timselectric
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Again, I'm not saying that you can't work around the situation.
I would prefer to not have a situation that needs to be worked around.
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I would prefer to not have a situation that needs to be worked around.
Partimewages
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2 cents. What are you going to do when the factory screen fails outside? I would much rather have a $50 tablet that I have to replace. Or the old plug in type with usb.
The issue is software compatibility if it is a native app. If it was simply a web based interface there would be no issue.
timselectric
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If still under warranty, have it replaced.
If not, replace it yourself.
If a replacement can't be found, regret the purchase.
Adam De Lay
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It's supposed to be "field serviceable" so you can just replace the screen.
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MidNite might even keep the product around for like 100 years if their other products are anything to go on.. so parts might still be available for a while.
Midnite Solar Announced their new 10kw AIO at Intersolar Today
If you have an off-grid system with RSD, you need a dark start battery anyway. To do otherwise would be foolish (we can debate whether someone true blooded off-grid would kowtow to installing RSD) You can use a dark start battery to charge your phone or laptop. Also, don't a lot of technicians...
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Quattrohead
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Eh ?
InTheHills
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I dont have the tablet connected to the internet so it cant autoupdate. If it works today then it will work tomorrow.
But of course there will always be something.... a person could trip over their dog, break a foot and not even be able to walk to where the equpiment is located. This may have happened to me a couple years ago
@Dave911 can you expand this statement? Think many have opposing views and would be good to have this information.
OffGridForGood
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Did this ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Inverters connect to a LAN (next door at the Solar Power Plant) via Solar Assistant,
put the cheap tablet on the wall in the laundry room in the house on a wall wart plug,
tablet only connects to the LAN,
The Official Solar Power Tester can see the SOC and incoming solar on the tablet,
50% SOC and some sun = green light for big loads like electric Dryer.
Internet is not required.
Bonus feature:
out of town last week,
text message comes in 'would like to plan laundry tomorrow but looks like rain all day, SOC 58% now'
I go to my smart plug settings - click schedule, for the smart-plug that controls the "on" relay control for the EG4 Chargverter, set it to close relay during off peak ToU overnight for a few hours,
text message back - "tomorrow will be no problem for laundry"
all good.
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Isnt the entire point of DIY to find solutions to situations?
It seems like a person who wants to hang a dozen Growatts on the wall would be ok with putting a tablet on the wall too
zanydroid
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So how’s the discussion on the MidNite forum/other forums?
With the lack of YouTube marketing there’s only the two videos and this unwieldy thread. I feel like MidNite needs to hire an EE or technical writing grad student to summarize this thread
Or maybe there will be a couple of build threads next within a few months
With the lack of YouTube marketing there’s only the two videos and this unwieldy thread. I feel like MidNite needs to hire an EE or technical writing grad student to summarize this thread
Or maybe there will be a couple of build threads next within a few months
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Im pretty sure MNS has the Tech guys... what they need is a Marketing Guy.So how’s the discussion on the MidNite forum/other forums?
With the lack of YouTube marketing there’s only the two videos and this unwieldy thread. I feel like MidNite needs to hire an EE or technical writing grad student to summarize this thread
Or maybe there will be a couple of build threads next within a few months
Brucey
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Give me a company with 5 tech guys and zero marketing versus 4 marketers and one poor bastard in the back handling all the engineering anyday imo.
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timselectric
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I have several tablets mounted around the property, to view my system on Solar Assistant.Isnt the entire point of DIY to find solutions to situations?
It seems like a person who wants to hang a dozen Growatts on the wall would be ok with putting a tablet on the wall too
But, that's a convenience. Not a requirement for the inverter to function or be accessible.
Everything in my system can stand on its own.
Solar Assistant just makes it more convenient.
What if the solution is to just buy a different inverter?Isnt the entire point of DIY to find solutions to situations?
It seems like a person who wants to hang a dozen Growatts on the wall would be ok with putting a tablet on the wall too
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I agree.... But having a marketing guy or even a company doing it on a contract could conceivably lead to more sales, more income, more longeveity.
Brucey
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In the case of Midnite at least they take a long time between products. They aren't producing a different inverter each year etc. They have the aio, and then the Rosie/Barcelona/hawkes bay seperates for the off gridders, where the most you have to lift is 41 pounds for the Rosie.
The b17 has been in the works for nearly 10 years I think. Slow and steady, no mass public beta testing. Just how it should be.
The mismarketing of this inverter has been extremely frustrating.
There is not even a video from midnite itself about the inverter. The thing is for sale and They haven't even created their own marketing video!
Sadly , very sadly, I feel that this inverter could go the way of the Rosie. High spec, owned by only a handful of people.
Also, does midnite have exclusivity with Senergy? If someone else like eg4 starts importing a similar version at a lower price point then it would for sure be the death knell for the mn1.
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That could be a good thing if they are improving the existing product
They still have "coming soon" features on the Rosie that still haven't come. You still can't use CTs with them.
If I were off grid I'd rather lift a 137lb sunny island or victron quattro than a 41lb Rosie. That's a selling point against the Rosie
Don't hold your breath.
Brucey
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I don't think I've ever seen more weight listed as a positive for an inverter. More weight for shipping, more weight for mounting, more likelihood of injuries.
It's one of the first things I look at when I look at an inverter spec sheet. If one inverter is 2x the weight of another one, why? More cooling, more capacitors? Heavier transformer?
Brucey
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HF silicon versus old school jumbo transformer/h-bridge design.
Completely different design philosophies.
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