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Of course, I had talked to him about that originally, it seems to have been skipped over.

Anyone else take issue to the “400 amps” claim?

Again I know the installer, a lack of experience tied with “likely heavily reduced pricing” for that project to be used in marketing, equals what you see. BB simply doesn’t offer anything in 48v, I’ve spoken to them many times face to face about entering that market, it doesn’t seem to be a...

Believe it or not, I know the installer. I control the network for that home in the video. I wired his RV probably 5 years ago, he was totally green in the field. He still calls with questions. I can all but guarantee you the batteries were heavily subsidized by Battle Born. I can’t believe...

Often referred to as a “wire trough” at a local electrical supply company. Rather expensive for what it is.

We love it, certainly not a bad place to take in such a thing!

Not like they had a warning or anything..

I just looked yesterday, we're down in Puerto Vallarta on vacation and happen to be pretty close to the path of totality, something like 96% coverage just by chance. Looking forward to it!

I’m in Reno, make me a deal I can’t refuse and I’ll buy the batteries. I really don’t have a use for the rack or wire. Truth be told I don’t really need the batteries, but I’m a sucker for a deal ;)

Having recently spent a fair bit of time with the lineman whom pulled the new conductors for our City required 200a upgrade (we didn’t need it). I can say that wholeheartedly the “shocking a lineman” thing appears to be WILDLY overstated. Now, don’t get me wrong, I fully support keeping them...

I can imagine there being a point that two way power transmission becomes an issue, however I think in our current 'real world' practical application it seems unlikely to be causing much of an issue, right? Take my area for example, I can't imagine we're anywhere near 10% adoption, but let's...

So wait, you’re saying they want it to trip breakers? Are you also saying it physically does do this?

This combo of Sol-Ark/SOK batteries is UL9540 and all that jazz, I think it checks every box imaginable, probably very similarly to the EG4 setup. I doubt if either physically trip breakers, not only would that be a wild thing to accomplish, but you’d effectively have no way to restart the...

Oh I’m more than happy to do that, typically you find that they hate the process just as much but are bound by whatever rules their overlords have set in place. That said, in my original AND revised application I include notes as well as a PDF kindly explaining I wouldn’t be shocked if I got...

To state it bluntly, I’m not positive and won’t be home for another week to check. My understanding of what they wrote is they want an AC disconnect between the battery and transfer switch. Personally, that’s a bit confusing as nothing of the sort exists in the real world, however the inverter...