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Mobile AC. I gave up residential 20 some years ago but do work on reefers and some refrigeration occasionally plus buses. That requires the 608 cert so I have 608 and 609. Season starts last week of March/first week of April and I wash the work trailer up and unhook it in mid November. I get...

Keep your solar water heater until it fails. Nothing is cheaper than something that is already paid for and running. 240 gallons is nice size, using a calculator for heat storage of 90°F to 130°F comes to about 23.5 Kwh. Heating water coming out of the ground at 55°F to 130°F is 44Kwh. I...

You are forgetting inflation. My business management system has a screen that pops up when entering in a vendor PO and invoice for a part number that was sold here before. Most items have increased by 45% since 2019, easily over 7% per year compounded. The government lies about inflation. I...

They can be beautiful with some sun and the right background. Most never hit anything and most are never seen. Now that one in OK the other day that was 1.5 miles wide, that is a whole different game.

My opinion? It will affect the grid if anything, off grid probably not. If stuff fails, I still have a warranty. :)

I didn't see your post before I posted. GREAT MINDS think alike. :ROFLMAO:

Playboy and Penthouse?

Earlier today about 25 miles from here, nothing unusual with this type of weather. I saw the spotters from town head out past my place and knew something was up. Nothing serious, it did touch down. Back around 1968 one went right thru the middle of that town and killed some people. The next year...

I'm not sure if I'm putting in both mini splits in the shop this year or just one. Official Loads Tester is looking forward to not installing that big 2 ton window unit. I'm leaving the 2 ton central unit in place as backup and if I need to cool things off quick. I'd save on the electricity but...

They watch videos to learn from others. Some of the subscribers are from here but some are just searching and researching. Honest experiences matter to me, I turn off promo type videos pretty fast. I do like to see others experience, honesty and different setups with different ideas.

You would beat me because I'm building a system from scratch, the PV, batteries and installing inverters. I don't have everything here yet and I have about 5 projects going at any one time. I'm working my truck camper after the heat pump install. Making a cabinet face for the new microwave. If...

It is test with SS support. How long or bad can they screw up? One of my most viewed videos was about the failure on their end regarding tech support. I'm not going to sugarcoat things but I will give credit if it is due. Marcus took care of me when I first installed the charge controllers...

Are you doing the deal with Vicky Wen? I asked, here was the response. When encountering unprofessional freight forwarders, this situation may occur. The freight price that the freight forwarders give us for the first time is different from the freight when we deliver the goods. This kind of...

You spoiled the fun. :ROFLMAO: I like to test their system and report on it. Next time, I'm not posting about it. :)

They do, stainless and abs. Not cheap, I bought a lifetime plastic tank water heater for a rental, about double the price.

With a heat pump water heater in heat pump mode, it will take longer than 20 to 30 minutes for hot water. You could use the electric element for faster recovery, if you have the power to do so. Some people don't want smart devices. Some find value in them. I'm not interested in home...

Not T105-AES correct? Flooded T105 non sealed use the Equalization charge shown on the datasheet of 8.1V and checking specific gravity with a hydrometer to 1.277 +/- 0.007 temperature compensated. Procedure here

Interesting first review on that page.....

If the wife was cooking on the stove late one winter evening and the alarm goes off and cuts off battery power, do you stumble around in the dark? Just asking what your plan is for when power is cut as far as lighting.

Electric tankless love watts. Gas is OK, I have one in my shop for a supply of continuous hot water. I had considered installing a gas unit in my house, even knowing the cons of one. The heat pump water heater was a far better choice for the house. I fixed my 1905 poured concrete basement by...

Simple, it was put in as a dump load. I can turn it on or off, change temp or even turn on the electric element for faster heating depending on battery SOC and PV yield in combination with weather forecast. I have the propane water heater in series after the hybrid heat pump so if I turn it...

Sent a message thru the Signature Solar support webpage Tuesday. This way I won't have to sit on hold. I have not heard any acknowledgement they have read the message and no response. This is a test of their support, in previous videos I related my experience with tech support and how bad it was...

That does change things. Where exactly is this condensation? In the basement or cellar? I think you have misunderstood what 2 HPWH meant. That would mean a pair of heat pump hot water heaters. As you do not have a basement, then add just 1 heat pump water heater, bigger the better. This will...

A tank type water heater is an energy storage device, just like any battery. A HPWH is a smart appliance that can be programmed with an app or home energy management system to run only at times of cheap electricity or excess solar production. I originally wanted to install a dump load for excess...

I though maybe you did not have a basement, this does change things. I would install a heat pump water heater (HPWH abbreviated) in the basement. This will pull heat from the basement and also act like a dehumidifier reducing the moisture in the basement air. HPWH can also be ducted, you could...

I have read your posts in another forum. You have a nice day or evening, which ever it is there.

Next post was a 250 foot roll of UF 12-2. It costs more per foot when buying by the foot. I know from experience. Most people will go to the big box store and buy it there. I figure 10 feet, comes in 10 foot lengths and covers the requirement of having anything above ground encased. After...

Those were pouch cells.

Good vendor, I bought from them before. Excellent shipping time.

I did, 12 AWG. UF comes in 250 foot rolls, you can not buy a roll of 150 feet. It jumps from 100 feet to 250 feet. Whether there might be a use down the road for the remaining 100 feet doesn't matter, you still have to lay out $259 to get it. You must use math the way the White House does...

Send me all your Class T fuses and I will test each one for you and send the fuses back when I'm done with the results. :ROFLMAO:

They will charge sales tax even though IA has solar exempt. I'd have to test these before I would think of ever selling some to someone else.

Free rope on the end of your driveway?

I don't have a problem with the design or the setup. I designed my system for when a cell might possibly short internally and sleep very well at night. Someone made the comment the BMS is what caused the fire here and a bunch of members who never ran a Batrium jumped on it. Then when that...

https://diysolarforum.com/threads/150-ft-20-amp-copper-2-wire.83458/post-1086647 Not my deal man.