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but as you can see in the picture I have a check valve right after the cistern and I am wondering if this is needed?

Do I even need a check valve?

For reference, change out this check valve for a much less PSI one, require less PSI to open it.

Hey guys I am back (to this message board) I was just researching my pump and on Home Depot I came across the question and answer section. Someone asked this. A: RobertB - This pump does not come with a check valve. Some people do add one, but it is not required. -GP Support So, if anyone...

One more question, maybe I should make a new thread. I really want my solar to be on a gazebo (pretty big one). The only issue with this is it isn't permitted, Green Lancer charged us $1500 to draw up prints to make it pass inspection. The amount of work required is crazy, we were told we...

It isn’t 100% fool proof I understand. But I still won’t need to let my electric company know, right? Or is it necessary for them to know?

Thanks, I have been watching a lot of YouTube videos, I will just keep searching until I plug in the right keywords to find the best videos, thanks everyone for the help

I have been researching away on auto transfer switches and manual switches etc. it seems most these switches, switch when losing grid power, makes sense. My question is, with the EG4 or any other hybrid, is it smart enough, am I able to tell it to pull from solar first, then battery, then the...

gotcha, makes sense, thank you

Thank you I will start looking into this, So I don't need a building permit for the roof then, is that correct if it is under 10kw?

Thank you for all the good info. Yes I am stuck with NEM 3.0. We rarely if ever have power outages so we are not worried about that. We are on the same line as the local Hospital. Even if we have a power outage I am ok with that. Our goal is to eliminate paying PG&E, our goal was and still is...

Our electric bill is around $5,000 a year. The heat is on gas, so it isn't from winter heating. Yeah our AC cycles on and off and it is a newer unit so not something we are looking to replace anytime soon. I will keep my eyes peeled for good deals on here. Yeah from just hanging out here and...

Thank you, yes I am in California as my main resident, I will change my profile. I am not really in a rush to install solar, it was my girlfriends idea and we had this "Solar Guy" do some non Solar work for us in the past and he gave us a really good install quote. This is the only reason we...

My current situation is - my solar installer wasn't familiar / still isn't familiar with Nem 3.0 (where us consumers get pennies on the dollar back feeding to our electric company). Because of this he sold us a Solaredge system explaining how we would have a close to 0 electric bill. Upon...

I don't want to complicate things, so if I can get my current Solaredge system to work and do an AC coupling, I am fine with that, unless someone on here tells me it isn't a good idea, or waste of money. Like I said, I have the system here, but it isn't installed. I only want to do this once...

thanks for your help! I based it on NEM 3.0 and being mostly independent from PG&E, EG4 inverter and 2 Power pro batteries is only 13k. The installer I had was going to do this for 6k. Plus I need solar panels and the mounting, so under 25k... I have been collection my questions and researching...

I don't even have the solar panels yet, I only have the inverter and optimizers, they aren't installed.

No I haven't tried Nextdoor, believe it or not, I am trying to work out things with my current Solar person who sold me on the Solaredge system.

some quotes I get, it isn't even worth going Solar, will be much closer to 12 years break even, not worth it.

I already have an installer who is NOT bright and why I am researching EVERYTHING myself, yes I will be on NEM 3.0 and I can break even in 5 years

what does SolarEdge / Enphase is installed from F tier up to premium mean?

So that is what I have right now, but was told it is a hassle to make it work with batteries, so I am trying to have him refund me.

The last person that was here sold us on a Solaredge SE10000H-US Single Phase 1000 W Inverter

thanks for the info. I really need the house on full backup at night and ran off the batteries. PG&E doesn't give much of a credit to back feed to them.

Yeah my number 2 choice was Solark 15k

I asked if he was familiar with the system and he responded with "yes"

He said "WIth self consumption your batteries backfeed to the grid to offset your usage when the solar isn't producing"

I am a little confused and I hope you guys can help me out. The installer is telling me there are 3 options, full backup, partial backup and self consumption. Is self consumption installed differently then full backup and partial backup? I am looking to get a system for my California house...

Well I mean, there is ample water all around, can always go to the ocean, or I would comp them a gym membership for the day(s) to shower there.

Well, they don't lose power and water ALL the time, but they lose it SOMETIMES, where I am it isn't frequent at all since I am in the Tourist part, BUT IT DOES happen.

Yes the cistern would run out of water if I opened all the valves in the apartment. Cisterns are very common in Puerto Rico because people lose power and water all the time. When taking a shower I said I was getting about 25% of the pressure vs 100% pressure with the booster. I agree, only time...

I estimate a propane system for the 6 apartments to cost anywhere from 20k to 50k, so yeah I agree a big ticket item. I wouldn't mind putting just my place on batteries but I lack space for the batteries and space for solar panels, so it would be hard and even harder to get the batteries I want...

It would just make a weird electrical noise like it was locked up. At that time I had my girlfriends brother with me. He told me it went bad, I believe we took showers and ran water a good day before we replaced it. So that is why I will find out if I have enough pressure once I install a...

You have a very good point and I totally understand, I would like to think that I have used just the force of the cistern many times before replacing the unit. I pressure tank finally would not turn on. I understand that your saying that it could have had pressure this entire time and I have...