Recent content by Sanwizard

No really. Chase bank did that on Long Island when they ran their turbines. They also sold back power to the power company when things were good.

Farming and data centers can co-exist. In fact, there are many data centers in places you would never imagine, surrounded by farmland, and you would not know they were there unless you knew what you were looking at. lets say the DC is on 20 acres. How many farm jobs would that represent vs Data...

Run remote, but maintained locally. Data center managers, facilities management, server technicians, storage technicians, network technicians, cyber security specialists, disaster recovery specialists, data backup, cloud specialists, electricians, cable maintenance, and facility security jobs...

Data centers create good paying jobs in the area! That said, my last trip through Texas bummed me out. I visited relatives in Houston and at Lake Conroe, and then headed past the panhandle using country roads through Austin, Waco and Ft Hood (I was stationed at fort Hood for a year with the...

I have a spare MPP LV2424, and four SOK 12V 100AH batteries, along with 5 x 100 Watt panels in the shed as a backup. All still in boxes. Not sure if they will fry in the box if SHTF, but nothing I can do about.

Weather is calling for 60mph here in Charleston tomorrow. Crossing my fingers

Uh, nope. We were a British colony back in the day. Read the history of Jamestown, Charleston, and "New England". Many Germans immigrated here back in the day, which is the reason there are so many Amish Menonites. France owned much of the midwest near New Orleans. Jefferson bought it from...

Wow. Those are bridge supports, not ground mounts! You should be fine my friend.

Interesting article: https://iaeimagazine.org/2015/mayjune-2015/bonding-and-grounding-pv-systems/

I just did whatever I could to REDUCE possibilities of adverse effects from a CME or EMP. Nothing is perfect. * Use Fair-rite ferrites on all cables * Enclose as much wiring as possible in a trough or conduit * Install whole house lightning suppression and surge suppression *...

Interesting that they gave it to you but nothing is listed on their website or the download center. Are you SURE it works on the original 2021 hardware?

Wait, what? They actually wrote code for the 2021 version inverters? That is awesome if true! Is there a list of fixes in the new code? I was told I was out of luck on the Gen In issue when running in parallel. Is that fixed in 1.48? I just don't trust MPP firmware, and would not want to brick...

I believe some of these issues could be avoided if we turn off the AC input AND AC Output(no loads) on the inverters, and if in parallel, shut down both before doing any maintenance. If you do have grid available, then even switch the main panel over to grid in only so you can still have lights...

I can see a summary of all seven of my Seplos batteries with Solar Assistant. SA has been my principle monitoring app for some time

Again, the costs are only there if the government is involved using money stolen from its people. Let the private sector handle it. Your house gets blown away in a tornado? Insurance pays. If you rebuild in same spot, and insurance will not cover, then its on you. Zero cost to taxpayers. Same...