i guess i didn't think that far ahead. i'd like to sell back to the power company but i dont know of the extra hoops to jump through. Honestly, this has kind of been a long strange trip. A buddy referred me to a company to get two free tesla power walls installed through power company...
yes, i would be NEM 3 which is 60% below NEM 2. i'm fine with off grid. i just dont want to give PGE any more money. they destroyed my business, property in the fires in 2017. i got a settlement from them, they jack their fucking rates up so i want to use some of the settlement to get out from...
I am probabloy grabbing 25 Hi-mo-5 550 watt panels off marketplace. brand new. Not sure what else i need for a grid tie / battery backup system. I'm already getting two tesla power wall 2's installed for free thru my power company.
I was suggest a 11.4kW Fronius inverter would match well...
I assume so. I'm getting the batteries (and inverter with the plus battery) thru a power company rebate and they are installing them.
I'm just trying to tie some solar into them diy style.
I have to read all this yet, I'm heading to buy the panels, would you do 26 or 24? Leaning towards 26 just cause it's easier to oversize a bit now than addon later. And $270 doesn't break the bank. Unless the inverter can't take the extra 2 but I think it can
ah, gotcha. it's a little hard to go off my past power bills. i used to grow weed so my usage was spiked for drying and dehumidifiers etc. we came to the 7.5-8.x by using my last few months. (with hot tub without cannabis, primary heat is wood fireplace and propane infloor)
i figure if i'm...
it's hard to know for sure because of the change of professions. my power usage was quite high previously. the solar installer came up with these numbers to go off
132% solar offset
13,517 kWh per year
so i'd assume 13517 is 132% over what they figured.
My last few months of usage. I...
lots to digest here and not sure my brain is capable. i dont want to get too complicated with all this stuff, i just want to get it done.
do you suggest half SE and half SW? are you talking pure SE and SW or some variation of directly SE and SW?
i wont run too much A/C. i have slab on grade...
go for which? i'm doing ground mount and can face them anyway needed really. just trying to figure out if there's a best way... and it seems to be 50/50 argument of whats best.
did my usage numbers mean anything to you? does the system i'm considering seem like a good plan? the bids i've gotten have mostly been roof mount which is ridiculous cause my roof is shaded and they just doubled the amount of needed panels to compensate. but they were all microinverters and...
interesting. i dont know that i can exactly exclude items from the solar setup. i have my main meter about 100ft from my house and my house is essentially on a 200amp subpanel. I'll check into the wattages of everything a bit more before i buy. there is also a 12kw and a 15kw for $800 more...
i'm about to draw out my system plans for permitting and had someone suggest facing one row east and one row west which threw me for a slight loop. I do like the idea of having more actual solar power later in the day. not sure about due east and west. maybe 15-20° off south? any thoughts?
My...
I'm a bit confused by the numbers and how they stack together.
originally i was getting two powerwall 2 but its been changed and i'm getting a powerwall plus and a powerwall 2 for free and am looking to add on some panels. the powerwall plus has its own inverter.
i'm not too worried about...
the grid here doesn't seem to go down much. other than when the fire came through. of course saying that, it will probably change.
i have quite good sky exposure and space so i can face the panels however is best. its getting too confusing and complicated and i dont care too much if there...
ive had a few quotes from solar companies, they all come up with about a 7.5kw system for my needs but i'd like to oversize so i dont have to watch my AC usage and i'm adding a swimming pool. the panels popped up for a good price, almost half the price of other panels i've been quoted. if it's...
I bought these panels new for $0.22 I believe. I can get more till they're gone. I went off a couple solar proposals from companies to match my usage and increased it by about 30-40%.
The powerwalls seem stupid. From what iw as told, if the grid goes down and they're fed more than 10kw from...
but even if it doesn't
yes, 13.5 kWh each. they're free from the power company so i can't complain. be interesting to see how it helps / works.
i dont want to get too complicated of a system going and don't really see myself doing a second panel. it's funny cause i literally just sold a...
Thank you! I don't know what 11S or 2S means but the 10 panel answer is what I was looking for.
Would you mind giving me some knowledge on running my wire?
The panels will end up a max of 100' from my batteries and the inverter. What size wire am I running? Can it all go in the same conduit...
yeah, i was just talking to the installer of the batteries. and he said my array is too big
"The power wall 2 is limited to 5 kW of PV input, so for you, with two powerwall 2's, your maximum PV input is 10 kW. That PV system that you described won't always be producing at maximum, but during...
and yes, i'm doing ground mount so the panels should get some gain from bifacial. i dont expect to hit anywhere near max of course. i'll put down some white rock, maybe some white plastic from my greenhouses i have laying around.
I know Tesla is kind of their own walled garden but I was given two powerwall 2s from pge and now.im trying to figure out the rest of the components to get away from pge. I picked up 26 550w panels and now need a hybrid inverter.
EG4 18? Kind of expensive
Fronius 12.5? Seems pretty nice at...
Yeah, I'll keep the grid for low days or if I surge in power.
I honestly don't know what ac couple grid from any 1741sa grid tie inverter means. I'll ask someone though.
Looking to get about 26 of these panels from a marketplace seller for a ground mount to feed a Fronius Primo 11.4 inverter and two tesla powerwall 2s.
New. I dont know anything about brands anymore. is this decent? I know the panels are big at like 7'6" or so.
would i be better off going with...