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That in itself is a reason for me to shy away. Been there, done that and nothing good comes from it.

Even better is my baby here. :)

I might be the oddball here. I never do any math, never look at the savings / costs. I did for a while and it made my head hurt. 25kw ground base. I just smile at my panels and think I am net free. Plus all the hot chics come over when the power is out.

VHB tape to hold the channel down is a lawsuit waiting to happen. You are only bonding to to rubber which you pray is actually glued down to the plywood. Ask anyone who has replaced a rubber roof on an RV, and how easy it comes up, and they will tell you what an insane idea it is. The guy who...

For the most part, the charge controller will clip the current and provide it max labeled output to the batteries. Somewhat common to do on larger arrays for the reasons you mentioned - Summer / Winter.

Ooycyoo sounds more like something my doctor would give me a prescription for. Where do they come up with these names?

Poor guy wants to get some used panels on the cheap and people are setting up labs for him to test. :)

6awg if it is 75c or 90c cable by NEC. Slight correction (might be grammar) only the ground wire can be downsized to 8awg. Otherwise Bentley is correct. The manual is written for the rest of the world and then hacked up for North America.

tech@signaturesolar.com = black hole.

Thursday 4 years ago?

Sure about AGM?

They were too busy cleaning lint out of their load bank.

There was a post just here tonight that mentioned such. Hence my thought to mention it here. I will try to dig it up. Never seen, nor taken the time to see if it is legal in my state as I would revert back to the 4th Amendment which would trump any state law. But yes I had someone drive up my...

On a ship they use the ship's generator and a power distribution network. Rough loose rule of thumb is that a container ship can handle about 10% of refer containers. That is 1000 plugs on some larger ships.

Did you exhaust your local resources? I know Joliet, IL might be a little far but in stock without shipping. So many horror stories with panels being shipped LTL, would always look local.

Most likely not the issue, but I would strongly suggest, given the money you already have there. Invest in a crimper and some lugs.

Being kind to the flex panel manufactures I see.

As mentioned, check the fridge vent. Most cases you can get below the floor and onto the frame easy and accommodates easy routing. If that works for ya, usually the easiest way.

Look on Ebay for a used HP power supply. Much better than what you can get off Amazon, even used. If you want newer look for a Agilent unit, same quality just HP's new name.

Bet they are AL and really not worth it least by me,.

Spidey sense is tingling. Sounds like a question off a homework assignment?

I will put my flame suit on, but following this path for years. If I was super concerned about quality on larger crimps (say 0 gauge and larger). I would first ensure I am using a trusted hydraulic crimper with AWG dies (not mm). Than crimp it. I leave about 3/8" of the copper wire exposed...

Dear UPS fetish boy. You will love this story then: I work in large data centers. Years ago one data center I was affiliated with had older APC UPS' rated at ~85% efficiency in an N+1 configuration. They were slated to be replaced with more efficient, I think 92% UPS'. Three months before...

Free only one way. Have an American company try to buy such in China.

^ This!

And listen to "Pink isn't well he's back in the hotel?"

OK, not an true RV toy hauler. That was what I was thinking.

i would bet in three months you will be adding that in.

In simple terms, the current (amps) drops not the voltage.

Slight diversion but: Can add to this with experience with a BMW 550, the N63TU motor which I think was 2011 to 2016. BMW screwed up on the algorithm for charging from the alternator and it was killing batteries. They keep it close for MPG ratings. They could not just update the ECU to...