SHOW ME YOUR MEGAWATTS!

[OffGridInTheCity]

Off-grid w/grid assist, 13kw PV array, 121kwh battery, and 2 x 12,000w inverters in Southern Oregon....


Since 2018...
- Have produced.... 70MWh PV which has yielded 59MWh from the inverters over 1,594 charge/discharge cycles.
- Maintenance = 1 x Inverter and 3 x ATS replacements so far.

Solar really works! and the operation/maintenance is not that bad.

 

[RV10flyer]

17MWh in last year off grid. No power bill. No generator needed.

 

[svetz]

Solar really works! and the operation/maintenance is not that bad.

What are you doing for maintenance? 99.8% of my maintenance time is spent yakking on these forums ; -)
The other 0.2% is looking into anything I got an email on (my system sends me emails if it thinks anything is off).

 

[fromport]

Just my one fronius string inverter (that I moved along from my previous location)
When I moved into this house in 2016, there wasn't any solar.
So the "to grid" reading of the smart meter was 0, and there was already a reading on the usage part up to that point: 39735 kWh
Currently my smart meter reads:
From grid: 79516 kWh
To grid: 73884 kWh
In a few months my meter will have more on the "to grid" indication then on the "from grid"

Delta in 7 years:
From grid: 39781 kWh
To grid: 73884 kWh this is just what I exported in 7 years (technically 6.5). It had to generate a lot more for that ;-)

 

[Ampster]

My first year with this system I produced 12 mWhs and with two EVs used it all and then some. However because of TOU rates I only had a minimal bill at True Up.

 

[Rocketman]

On my MotorHome I have generated 1.783Mw. We full-time.
Started with 800w array, added another 400w, reciently overpanel it to 600w, so we have 1400w of panels and 1140w of SCC throughput.

 

[PunchySunshine]

We just clicked our first Megawatt. We've got 4kW of PV split between two EG4 6500s that powered up November 8th 2022. 462.5 kWh on 2p1 and 571kWh on 2p2 totals to 1033.5 kWh! Woot Woot!

 

[OffGridInTheCity]

What are you doing for maintenance? 99.8% of my maintenance time is spent yakking on these forums ; -)
The other 0.2% is looking into anything I got an email on (my system sends me emails if it thinks anything is off).

Maint Issues:
1) I use 4 x Progressive ATSs like this - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003VAWNVK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title

in my overall system. 2 of them went bad at year 4 (~3,000 switchovers) where the magnet/relay started 'sticking' and wouldn't close the contacts and had to replace them. I also had one of my Go-Power 120v@30a ATSs wiring melt - maybe bad twist nut connection.

2) One of my AIMS 12,000w inverters, with 4yrs / 25,000hrs of operation started putting out spurious voltages - and AIMS cannot supply any replacement boards. Had to pull it and replace it - trying a SUNGOLDPOWER 12,000w instead.


3) A butt-joint in a connection box installed by the original electrician burned up causing bad connection / weird things to happen for a few days. Had to find / fix.

This is what it looked like before burning up


4) Had a cheap relay I use to turn the inverters on/off by voltage 'stick' at year 4 and had to replace. Similar to the ATSs - no obvious failure it's just that the mechanical rocker started sticking for some reason.

 

[dougbert]

25.8 Mwh since march 2020

 

[flyer5]

36 panels up started early September.

 

[Shimmy]

115MWh since 2014 on an 8.3kW system. After cutting down a tree I am around 13-14MWh/year.

 

[alcook62]

This post prompted me to check my Midnite SCC, and after nearly 5 years off-grid we've produced 7.264 MWh. Doesn't really sound like much to me, but we don't lack any amenities and are 100% AC-driven (no 12v/24v appliances, etc...)

 

[LydMekk]

Made 2.86MWh production in 2 months after installing my Deyes.
Not bad.

 

[PunchySunshine]

Nice, we just got flipped the meter on our SECOND megawatt!! This system is a beast for us!

 

[Supervstech]

I will soon, but I’m still trying to figure out the directions on how bonding works on it.
Looks like they’re sold out for now:

https://www.oreillyauto.com/flux-capacitor

I started building one of those, but got lost at the cabeling step... and sourcing the conductors... and the plutonium...