I’ve always read the same @Lt.Dan. Anyone have additional input on the 8k, can these be paralleled?
Have you had a Sol-Ark Failure?
- Thread starter HighTechLab
- Start date
B-ManFX4
Solar Enthusiast
- Joined
- Jan 17, 2022
- Messages
- 208
The airline industry is one that would respectfully disagree with you.
As a former Blackbelt I can assure you that completed assemblies can and do strive for 6s. It's all in the data gathering and measurement systems. Toyota is another great example of a company that took the learnings from 6s and they LIVE them in everything they do in the manufacturing process - and their reputation for great quality is reflected by that philosophy. For what it is worth there are also "transactional" 6s efforts too. Microsoft has a famous use case for servers and software.Thanks for the trip down memory lane. It's been years since I've read DPMO, FMEA, Kaizen, DMAIC, R-CA, CTQ, Pareto, DoE, DFSS, etc. in anything other than a 6s book or article.
B-ManFX4
Solar Enthusiast
- Joined
- Jan 17, 2022
- Messages
- 208
Another interested in this answer. I helped my buddy install one of the 1st 8K units and have been interested in them ever since.
HighTechLab
AKA Dexter - CTO of Current Connected, LLC
- Joined
- Sep 23, 2019
- Messages
- 1,952
Are you using the Latin-America model, 8K-2P-L?
Lt.Dan
Solar Wizard
This would explain it, his Location does show Spain.
I got 3. There are no issues.
Unless Sol Ark has disabled it on the 8kw models, something I find not very probable.
Deyes manual also show all schemas and setup for paralleling.
That's not a sol-ark
Lt.Dan
Solar Wizard
So it's irrelevant to this thread.
While the SunSynk, Deye, Solark etc are all made in the same factory, looks very similar, and maybe act similar. They are NOT identical.
Lt.Dan
Solar Wizard
I was talking with @HighTechLab about it, and he reached out to Sol-Ark because there is a lot of conflicting info about it. We have confirmation from them, the 8k-2p is not available with Parallel support, but the Latin-America model does, hence why he asked above ^.
TLDR; The US models are confirmed not parallelable.
TLDR; The US models are confirmed not parallelable.
RV10flyer
Solar Wizard
- Joined
- Mar 8, 2021
- Messages
- 1,193
Two 12K’s totally off grid 17mo, 17MWH end of year one. Very happy with them.
Dongle-1ea DOA. SolArk replaced. Only connected for update.
F18 fault intermittently when starting DeWalt circular saw. Fix- I run power through a 2000W hospital ups from 12K’s then to saw.
F18 fault intermittently when starting upright vacuum. Very infrequently, so no fix.
F18/F20/F41 after lightning struck 300’ north last week. Started back up 2 minutes later. Zero of 12 SPD’s failed. “PV Overcurrent” - possibly from induction in the 8 strings.
Dongle-1ea DOA. SolArk replaced. Only connected for update.
F18 fault intermittently when starting DeWalt circular saw. Fix- I run power through a 2000W hospital ups from 12K’s then to saw.
F18 fault intermittently when starting upright vacuum. Very infrequently, so no fix.
F18/F20/F41 after lightning struck 300’ north last week. Started back up 2 minutes later. Zero of 12 SPD’s failed. “PV Overcurrent” - possibly from induction in the 8 strings.
Last edited:
NC_hydro
Solar Wizard
Definitely sounds like a HF inverter. This is why I’m choosing Victron
Nobodybusiness
Solar Sponge.
If you want it inspected then Victron won’t work.
NC_hydro
Solar Wizard
If true (or you did you mean unable to be inspect to feed to grid) that tells me they are only a moneymaking organization with the goal of slowing/preventing people from having energy independence. In any case my place is 100% off grid since 1993, 1/2mi from the grid and never had any of the rubber stamp brigade out to “bless” anything
Nobodybusiness
Solar Sponge.
It’s not UL listed therefore cannot pass inspection in NC.
Your choice. Good luck with insurance company.
NC_hydro
Solar Wizard
Haven’t had homeowners insurance since we built the place in the 1990s. You do know what they say about assumptions right? ? Appreciate the concern and heads up however, your points are definitely a concern for many and good to point out.
The new 48V Victron Multiplus II is being UL tested but is not yet available.
HighTechLab
AKA Dexter - CTO of Current Connected, LLC
- Joined
- Sep 23, 2019
- Messages
- 1,952
The 48v/3000va Multi-2 has a UL version that is out and available tested to UL 1741 std. Still doesn't pass in areas requiring UL9540 though, because it has not been tested as an ESS w/ battery.
Nobodybusiness
Solar Sponge.
I will never understand why people don’t carry homeowners.
All it takes is one accident and house is gone.
It’s not like 30 -40 years ago when building supplies were plentiful and cheap.
Are you are planning on rebuilding it yourself with cash?
A contractor will based rebuild on current market which isn’t cheap.
It’s your risk obviously but I wouldn’t leave my retirement home up to chance.
Is this a typical vacuum requiring ~1000W power running off 2 SolArk 12K's?
These types of issues seem to be fixed in the 15k. I wonder what exactly fixed it.
Last edited:
NC_hydro
Solar Wizard
It's what people did for hundreds and thousands of years before modern slavery (debt culture) became a thing.
We have a sawmill so much of the cost is eliminated.
Yes
Generously speaking there is maybe 1 in 1000 contractors out there I would trust. Why pay more for shoddy workmanship when you can do it right yourself.
Indeed for now at least we all have a choice.
Nobodybusiness
Solar Sponge.
When houses didn’t cost what they did now and replacement cost weren’t 100x the original building cost.
If you want To rebuild a home well into your retirement from scratch that’s on you.
Because you have some wood is not the major % of the home unless you live in a cabin with zero amenities.
Not to mention all the solar, wiring, piping and other miscellaneous requirements required for a home.
All to not spend $100 a month or less for insurance.
Similar threads
