pretty sure this is SOP for wiring up series, parallel, or...

not sure what luck I'm looking for. Per my previous posts I did install the moes (and also the surge surpressor mentioned above). Previous to that I'd run a home brew circuit that performed the same function as the moes but it didn't have variable set points. With essentially no load on your...

Hey...thx for quick response! I don't have that display device in the shunt pic but did recently pick up that current probe as I mentioned above. I'd previously used two wires with alligator clips coming from the 6 gauge wire (PV combiner box to SCC) and about 1' apart. My own version of a...

Hey Mark...searched on C60 as that is what I have. Are you on LiFePo4 batteries? Also, curious if you measured your PV array current at no load into your battery (as in 75 Amps in). I was under the impression that anything over 60 Amps gets dumped into the heat sinks. I recently bought a...

Hi DLK...I realize this is now a one year old thread but can you let me know if you stayed with the C60 (or did you buy a MPPT) if/when you went to LiFePO4 batteries? If you did, what settings do you use. I have the C60 as well and will most likely be going the LFP route this year but want to...

That makes you NEM 1.0. When (month/year) did you get forced over to late afternoon peak rates? Did you look to see if going back to tiered made more sense? Seems like you have a ton of production/storage unless you put a lot of miles on your EVs. I recently read ~3.5 kWh/10 miles. That sure...

Funny reply, Bently. I share your sentiment on Ca! (BTW, best to call your utility to make the tiered thing work if you're NEM 1.0). Ampster...Yes, I know the difference between NEM and rates. Very, very well. Yes, with one of the IOUs. This post was for primarily early NEM 2.0 folks as I...

If this is covered elsewhere, please advise. I did look...and did find several NEM 3.0 threads and read through most but posting here to "cut to the chase" for those on NEM 2.0 that are unaware of the consequence of what will happen to your bill when you transition. Those contemplating going...

Just got back from HD with a Commercial Electric (brand) single outlet surge protector. Same model # can be found in Defiant brand. $10. Model # YLCT-29. Rated to 1000 Joules. I removed the three screws to take a look and it seems very well built including what looks like 10 or 12 gauge wires...

I don't believe this is a surge protector. It seems to me more like it will open the circuit if the voltage or current is above or below the user set voltages/currents. Seems like a special application device for instance in an industrial setting, especially for a continuously "on" load that...

Just realized I hadn't answered your second question. My understanding of the MOS varistors is that they will degrade over time but I think it's a number of surges times the magnitude of surges. In other words the lower the surge power that is handled the longer they last. Apparently with a...

As I previously wrote (and to date nobody has commented nor refuted) I think the inverter damage most likely occurring when switching from grid to inverter. Yes, could be a very simple solution unless it's an overcurrent event. This device is set up for over-voltage (clamping, ie send the...

Here's a ~$10 Belkin with a tear down and schematic. Looking at the schematic (which doesn't include the LED circuitry) it looks to me as if the protection could/should work in either direction...so why not plug this into inverter and then the MOES into this? Wouldn't even need to hack this at...

Still looking for what is inside the Square D device above but here's a tear down of a European surge protector. Educational at least!

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Yellow-Jacket-2-ft-12-3-SJTW-In-Line-GFCI-Heavy-Duty-Cord-with-Multi-Outlet-3-Power-Light-Block-2816/204667716?MERCH=REC-_-searchViewed-_-NA-_-204667716-_-N& Edit: Just realized this is only 1/2 the wattage you need. Your need for 110 VAC or 220 VAC? IF 110 VAC...

So 80 Watts x 24 hours is just under 2 kWh. How many days does it need to run if you have no sun? I'm going to do the math for three sunless day and thus you will need to have storage of about 6 kWh. That means a pretty expensive battery. It seems LiFePo4 (lithium) has come down in price...

I don't know what kind of inverter he has but mine (600 W PSW Xantrex) had a GFI circuit that had similar behavior. Figures that if Line and Neutral don't switch (as in at the exact same time) within the time allocated then the GFI tripped. The outlet just like one in a bathroom and needed the...

Close...but "recovery" voltage (as in rest voltage with no load connected to battery) is going to be both a function of the load power and where you are on the discharge curve (ie DOD). I'm surprised that it jumps "instantly" unless you still have your panels engaged? But I haven't performed...

Ok...but I suggest you still do the test I suggested unless your goal is 0% DOD.

If you are there when it's going back and forth then fine assuming it's at least a few seconds between switching...but if not it could literally be switching back and forth quite rapidly...generating a big beating on your inverter(s). Were these the settings you used when your other inverters...