What's wrong with "N. Central FL"? Unless you are in Starke, then I get it....I wish I lived there
What's wrong with "N. Central FL"? Unless you are in Starke, then I get it....I wish I lived there
What's wrong with stark? (I'm not there)What's wrong with "N. Central FL"? Unless you are in Starke, then I get it....
20' isn't going to make much difference. But I still wouldn't.For the house main panel I have 2 grounding electrodes (rods) 6+ feet apart.
Then There is 20 ft between the array ground and the house ground system. These are connected along the ground via #6
Big state prison where they execute the bad guys.What's wrong with stark? (I'm not there)
Tim, my setup is in the country, and has no inspectors or codes to comply with. I do want safe though.This is what I would do.
How far apart are the two ground rods?
Distance between is what you want to avoid. Since if installed, they must be connected together.
Personally I avoid auxiliary electrodes, whenever possible.
All grounding must be tied together. How this is done is up to the installer.
Absolutely not.With no inspector looking over your shoulder, would you skip running a ground wire from the PV panels to the main breaker panel?
We have always been saying that.So are we now saying for ground mounts we are grounding the panel frames to the main grounding system of the house
yes unfortunately you have to reset the grid limiter every day, hopefully they can update this soon because im sure a lot of people would like to just set it and forget itSorry about getting off track. I am curious how the solar panels you bought are going to work out on that 12k. I was thinking about using 4 to 6 on mine, but I had planned to limit the AC side so if the sun it not bright, I just won't get as much cooling. But if too cloudy, it would not shut off, but would just have less capacity. The only thing, I was reading you have to reset the grid limiter every day? Is that what you are running into ?
I plan to use 5 370w REC panels for the 12kSorry about getting off track. I am curious how the solar panels you bought are going to work out on that 12k. I was thinking about using 4 to 6 on mine, but I had planned to limit the AC side so if the sun it not bright, I just won't get as much cooling. But if too cloudy, it would not shut off, but would just have less capacity. The only thing, I was reading you have to reset the grid limiter every day? Is that what you are running into ?
Limiter? Yes it stays on if the unit stay on but goes in and out of DC AC as far as I know. @Plum Crazy Rob ?Oh, I usually leave my garage AC on all the time unless I have the door open, so you are saying if I do not turn it off, the utility limiter should stay on. That will work out great for me. I was worried I would have to remember to reset it every day. I just have to set it when I close the door and turn it back on. Nice. I need to look into the used panels at Santan because I am only about 20 min away from their warehouse in GA. I did not realize we had a place I could get them locally.
Yep. I don't know if there will be enough output to Cool much just on the limiter though?? If you're willing to run it on AC all night anyway I think I would leave the limiter off.Yes it stays on if the unit stay on but goes in and out of DC AC as far as I know.
Installation at this point:Hey MrM1,
Is everything 100% finished now on your installation ?
Yes ... the EG4s (when done) will be able to run on the Grid, or on the SW 4024 Inverter, or just off their DC solar input, or any combo of Off grid / Grid Share / DC direct at any time. Most of the switching will be automated from my phone.I was just thinking, it seems like you said you have other solar inverters installed which is feeding the utility side of the EG4 air conditioner. I guess that would kind of make it more difficult to tell how much is actually coming from your utility for the mini splits using their app since it would not know your utility side is actually inverter fed.
Is that your set point or ?? Imagining it would go much lower from my experience..with the direct Solar, assume you're conserving your system resources at this point..cooling the house at 79F
When DC direct is finally installed it will be much lowerIs that your set point or ?? Imagining it would go much lower from my experience..with the direct Solar, assume you're conserving your system resources at this point..
So far my 3 EG4s have been flawless, but I have only ran them for a month or less (depending on which unit). In stand by (if you mean fan blowing but compressor off once at set temp) the app for the EG4s read: 24k = 40w and 12k = 0w. I think the 12k's fan runs on 15whow is that system working? and how efficient is it? i'm looking for one . i have two Senville minsplits and have had nothing but problems with them. how many watts do they use in standby mode?
You might consider bi facial panels over the deck. Let's a little light thru but acts as a filter / shadeGee that is really quite a large project. I am not sure I could handle that much at one time. My 12k was just delivered today and made it in good shape so I am kind of excited about working on my little project. The guy had some trouble getting past our live oak trees with that huge truck, haha. It was very sunny here today and yesterday, so I am scoping out where I want to put some panels. My back deck is quite hot and I am thinking about putting up what is effectively a shade trellis with panels on top so we don't get cooked out there. Plus, I would have easy access to the underside of the panels. But I have not looked into what all is required to make it code compliant and I don't know if I can do that. We will see.
Uh oh. I realized apparently NOBODY checked this , and after 6 months of using one I didn't know the answer either!! Someone please check theirs!! 120W??!! Good news is its of course 0 in Solar only DC mode. And to be clear yes it's OFF -off not fan running or some ish...how many watts do they use in standby mode?