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I knew it! I knew those RSD requirements were completely stupid and ill founded this entire time. I'm glad to see this is finally being acknowledged.

I hear different things about it. I've been meaning to get clarification on the matter. I'd like at least some kind of conduit everywhere but I don't know what kind is required yet.

2 lines of temco 10 gauge solar cable through a Soladeck roof penetration through the attic in flexible plastic conduit then through the garage in rigid steel conduit then through a false ceiling without conduit and finally into that utility room. I've been considering adding more conduit to...

Yeah HA is great for that. I just have to get it setup to be accessible to the outside world to send me alerts. It is something on the to do list.

Something like that has crossed my mind. I'm probably going to do at least a few of those things.

I've been keeping an eye on the temperature. Usually it doesn't get near 100f. There is a hydronic heating system in this room and if there's an air bubble in those pumps they can get pretty hot. A lot of things would have to go wrong but I could see a situation where the temperature could...

Yeah I'm trying to decide between something like ceiling panels which are easy to install or hardie board which is a lot more difficult. There is a smoke detector there but it's not in the picture though. I'm looking into a combination smoke and explosive gas detector but I still haven't...

So I mentioned to the Mrs. the thread where the guy burnt his house down because the batteries went haywire. She did not react favorably. Turns out risking everyone's death and destruction of the house does not have a high spousal acceptance factor. Extra assurances are required. This...

The soladeck costs 120. The ez solar box is 40. A pipe boot is like 15 I think. I doubt a pipe boot will pass inspection for this application. Is a roof penetration really where you want to cut costs like that?

Soladeck. It'll outlast your roof. That ez solar box looks interesting. I don't like having plastic anything on the roof but maybe if you mount it under the panels it'll be okay. I really wouldn't use a pipe boot. You can also run conduit over the eve of your roof but that looks ugly.

Yeah it sounds like incompetence on the part of the manager.or maybe an extreme aversion to risk. You might be able to pay an electrician to replace the inverter with a similar one and bypass the solar company completely.

That's a very odd limitation. Definitely would want to double check that. Personally I would avoid parallel if at all possible because you have to add fuses to protect the panels.

Well ewpiriwmirngfi is a fine upstanding brand. But definitely stay away from asdlkfjds;l.

Those certs are pretty meaningful. It means that company and the institution that certified it are extremely vulnerable to legal action if their fuses don't do what they say they do. So their survival as a company makes it more likely that their products will work as intended. Those companies...

Well these people should post here. Plenty of us can probably fix it without much effort.

It might work. But critically you'd have to keep your car charging during the day. So this only works if you buy a crazy amount of batteries or if you don't work the day shift or you work at home.

Yeah I've read that somewhere. Which is why I don't think the exact number SA reports is important. The importance is that it's there at all. I have used some meters to look at a few of these numbers. I have a clamp on DC amp meter. The constant battery draw for no reason is definitely real.

It's complicated. This is just what I see staring at Solar Assistant while it runs. At idle Solar Assistant claims it draws 55 watts. But, if there's any solar power present then the idle goes up by maybe 150 watts. This is drawn from the battery if present. If a battery isn't present then...

To buy your ip6048 for $100 or to trade it in for a newer better model for $100?

There is one downside to bifacials, since they have two panes of glass they're considerably heavier than monofacial. Could be a problem for roof mounting.

They didn't just discontinue it. I think they erased it from existence. I can't find them anywhere.

Yeah post the quote here. A lot of us are quite experienced at tearing apart quotes. 250 seems low. I think the best cost per watt is around 400 currently.

On mine they're on constantly, not crazy loud but I wouldn't want to share a room with it. I haven't used them in the summer yet so I don't know what happens when it really gets pushed hard.

In the US, with enough time to finish the install before the new year for tax purposes. Considerations for an asphalt roof. You really can't work with shingles at less than 40f or greater than 100f.

This. Solar Assistant is what I use to do my of the administration with mine. There are some times I still need to deal with it more directly though.

Nice. Have you run the numbers to see what you're saving?

Other than more explosions I'd like to see more coverage on code compliance. Maybe interview some AHJs and other people who are the bane of our existence.

I would like to see more videos like that one where you dead shorted a battery. Those are great for the adrenaline rush.

Because they're writing their software in such a way that fixing one issue causes other issues. So they don't feel confident in releasing something to the public since it will invariably break a lot of stuff.

In other words, their software developers are incompetent.

Chademo is dying. Though it is the manliest connector. It's not as simple as using an adapter. There's bits below the surface that have to be made to support nacs. There is however a legend of supercharger stations that also have ccs connectors.

One thing you have to be aware about with the older leafs is that they didn't have any thermal management for the battery packs. As a result those packs degraded a lot quicker.

I've got to say I don't think EVs are a good idea if you don't have a 240v outlet at home. Maybe a plugin hybrid. I have an EV. Charging at home is awesome. We have chargers at work. Sounds great. Free electrons. But the number of EVs at work has gone up while the number of chargers...

Yeah if you want to do road trips then nacs is essential. Also don't buy an ev where you suspect the battery might have an issue. This is not like a gasoline engine. You often have to replace the whole shebang. Fixing these packs at the component level is often difficult to impossible. Mini...

Finally big thanks to everyone contributing to this forum! I've mined it for an enormous amount of useful hard fought lessons and information.