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Well hell. Now I really got to make a decision about getting a spare while I still can. @ADK Homer - this is the kind of scenario I meant about getting committed to a brand or type of inverter. I'm not unhappy with the MPP inverters but I'm aware they are not Tier 1 equipment. Now it looks...

I misspoke. I meant I don't have a problem doing a common neutral. Sorry about that. If I remove all N/G bonds except the main panel then I don't see where I get the N/G bond when I'm switched to the inverters as the source on the Siemens TS and the inverters are NOT in bypass mode. What am I...

I know some of you were in the path of the storm yesterday and last night. Multiple casualties up around Lubbock from a tornado and there's still over 200k without power this morning across the state. A lot of damage. Tell us your story. How did your solar hold up? Is there anything you...

Same upgrade. A month or two ago as I recall.

I can't speak to the equipment you're installing but I used S-5 mounts on my shop with R panel metal roof and they worked very well. Easy to install, I think the wind rating was somewhere around 135 mph, and it's a clean install.

Yeah, that's why I'm going to wait and test it when we get some solid sunshine.

I'm certainly not arguing with you because your knowledge is several orders of magnitude above mine, but I'm trying to understand this. If you're grounding your AC to the inverter chassis and you're grounding your DC to the inverter chassis how is that any different than grounding everything to...

I have had the diminishing returns conversation with the wife multiple times. She still says buy two more racks of batteries or I may be facing some other form of diminishing returns. The gal likes her solar, yup. I'm gonna hold out and just get one more rack because, well, hell, I'm the boss...

True. But the inconsistency makes it more scary than if they were all doing the same thing. On the other hand, I can't see that I would have ever messed around inside with the AC input live. I had to intentionally leave it on this time just to test it. I don't really mind working stuff hot...

You've already heard me talk about the Mitsubishi so I won't run on and on. I've only had them a week or so now but I'm pretty happy. Mine are connected to Mitsubishi matched air handlers but it's the same tech. All I can tell you is they are incredibly quiet, the house stays the same...

You would think it's set to use the battery or it wouldn't have any reason to charge the battery, but it's sure not charging much. @mgdean - It may be worth an email to Pierre. He's pretty good about responding. info@solar-assistant.io is his email address.

This isn't something you asked but it just occurred to me, looking at your CAD drawing, that you could add a few more panels if aesthetics isn't a concern. Depending on where the door is on the shed, and I'm assuming it would be under one of the gables, you could mount some panels on the east...

I should probably start a new thread on this but it's semi-related and I'm lazy. Here's the deal. I have 2 racks of batteries with plans to add at least one more rack. Currently I have 2/0 cable on the original bank and 4/0 cable on the new bank. Already ordered some more 4/0 cable to fix...

H How are you earth grounded?

Yeah, you may say you didn't do it to be cool or trendy, but we know that cool and trendy was like your number one target! Looks like you have a handle on it. Pretty cool, amigo. Even if you weren't trying to be cool.

That's my inclination as well. Mostly because there's not really anything out there that I'm just dying to upgrade to right now.

You're right. I just looked at the specs and it's larger. Maybe not quite as big as the GE but probably close.

So you're charging the batteries when they reach a certain level but you are covering the load from the grid at the same time, aka bypass? More or less the same way the chargeverter works?

What are you offering? I'm thinking I'm gonna need something to boot just going by your eagerness ...

What did it cost you on shipping to KY? I have to think it would be similar charges to east Texas.

For this one the small footprint for storage pushes me to the 2 wheel cart. But there's no rule that says I can't build multiple versions! Not a bad idea.