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Ofc in any case vendor trust is a thing. Like I said, I'm not advertising for them: I'm weighing options.

I'm not advertising for either of these vendors, but for example, batteryhookup has: New in Crate 48s2p 153.6v 180ah 27.65kWh Lifepo4 Battery - And jag35 has many reclaimed/overstock batteries originally built to 14 bolts and 11 volts, etc. Yes, theoretically I could crack the cases &...

What would make it worth it to use batteries originally built to voltages outside of the usual 12/24/36/48 paradigm? I'm seeing a new battery @ 150 volts from one source, and others at nominal 11 (not 12) volts, but then I have to figure on buying new inverters & charge controllers for each, an...

Ok, so i'm sold on the idea of optimizers. Is there a FAQ that address the following questions? What is the best / worst brand? Do they have to be the same brand as the mppt? Is it plug & pray? Is there a software setup step? Should I plan on one per panel? One per string? Does series /...

Is there an insurance "pool" to speak of? These would be "carriers of last resort" for undesirables like solar hippie freaks such as ourselves. I know states do it with auto insurance for people who drive like they're in bumper cars.

I'd like to have a minisplit running off of it, so 1000ish watts + startup surge.

So I fell for a sales pitch a few years ago and....bought 3.4 herds of batteries from some hookup place because I thought they sounded like a good deal. They may still be, if I can use the power storage. The batteries have a nominal of 32.85 volts. fully discharged 25.2v fully charged 37.8v...

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I have three pair of solar panels feeding my mppt controller. I want to increase it to four, or increase the number of panels in each pair. My controller can handle the voltage. At present, the negative and positive wires to each are the same size, but I achieve that by leaving the longer...

Ansul Met-L-X Class D Extinguisher Powder, 50 lb pail Contents: sodium chloride. Just carry 50 lbs of table salt wherever you go, and you're golden. #not actual fire safety advice. I am not a fire man. If you get too close to me, you'll get a whiff of the fact that I'm talking out of my...

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So what does it mean when the display on the front blinks on & off?

Got some myself. Replied, "You ugly tho..."

Honestly I never hooked it up. Project got back-burnered. Sorry to disappoint.

This is the guy I meant: https://droughtmasters.mysimplestore.com/products/the-travel-10-water-generator I have not tested this system and I don't know if it's worth it, and I don't think you can buy it complete, though the dvd might be something you can get.

Nube is the only brand i know of. It's around $1500 and i don't know if it'll work for me or you. There was a guy selling a DIY system on cd, but i forgot his name.

I'm still trying to figure out how the planets revolving around the sun are all pretty close to being in the same plane, especially when planets' natural satellites seem to diverge so much from equatorial orbits.

Regarding work: Amazon is still hiring most places, so if there's one near you you're 90% likely to get an offer. It's difficult work for an evil empire, but it'll get you a check. You may even be able to find a camperforce position. I'm sorry,but you'll need to at least double your battery...

Just don't expect it to last very long in any appreciable wind. Those things are NOT built to last.

The windowshaker i have now recycles the condensate back over the find to increase heat transfer.

Thank you I was needlessly disconnecting & reconnecting the mppt to a "known good" 25+ v battery to somehow reactivate it in a panic because my inverter's lvd triggered.

Hello, I have a victron 100|50 and a failing 24v battery bank. Most days, the battery bank makes it through the day & night to the next sunrise (charge cycle). Except when it doesn't. Is the victron 100|50 capable of powering itself back on for 24v battery charging in cases where the battery...

Ok, thank you all. I guess i was just dreaming...

Thanks, but it was a mobile setup. geothermal was not the method. It was something between a mini split and a two-stage cooler - the A/C ran and a second cooler cooled the hot side of the A/C.

Idk what else to call this. Iirc i saw some hack of a window shaker where the hot side coils were bundled to, or submerged into, water or glycol to carry the heat away. Has anyone else seen this and if you have can you link the vid?

Staying tuned...

Thank you!

I'm thinking of using some rare-earth magnets to hold tools & such near some of my panels. We're well aware that DC, when wrapped correctly around an iron nail, produces an electromagnet. That effect is what I'm finding, almost exclusively, when searching for "strong magnets effect on...

They lost me at the second layer of tomatoes. NOBODY needs that many tomatoes. That's just crayziness. If you have room for an additional layer, why not a second layer of bacon?!

So uh, what is the parking authority like?

Software licensing fees https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-01/your-car-is-about-to-be-a-software-platform-subscriptions-and-all "You have not enabled roaming outside of your coverage area. Your battery will shut down in one hour. Creating a battery bypass is a violation of the...

Battery clearing house dot com (no spaces), and Big battery dot com (also no spaces) are the other two i check often. Both seem to have a pretty stable offering set of offered inventory. Afa the quality of their products, BUYER BEWARE!! I have bought from neither, and cannot make...

Was that before or after John Mulaney's "what's up pussycat" bit came to your attention?

Did you find any *reasonable* prices?