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    Lots of Surplus Hardware and Connectors - KC Area

    I realize I am not in the solar installation hub of the world here, but I have a lot of install hardware I acquired in a trade. Bunches of aluminum "L" brackets, standoffs, mounts, rail splices, ground lugs and other odds and ends, along with a lot of stainless lag screws and assorted nuts and...
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    Array Grounding - Just Double Checking before I go Live

    I realize this has been beat to death, and I believe I have it correct based on my reading, but just wanted to double check. Metal shop totally off grid, 3000W Growatt inverter, 48V system. Array is on the roof, and under the "same ground for everything" principal, I am just double checking...
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    Panel Layout

    Want to make sure I understand this correctly, as I want to minimize the trips my old arse has to be on the slick metal roof...lol I'm doing an off-grid 30 X 50 storage building, using a Growatt 3000 48V inverter with 4 renogy 12V cells wired in series. No AC input. I have 4 VSUN455-144BMH...
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    Grounding and bonding.

    I'm constructing a metal building to be used as a boat shed and storage. There will be no utility hookup, I am simply installing a small array and 48V system to power lights, small compressors, chargers, etc. I have a small 100A 6-position breaker panel I am using for distribution, and once...
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    Best place for min panel purchase.

    Installing a small DIY system for a storage building that I am having put up. Power consumption will be very minimal...mainly running lights when I am in the building and an internet relay / camera security system. I might plug in an air compressor now and again or something along those lines...
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    Temp extreme applications

    New to the world of off grid solar, and still doing a bunch of research....watching all of the videos available, etc. I have a good deal of house and light industrial wiring experience, but this will be my first solar build. I live in Kansas, where the weather is decent for most of the year...
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