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Hey guys just finished my first install. 4 banks lifepo4 280AH cells Solark 15K 4 chargery BMS 10700 watts bifacial solar currently. Govt grant for 5000 more in 6 months or so. Wired in anticipation for that. Pictures of array to follow when there is daylight. I tried to keep it as safe as...

Been on my sol ark15K for over a year now. Full off-grid. Not a single issue at all. Just does what it should no questions asked. We have a well pump. Septic pump. 4 mini split heat pumps. A garage full of tools. And 4 girls in the house with me. It gets it's exercise ??. I'd buy another one...

Thank you all for the responses. Yes I did order 68 cells. Will be doing as Steve has said 16 in seriesto attain 48V. 4 banks of batteries. 4 spare cells. Looking forward to it!

Four JK 200A BMS to upgrade from chargery for my four banks of 280ah eve cells. Now the cells sit in their happy zone all the time! One came defective but they replaced it. Shout out for 18650 battery store for supplying.

This might make some people upset. But I didnt go off grid to help the environment. Hydro power was 50K to bring into our area. And solar costed me about 45k all in. Hydro in our area is cheap at the moment and completely the best way to go for 99.9% of applications. But I like a challenge...

Ok. So my guy brain has always wanted to take my light bar and side by side and shine it on my solar panels to see what happens. Today after pulling the kiddos around on the infinite snow hill (the sled) Curiosity got the best of me! Interesting! I wonder if I wired up 10000 watts of led...

Hi Guys! I am pleased to report that i just received all my cells last week friday!

I put dollor store plastic cutting boards between all my batteries, very cheap, very effective, one cutting board does two batteries!

I have a Sol ark 15K and I vouche for it. All off grid here for over a year now. It's ran 15MWH of power from solar for us without a hiccup. I am no where near using the capability of this unit. It runs out 4 heat pumps. And every other load I can throw at it in our 2500 sq ft new build. . I am...

This is how I am effectively using sol ark 15k smart load.

Yes I bought the growatt 5000es two years ago, it serves my purpose. But once these 6000xp inverteres have at least 12 month use under there belt under other test subjects on this forum, and it proves itself, and doesn't start a 100 page thread about all the issues it has, then i'll buy one to...

I frequently see my 10.7kw array pulling in over that. I've seen over 12kw coming in for durations when it's very cold here -30 Celsius. With the snow and the bifacial that helps!

I found out what happened in case anyone is interested. Here is the low down: I hooked up the growatt charger so that I wouldn't see the flickering off the charging. You can see my explanation videos below. The solark uses gen power to supply loads and charging at the same time so you get...

Hey just wanted to say I purchased 34 lf280k V3. 3 JK BMS. And other things it's been a great experience so far. This is the second time I've ordered from them and they've both been good experiences. And I have to order cross border so that adds to complexity. Video of the cells here.

Awesome! And the more i research about the lifepo4 cells, the more i am inclined to build a detached, climate controlled shed to house all my solar stuff inside. I am a safety nut, especially when it comes to my mechanical room being beside living quarters and I have 4 girls in my house to...

I just did that to my phone, I think we should all do it and push the google ads budget of dyson through the roof!

FWIW I called Champion, they advised that I should tune the generator so that unloaded it is 62.5-63 hz, and they advised to adjust voltage regulator to output 250V across both legs unloaded.

I have way too many first hand experiences with a God that speaks to me to even contemplate that there is no spiritual side of this life, i'm a rational person, the atheist has a lot more faith than I do! They have faith that basically everything came into existence by chance, those are quite...

Of all the people in the world, we are just a tiny corner with all the shared love for sun harvesting. It would be prudent of us all to stick together and exercise some ancients truths, like love, kindness, patience, gentleness and self control. It will make this place alot more fruitful for...

So great to see so many IT guys here! I am a "closet" IT guy, hope you can all accept me haha, i've done things such as creating firmware on a particle argon platform for a remote water sensor, hooked up to the cloud pushing results to the blynk app on my phone, when the water level gets low...

The shelves are rated for 250 lbs each so much more than needed, it is a heavy duty cabinet, However i will be adding bracing to the underside of the shelving, or the topside as the shelves maybe able to handle that weight at max capacity, but a prolonged static load of 180 + lbs is what i am...

thank you! I also just came across Will Prowse youtube channel and found out this is his forum, WEALTH'S of knowledge here and on his channel, man you guys are awesome and make going off grid an easy choice!! THANK YOU TO ALL CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS, THIS IS AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE

Thank you bob! It can never be re-iterated enough! We are dealing with large power loads for sure! It is powering an entire house, albeit all my heating demands are NOT electric, so the main electric draw will be a 48k btu four zone mini split in summer, which the solar panels should mainly...

Probably becuase they are grid tied prepper mindset they have the capacity when its needed, but don't want the fuss of operating them otherwise. They are a backup. (i'd have a generator instead, cheaper and more versatile), then just backfeed full time if the option was there. For me I use my...

Yeah I read a saying on here once, when the sun is shining you have too much power with solar, when the sun isn't shining you can't out panel the clouds. They win! This is true, i've came to the conclusion that the best money I can "spend" is just running the genny periodically from october...

Certainly not. I have all available compression tools welding tools etc at my disposal and alot of background in fabrication with mechanical electrical IOT and hardware. I will build all battery shelving and securement systems. I want my mechanical room to be like a laboratory environment with...

I had 4 chargery on my 4 banks. They were very inconsistent with readings and reliable current measurements. The DAY I installed my JK BMS on all 4 banks all batteries came into perfect alignment voltage wise for charging up to my Max of 55V and the batteries have never operated better. The...

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