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I bought it for my son. Paid $6k for it and it's in great shape with nearly 70 of the original 84 miles of range.

Our leaf has lost connectivity, it will be awhile before the Lightning does, but the Leaf functions fine. We have a Bluetooth app that tells us just about anything we need to know about the car and battery, people have built a similar app for the Lightning.

Well, one of the higher mileage F150 lightnings at 93k is showing only 3% battery degradation. Brakes degrade slower, tires, 20% faster. What we don't know, is what the life will be of the motors. I guess if you don't take a shot at it, you won't know. All I know, is that I won't be paying for...

It's going to be a slap in the face when China blows past the US due to doubling down on EV's and renewable generation. Moving away from reliance on imported fuel, and an eventual cleaner environment and increased better health outcomes, will be an insurmountable lead, added to the lead already...

our 10 x 360w longi's from santan are producing over 3.1kW peak times now 100 feet on 8awg to an EG4 6000ex. Wasn't expecting only 15% loss from used panels. Our new panasonics on the roof with enphase micros at best produce 4.6ish on the 5.4kw system. Just had a one day production record of...

Our 3.6kw, 10kw batt, EG4 6000ex, EV charging specific system is doing pretty well, a couple months in. We used used panels, Powerqueen LiFePo4 batts, and a refurb EG4 inverter, and I have to say, it’s doing everything we hoped for. We work from home, so we don’t put a ton of miles on, but have...

One thing. I bet the guys that designed the Pontiac Aztek get together every now and again and probably have a few and mention, “Yeah, we could have done better…” I wonder if they guys that designed the VeDirect cable connector conclude they could have made that assembly more robust, as it’s...

Blew out a new record today. Cold day, perfect sun. Previous highest output was 16.3kW, and hit 19.5kW today. Added 55 miles to the Lightning today also a new record.

I think the 6000ex lists a minimum ah of batteries of 300ah.

I've built an off-grid EV charging system with an EG4 6000ex- 48HV. I'm thinking of mobilizing it, but also moving it outside. This is Central Texas with the associated high heat. I'm concerned it may overheat, even when pushing only 2500-3000 watts to the batts/EV. Then there is building...

Ultimately, my refurb 6000ex from them seems to be perfect and is performing flawlessly. When there was some confusion about neutral to ground settings/configuration, they responded. Got it for half of what they we're initially new, so, three months later this purchaser is pleased. Nearly 200kW...

six total, two in the shed that have been going for close to two years, running a 9k btu mini-split, and now these 4 for the truck charger project. We'll likely add another 4 here by March. I don't have to tell you all, how much time it saves. Just checked prices, and it looks like they are up...

Once I got to 1.5 years of no issues with powerqueen 12v 200ah batts, I stopped DIY on batts. Takes too much time from the rest of projects. Now that they are down to $475, (or like $450 for lightly used returns) I don't see myself going back unless I get into EV mobility packs at some point. We...

We have 5 ecoworthy 18" actuators now left over from upgrading our truck charger project to Progressive Automations actuators. They may be too long. We'll see. The originals are 12" Should get installed in the shed with both sides done by around march, to achieve our goal of 7.5kW/Day out of...

Solid new record of 16.3 kw yesterday up from 15.2kW with the increased range, even though we lost 20 mins of around 2kWH production midday when the batts filled up. Another full sun day today, so we'll be looking for 17kW today. That will be 34 miles put back into the Lightning, which will also...

We’ll also be moving the connections of the top of the actuators closer to the fence along the grid, and then move the cinder footings another inch closer and see what increase we get. I think it will affect the overall stability of the ground mount, so I don’t want to move it too close, unless...

It’s 9:50 am, and I was at 2250w and I moved the panels to about horizontal, and it dropped to 1750w, so it’s obviously effective. I’ll overlay data over the last full sun day when the panels were at only 14 degrees, Not perfect, as we’re getting better sun as it’s two more weeks into better...

Today will be the first full sun day with the increase range of travel, but from a half day of sun, yesterday, the evening production increase would seem to be significant. We had some strange numbers yesterday, like the first time over 3kwh production, all the way up to 3.5kwh for a short...

Been working on this for a while, and finally got it up and running in November. This has been pretty much to prove if you have an EV(Truck, or a little less so, car) and have as little as $5-6k available that you are ok with waiting on a 4-5 year return on, this is stupid easy. Here is a link...

One has to factor luck into the equation. I rolled the dice on a refurb EG4-6000EX-48HV, $900 from SS, and $1400 for 10 x 360watt used panels from SanTan solar, and so far, it seems like it's paying off. With only $2300 invested in the inverter, and panels, and another $2k in 10kw of batteries...

I've done some designing with linear actuators, even single axis sun tracking... https://www.hackster.io/racingtogreen/single-axis-solar-tracking-for-large-roof-top-panels-0c4a05 since you aren't mounted directly to the roof it's a bit different but could be modified for your application. A...

I'm doing an overland build, and this is likely too large for my Audi Q7, but it's definitely interesting...first time I've seen something like this. https://www.pioneerminisplit.com/products/pioneer-9-000-btu-under-bench-rv-heat-pump-air-conditioner It might be something we consider if we do...

Yeah, I could have chosen 24v, and possibly should have. Everything is set to 12v right now, though, and the panel I"m using to charge the battery, is only a 17v panel, and the current diy battery is 12v.

I'm just starting a relationship with a company that makes high end actuators. I'm replacing the Ecoworthy actuators in my single axis ground mount system with Progressive Automations 400lb hall sensor actuators. They are a bit more expensive, but have positional control and are IP66 rated...

https://hncloud.epsolarpv.com/ is working for my systems as of today on epever charge controllers attached to the solarguardian app. It took awhile to get to the site, though. I thought it was a broken link, but when I went back to it there was a login page and my old epever IOT cloud login...

https://hncloud.epsolarpv.com/ is the new site, it connects to the solarguardian app which is the current app.

Epever Cloud is still there, but it doesn't appear to be connecting to my devices. I finally got the new app, SolarGuardian working today .

We're in Austin. Wish I had known more before the G/F pulled the trigger on the system, but it's mainly worked out. She got talked into an Enphase system with older converters, a 5.4kw system, with 340watt panasonic panels. I think it overall cost somewhere between $12-15k before rebates. She...

This all looks fun, integration with HA, but I was super happy when I booted up SA and it had everything I really needed. I do data monitoring like this all day, every day at work, and I just don't want to get too far into the weeds on my own time. I've already spent significant time previously...

The Powerqueen 12v 200ah batts we've been using dropped to $489. We thought we did well a couple months ago at getting 4 of them for $2300 shipped.

My 6000ex is quieter than I expected from reading this thread and others, but the most I've fed it is 2700 watts, and most it's supplied is 2600 watts.

Same inverter and subpanel as yours, what is the twistlock cable feeding ?

I just got mine up and running too, and need to find out more about the standby mode.

Not for everyone, as we have low wind levels here, and this build is all about cutting corners and getting to payoff quicker. 3.6kw ground and fence mount. This was two of the Eco-worthy ground mount kits with some unistrut added. Single axis auto-tracking should be implemented by the weekend...

I'm guessing if I go in, they probably aren't there, which makes this one of the later versions, I assume, and the relay isn't functioning? I added a bond in the panel, and everything seems golden now. Ground fault on the Ford Charge Station Pro went away, and we got our first day of sun in...