Recent content by mvonw

Bought these and never used them. Has stickers and victron fuses ONLY sold as set: $575 In person sale preferred

I bought a flir, but what is considered "hot"?

So the Federal government subsidies solar for lower income so the utility companies can lower buyback rates.... Is this how it works?

Nice house, but it's not what I would classify as "Luxury"

I finally hooked up SA to Home Assistant to turn off non-critical circuits via a my new smart breakers. I probably have the most electrically sophisticated 120 year old cabin in country..

I think there are some well known vendors that fall into this category..

Why haven't we nuked the moon yet?

I don’t blame them. I wouldn’t either. This why an important part of the DIY solar planning process is befriending a local electrician. …

There are a number of network gateway products that do this: I'm not sure if it's worth the trouble, but having two dishes and accounts for redundancy is..

Yes, this is a great option if you have a secondary internet service, but unfortunately I don't. I have two starlink accounts/dishes. Each get pointed to a different point in the sky. I bond these services. It does give me better throughput, and somewhat better uplink performance, but it's still...

Starlink is great. Had it since the early beta, but it stinks for video conferencing. The uplink speeds are too variable and generally slow. It’s barely useable most of the time, and not at all during a heavy snow storm or heavy rain. Since most people just watch movies, it’s best for them. I...

I wanted one of those for the longest time.. Got a dedicated DC propane generator with at 1000 gallon underground tank instead.

This what you want: https://www.absolutegenerators.com/cummins-onan-qd-5000-commercial-mobile-diesel-generator-5-0hdkbc-2861-5-kw-prime-single-phase-120-240-volt-liquid-cooled No, it's not cheap, but if you change the oil, it will last longer than you.

I would highly recommend buying panels locally. I would also STRONGLY recommend buying extra panels. These models go out of production often and you can't get matching specs, and if you are located in a remote location, you don't want stray bullet to put out a string.

I have a backup AIO, and a plain single function inverter as backup. In three years, my Solark has never even blipped, so I may sell my extra SolArk if it looks like they will come out with a new wave of products taht offer something more. The one thing I do like about SolArk is that they aren't...