ImAnIdiotPleaseBePatient
Solar Enthusiast
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So my Florida home is getting slowly closer to its completion date, and I have a pretty competitively priced install for 35kw of solar installed with iq8s and Qcells, but I really don't want to pay for their proprietary battery system, so I've been debating about ways to remedy this with Solarks/GSL/Lux (looking like probly solarks). The issue I am running into on designing the system is that a single Solark only takes in 19.2kw through it's gen port for AC coupling. With two Solarks in parallel, can you "split" the input from the iq8's into both Solarks (maybe a breaker for each off of the enphase box or something), thereby giving you a total of 38.4kw of AC coupling?
If not, I was considering just doing 19.2kw worth of iq8+, AC coupling that to a single Solark (or two in parallel), and possibling adding some DC coupled solar down the road. Just trying to make sure I don't make any huge mistakes before I pull the trigger on the grid tied system. I'd love to do it all myself (new metal roof so I can use those neat non-penetrating racking systems), but Florida requires a licensed contractor to get grid-tied.
Any info or ideas would be awesome! Would like to do as much as I can myself once the grid-tie is approved.
If not, I was considering just doing 19.2kw worth of iq8+, AC coupling that to a single Solark (or two in parallel), and possibling adding some DC coupled solar down the road. Just trying to make sure I don't make any huge mistakes before I pull the trigger on the grid tied system. I'd love to do it all myself (new metal roof so I can use those neat non-penetrating racking systems), but Florida requires a licensed contractor to get grid-tied.
Any info or ideas would be awesome! Would like to do as much as I can myself once the grid-tie is approved.
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