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Where do you get that copper stock if you don't mind me asking. I was thinking more along the lines of soemthing like this, but good: https://www.amazon.com/Gloaso-Copper-Heavy-Duty-Distribution-Terminals/dp/B0B2JQNRT9

No, the fresh air intake in cars i have in moth balls is in the wheel well.

Summer time is clothing optional around here.

That is interesting, I didn't know that existed. Thanks.

I figured that was the case. I wasn't sure if the transformer was after the meter or before.

Shit.

Sometimes I just like to play with electricity. It was a $90 inverter so I figured why not. At idle my house consumes about 1500w of power, 600w of that being my home office. A while back I set up 4x240w panels on the back patio with an oukitel 2kwh battery for the deep freezer. So I bought the...

I would wager there's a chance the panels are never hooked up. Government contracts, millions made, then throw them in the trash. It happens in every industry over there, they're beyond corrupt. Buildings are built and never used, just because a government put a bid out and someone won. Electric...

Both the Growatt and EG4 3k's can do what you want. It's called SUB mode. From Growatt manual, page 17: From EG4's manual, page 18: You can see all of the modes available with details of the various functions...

moth balls.

I broke my table. I need a new plan.

My garage is not tied into my solar system for the time being, it'll just be a subpanel that will power a handful of circuits. I'm not going to build the big system out just yet, but I can throw together a small system on the pavilion next to the garage easily. The bigger system will be ground...

I never put anything in a safe space, because I'll never see it again. This thing is supposed to hold 800lb per shelf, but I'm not very confident.

I like to think that I don't sniff glue, but I had a thought in the shower last night. I have a small array I'm building, 4.2kw. I'm picking up a growatt 5k grid tie inverter. The inverter needs a sine wave supply from the grid to start taking power from the panels and supplying it to the...

I bought these, they're 2awg but they are super thick. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08R6XHHSV

I'm going to have to temporarily put my chickens in a shed with now windows for a few days while I make some modifications to their coop and run. It'll be fully kitted out with everything they need, with the exception of light. Chickens lay based on their light cycle, and no light will really...

What makes sense about having a 48v alternator, a 48v battery, 48v voltage regulator, then converting everything down to 12v for vehicle use?

I'm looking for visual inspiration of some bus bar designs. I'm looking for 4-6 15kwh battery connections @100a each, with 4x 3k inverters. I'm building one battery/inverter now, but will be looking to scale that out in the future, so i want that capability. If anyone has a picture of what they...

No crypto, just a small datacenter in the basement to do work. Any suggestions on where i could buy or look at pricing for used panels from commercial systems? In the next couple years, i anticipate that 11c/kwh increasing. I don't think that's going to be that way forever with the way things...

Why do you want 1000w or less? You could get a 3k and just use it less.

From my understanding, these can run without battery, right? Is there an inverter that will run in SUB mode? My office UPS's died and I was thinking instead of replacing them, taking them mostly off grid. But I pull about 500w from my office system basically 24/7, so I was thinking if I could...

James May reviewed the fisker karma back in 2011 on top gear and gave it a favorable review. Then they compared it to the eagle eye thrust. It's when I first heard of fisker, and have been following ever since.

If they made the retractable toneu cover a solar panel, that would have been a pretty sweet move. But instead you can stand on it. So I guess that's cool, too?

I think i understand what you're saying. Conventional grid makes the power available, my generator makes the power available, even if I don't use it. But the grid tie inverter, it must send the power it produces somewhere?

I thought so, but it just seemed like it was to simple. A single 250w panel would be more than enough, and as the sun came up, they wouldn't be bright, but as the panel started producing more, more power to the bulb, brightness increases. If this actually works like I think it will, I'll be...

Does it work with a bidet?

Got it. thanks.

1500wh is not very much. I have a 2000wh battery and 960w of panels and that does my freezer during the summer, but is not enough during fall or winter. It depends on your definition of an emergency.

If I set up a small grid tie inverter on one leg and it produces more power than is consumed by that one leg, will it flow back through the meter, then to the other leg? Or will it hit the other leg before hitting the meter?