My build thread
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42OhmsPA
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All that toilet flush water talk made us thirsty for some high quality h20.
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Sadly it has gone off the rails a bit.
I might need to request some house cleaning. lol
Is there one thread on this forum that hasn't gone off track? If it exists I haven't seen it
ksmithaz1
Solar / EV Junkie
'Threads' have a tendency to weave their way into different paths. Tim's thread is a great one because he's always doing something useful, innovative or interesting, that creates a lot of chit-chat. Still waiting to see what ends up happening with all those panels...
timselectric
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Definitely stick around. There's a lot more to come.
It's just a slow process, with my limited free time.
It's just a slow process, with my limited free time.
Subdood
Photon Wrangler
Sorry, I haven't read this whole thread, but was wondering did you add onto your battery bank with those new cells yet? What is your capacity now in KWh?
timselectric
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Yes, I'm currently at 76.8 kwh.
The plan is for at least 200 kwh, by the end of next year.
42OhmsPA
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I'm going to develop some 3.45Ghz LiFePo4 wireless so you can beam some wh to PA ?
Serious question -why so much storage?
Or why not just go grid tie at that point?
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Time machines use a lot of power. lol
Planning for all electric property. With at least two EV's.
Their power, their rules and pricing.
My power, my rules and much better pricing.
sunshine_eggo
Happy Breffast!
Grid tie can be pure ass.
Best case for me is a system that provides 70% of my annual consumption will reduce my power bill by 30% or about $60/month average. Utilities in AZ are actively hostile against solar.
Best case for me is a system that provides 70% of my annual consumption will reduce my power bill by 30% or about $60/month average. Utilities in AZ are actively hostile against solar.
The math doesn't add up for me but I won't belabor the point
Adding battery storage can greatly change the equation but there is also such a thing as too much battery storage, imo
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I don't think that I could ever get to that point. But it would be a huge accomplishment.
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It definitely doesn't for everyone.
Ok so hear me out. If you grossly oversize the battery then it never fully charges from solar. So then it's just wasting money and calendar aging will slowly but surely eat into your investment.
If you grossly oversize pv you will always have excess so why not get some money for it?
And that way you don't have to have 200 kWh of battery storage.
Unless of course your utility pays literally zero for your export or makes you jump through endless hoops to interconnect.
Looking at it another way, you bought a pallet of panels for about .12 per watt after itc. If you factor in mounting, grid tie inverter, etc, I wouldn't be surprised at all if your cost of production is less than what the utility would pay your for that power
If you grossly oversize the battery does it never fully charge, or rather never fully discharge? One can top a bank off with a gennie as well.
If one’s got enough panels for a daily load, the oversize bank will still get cycled during weather events throughout the year imo
It seems like things such as affordable solar mounting, panels, inverters and what not that make projects like these budget friendly possible wouldn’t be as easy when implementing grid tie.
If one’s got enough panels for a daily load, the oversize bank will still get cycled during weather events throughout the year imo
It seems like things such as affordable solar mounting, panels, inverters and what not that make projects like these budget friendly possible wouldn’t be as easy when implementing grid tie.
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I wouldn't call that too much battery. I would call it too little solar.
The goal is no wasted excess. Put everything to use, somewhere.
200 kwh is 3 to 5 days of bad weather. Which should cover my normal usage. From what I have seen.
Payback from grid-tied is getting less and less, everywhere.
I'm not interested in buying into something that is guaranteed to decrease in value.
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