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I'm talking about hardware efficiency, the generation and conversion processes. It's easier to step down than to step up? There used to be a few guys on youtube that used both systems LV vs HV and the points I made is what they found to be true. And, it's cheaper in both materials and ongoing...

I know they are making commercial grade equipment but they are missing a growing market and IMHO the future of residential solar. If they could get packages available for the inverters with a epanel without all the breakers and battery units easy to install they'd be direct competitors for some...

Some advantages to HV that I can think of. 1. Equipment runs cooler making it more efficient and overall performance should improve along with lifespan. Less fan noise since it's running cooler which should mean less idle consumption. Seems like surge performance would also improve since you...

Are those not all AC coupled...where you have to have a grid connection? I could care less about selling back and I want my system to work if the grid is down. With the way the world is right now I don't want to rely on a grid for things to function.

A few more questions. Rosie has a five year warranty right? This new AIO has ten? Why? It would appear Rosie is a superior inverter made in the USA? How does the surge compare between the two? Finally, why does any inverter I can find that has 100A pass through relays are AIO? I thought Rosie...

I'm not sure, I'm looking for more info on this myself. From what I heard they are easier to configure in HV application for some reason. I think they are more resilient on internal balancing. You can also charge them in freezing temps without damage and discharge to zero without any degradation...

I'm only aware of Sandi and Aims for us DIY folks. The others like what outback and schneider have on the market are only AC coupled so they do not work without the grid. They're are a few guys running the sandi inverters, they are low frequency and built like a tank and are industrial quality...

Current thought by some running HV is that sodium ion batteries will resolve some of these concerns. Thoughts?

This is why they make active balancers, in fact there's HV 10A 15A ones that are on the market now. There's too many pros to HV to not move forward in the industry.

Do you guys ever plan on releasing any of your inverters with high voltage DC input for the battery side? It seems like there's a little movement in the market for this but it's so slow. Aims has one with I believe 300V input now. I'm not sure on the Schneider home but they said high voltage...

The new ones last for a year or two before you have to call up home depot and go through days of back and forth with their India call center and Apu to get them to honor the warranty. Most times they will send out a tech to try and fix it a few times and each time it's a week or weeks before...

Speed Queens are awesome, do they still make the no boards ones with a agitator?

The old kenmore and whirlpool ones in avocado green and harvest gold that still work today. The street lights dim a little when they come on but they still work. The washing machines that you didn't have to wash twice or flush the tolite multiple times...the good ole days. I blame disposable...

I have no idea about this storm but I grew up in Dallas and we got golf ball size often and sometimes baseball size hail.

LOL....that's what came to my mind. "Slightly cracked with some snail trails."

I thought panels were more resilient? I'm about to start looking at panels and live around Texas / Oklahoma border so I want good panels that have decent hail resistance. Any brands or special certifications to look for on panels for this?

I think what I meant to say was it pulls from the grid to make up for any deficits.

Doesn't the xwpro and outback do this to..switch to the grid if needed?

I'd be interested to hear from folks in AZ, TX, OK etc that have them in their garage without any cooling in August to see how they perform. Right now that's my only option is the garage and since it gets to probably 110F in the summer it's a huge concern for me both performance and safety wise.

Google says the Lithium batteries shouldn't see over 70F/ish ambient temps. What are you suppose to do if you live in Texas or similar where the summer gets 105F. Do any of you have the batteries in the garage or shed that isn't air conditioned? I wanted to get a couple to run a small inverter...

And, thanks to wide open borders,no vetting, it's about to get a whole lot worse on every level.

I hope current connect starts carrying Schneider equipment soon. I'd rather buy from them seeing how good they have been treating customers.

SS is the allieexpress of solar..they just want to sell the product, collect the money and be done with it instead of building a full service respectable company. Look at current connect...much newer company with less employees it appears and they have a stellar reputation because they seem to...

Dam they still playing this rerun for three years now every month.

Thanks Bruce...I didn't see that.

It's not listed..I didn't see it either.

Dam, it starts your well pump? I like the idea of one of these for their price point. You've seem to have had good luck with them. But from what I've read today and a little web surfing it seems like only some people get as lucky as you with long term durability. Maybe it just their newer stuff...

I was looking at the Schneider one below and it's Victron counterpart. https://www.solar-electric.com/schneider-electric-sw-conext-inverter-4048-120.html https://www.solar-electric.com/victron-multiplus-ii-inverter-charger-48-3000-35-50-120vac.html They have a AIO version but I'm debating...

Thanks for your input..this is all off of your LV 6048?

Thanks bro for the input...much appreciated.

The are 24.0 cubic feet..bought them a few years ago so they are energy star models and use about 100W running, reported by another user, not sure about startup surge. I plan on having three deep freezers and the fridge in the house. The house fridge is old but says it uses 200W. But, I'd like...

Thanks for your input. After thinking about it and some of the responses ..It's a foolish decision to use a cheap solution to power food refrigeration.

Who would have thunk that selling cheap crap coupled with poor customer service and arrogance would ruin ones name and reputation over time?

Yes..yes they did.

Maybe they will send @Will Prowse one to test out and review for us.