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I found this story about the dc-solar trailers that some of us here have acquired. I have one. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/06/dc-solar-power-ponzi-scheme-scandal/673782/ Some interesting new info. I do question the one fact where the IRS valued the product at only...

https://electrek.co/2023/11/17/worlds-largest-single-site-solar-farm/ The 2-gigawatt (GW) solar farm is 22 miles (35 km) from Abu Dhabi and features almost 4 million bifacial solar panels. It will power nearly 200,000 homes and eliminate over 2.4 million tonnes of carbon emissions annually...

That was me. I came home and started charging my EV since I needed to do another trip this evening. Sorry about that !:cool:

Because you lease an ev? 8-)

A report from Ernst & Young shows that despite inflationary pressures, solar remains the cheapest source of new-build electricity. https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2023/12/07/solar-levelized-cost-of-electricity-is-29-lower-than-any-fuel-fossil-alternative/

Looking at the date stamps inside the ZIP file: The only thing "new" is the firmware updating doc & the directory "tool setup" There is already a newer version available of the 2nd file: HybridInverter8KSNA_v1.4.13.B03D06.out <- D06 vs D02 above I collect all information I can find about...

Hope they fix the typo on the final sticker

https://cnevpost.com/2024/01/17/battery-price-war-catl-byd-costs-down/ CATL, the world's biggest lithium battery manufacturer, says it expects to sell batteries at $60 kWh or less in mid-2024, that 12 months ago it sold for $125 kWh. With further predicted price falls, this will knock $5,000...

Some photos of the new unit including the new breaker setup

https://www.chevybolt.org/ is for me what diysolarforum is for my solar ;-) I normally charge to 80% every day because that is enough for my daily driving. I easily get 250+ miles of range (@80% charge) in the summer but as you know, in the winter that is a lot less. I currently see with both my...

I ordered a LuxPower and I have good hopes it will arrive next week.

Yep, but I have driven close to 80k miles in 3 different Bolts over the years and I used (not so ) quick charging only 6 times so far. The rest was done charging at home. For me it is the perfect car. Reliable, drives really great. The Daewoo design studio imo really know how to design a car...

3600Wh/44hours = 81 Watt is being drawn from the battery Since your load is 40 watts, the inverter itself uses about 41 watts. It will only last 44 hours when you use it like this

I followed up with inxeption and the CS panels they are currently offering are _not_ bifacials. They will change that accordingly on their website.

I have currently 4 x IQ8+ running without any envoy. It will blink orange "no communication with envoy" but produces energy like a champ. I see no reason to avoid 8's

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...

I have both a megarevo & luxpower AIO hybrid inverters. I have a lot of (software) issues with the MR, none with LP. Also the easy way to get support from LP is a breeze compared to MR. I paid 2x the price for the LP (12K AC) vs my MR (8K AC): Double the price for 150% of the performance. Pros...

A heavy 94 Lbs package arrived today. Made some photos I would like to share: Label on the box In the box Bottom part with the punch outs still in tact. What I like from this inverter is the vertical airflow instead of the horizontal airflow of my MegaRevo. Access hatch open: Close up of...

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/chart-nearly-all-new-us-power-plants-built-in-2024-will-be-clean-energy Renewables, batteries and nuclear will add up to 96% of all new power capacity constructed this year, per federal data.

I assume this is the packout box that was used: https://www.milwaukeetool.com/Products/Storage-Solutions/PACKOUT/48-22-8422 Now on sale with 20% off at ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/403914993313 I just ordered one: $55 shipped including tax

My fronius primo 3.8kW was clipping today: It doesn't generate more than 3832 watt of what is specified as 3800 watt inverter. In the summer when the temperature of the panels go up, the PV power will go down.

I just hooked it up to the grid it and says it is drawing 39 watts from the grid

It is all one and the same unit. All firmware will run on all models afaik.

Just read this article and was impressed by the numbers: https://electrek.co/2023/08/13/solar-us-ira/

I picked up my pallet as well this morning from the nearest XPO logistic center.

There is no need to guess about this According to this datasheet about those panels The Voc Temperature Coefficient is -0.27%/°C Put all data into this calculator: https://www.ausinet.com.au/max_voc_min_vmp/ eg: when I enter 3 panels in series, minimum temp -10C/14F I get this results With...

Can/dare I make a suggestion? From my understanding so far (and I could be dead wrong) California Rule21 grid selection would imo make the HM micro inverters "more sensitive" to freq shifting. Whatever test you did, what if you "just for fun" change your HM grid settings to US-CA rule21 and see...

I took one overview picture and it had focussed on the wrong thing and _everything_ was blurry. The black plastic part on the left bottom is the PV DC disconnect switch on the left side of the unit. The 2x parallel PV1 inputs (combined 25 amp) input on the top left, PV 2 & 3 on the middle...

This is the overview photo, probably not as important that it is out of focus