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First let me explain my whole system so you can see the whole picture. I have since 1983 had 2 4x8 solar hot water panels south facing on my roof is what's know to us old timers as a drain back system . That is when its gets cold or in my case nearly every night on a timer its drains down so it...

Seems to be lots of Sol-Ark questions these days How can I do this or will my inverter do that- I suggest calling them as they have top notch phone tecs The number is on the front page of your Manuel-here it is Phone 972-575-8875 extension #2 for tec support they have always been straight up...

I have two Hab 3 versions of the kilovaualts and a newer Hab 4 version all from alt-e. These are 7.5 kw LifePO batteries These are connected to one another with communication cables-the 3s worked fine with each other-the 4 has never communicated with eth 3s.We are working thru an exchange now...

Well after 2.5 years of trouble free service my 12kw Sol-Arc died two days ago. Its boxed up and shipping out to Texas for repair or replacement. They got to the bottom of this in one day (great techs) I love their phone support Been a bad week for me as My new Hab 4 battery also has never...

I have 2 of these batteries the past 18 months and am adding one more tghis next week. They are hooked up to a Sol-arc 12kw hybrid inverter . Right now they discharge down to 30% and then recharge off solar daily. The inverter will only let them go down to 30%. The 30% has worked very well for...

I got this up and running on November 3rd 2020 with one 7.5kw Hab 2 Kilovolt battery-from alt-e store-actually picked it up in Ukiah Ca as they have a west coast warehouse there. That battery had screen issues soon afterwards and they gave me a new Hab 3 version in the spring so I also bought...

Any Tigo app users here.??? Is thier app any good ?and are you happy with that data? Does it show each panel in real time well as far as outputs?

To activate or Not ? that is the question I bought 24 Tigo TS4-A-O optimizers for my existing array of 24 panels thinking that winter sun hitting the ground mount array is slowly moving at sunrise arcross array shading 1/2 and dead of winter tree shade midday etc thae may help production ...

Here are the details of my 24 x400 9600 watt jinko panel system. I started with a solar assessment tool for the site Its a handy device loaned out from a local energy supplier. Our side hill was a perfect south facing site. Due to the slope I also slanted it a bit to the west a few degrees. We...

As I mentioned in the solar water column I have had solar hot water system since about 1982. I have worked as a plumber and an electrician -both of these skills I learned in the 80s. I have moved this system twice on my roof over time. One was a major remodel the others as a 50 year of install...

I have a functioning older drain back direct water system. Two 4x8 panels on roof facing south. The loop feeds a Rheem 80 gallon solar aid tank and then feeds out Rheem natural gas water heater. The drain down valve is a sunspool (factory burned down long ago) I put in this sytem in 82 if I...

In 2020 we decided to build our own system -My neighbor had done his system himself as well so I got some info and ideas from him-he did not get a permit and pirated it in with zero grid power return to grid (uses the Sol -Arc limiters) I took a solar class about 12 years ago at local collage...