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I guess "When in Thailand, do as the Thais do." But you should bond PV panel frames back to inverter chassis. That will keep the at the...

Metal objects attract lightning if tall. Your PV array out in a field might be an issue. Hope the inverter mount isn't. For protection...

In my case, I believe the lightning connected with the large adjacent pond. I had pounded a 2-meter copper-clad ground rod clear down...

In theory, yes, you're right. But in practice, the kind of soil we have, which is largely clay, is not very conductive. This means if...

All of your metal enclosures, like inverter and electrical panels, should be bonded together with a ground wire and to a ground rod. PV...

Hedges covered it. Bonded and grounded. I used something we call strut. Aka super strut, unistrut, channel strut. Very strong...

I don't think we have such a thing as "hardie board" here; at least, I don't remember seeing any. We do have one type of plywood that...

I work at a laser cutting shop, and did exactly what you want, but in my enclosed trailer, so its constantly bouncing around and wanting...

Wood doesn't last well in my climate. Cement board doesn't seem designed to carry much weight. Plywood, if obtainable, quickly falls...

Do any of you use a Tracer AN with a LiFePO4 battery? If so, are you using this dry contact connection?

I'm finalizing my design, and already have two EPEVER Tracer 8420AN units planned to handle one string of panels each in conjunction...

FWIW, I agonized a bit over which kind of drill to buy--Ryobi being the more expensive one, and it came in a set of two of them. The...

A bit more - the older style beam torque wrenches - you know the long handle with a pointer sticking out. Made up of a beam and pointer...

Manual for LVTOPSUN LT-3048M60: PDF reduced in Gimp due to size limitations on file upload (the original scanned file being about 18...

I'm actually exploring getting into the solar install game, because I love this stuff and after interviewing companies in my area (and...

I recently attempted a $2000+ purchase from a reputable and well-known-in-this-forum Chinese vendor and was unable to make the payment...

I realize I'm late to this thread, but I found it very enlightening. Early on, from the problem descriptions, I was intuiting that the...

All modern inverters using PWM digital sinewave creation have an output L-C filter to smooth out the PWM chopping to a pure sinewave...

Extra power will come from the grid. No damage - that is how they are designed to work, as detailed below. Yes, I do and so do...

Not that you're trying to pull the wool over the inspector's eyes, as a knowledgeable individual would certainly know what the full...