Recent content by hwy17

I like the Temco PV wire. But I only use it at the array. THHN in conduit for the rest of it.

I hadn't heard that about the V3 but idk.

280 V3 with the octagon terminal is good, but I haven't really followed the MB30/31 news.

That would concern me for a different reason... That my dentist might be eruopean.

I would be concerned if my dentist was running on an inverter and it wasn't a Schneider XW.

Pools are another one that creates second earthing points. Don't worry about it, just make one intentional grounding point. The electrons will respect the intentionality and go there.

I thought it was a year after applications and the window is closed now.

Good catch! I missed that. Not even a tariff increase for us now. Unless our cells get automatically considered EV batteries or something. I could see that being true where they mean like power tool batteries get the tariff in 2026 but big Lifepo4 cells are already considered an "EV type" battery.

Or wait, just manually disqualify grid? It already has contactors in the XW for this. No need to duplicate the functionality.

I just use an AC contactor.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/14/24156249/us-biden-china-tariffs-ev-solar-battery-semiconductor-critical-minerals There it is, yall. Not great, not terrible.

It's 8 watts. That's just like margin of error, or they're running cooler than their rated conditions range, or whatever. Not a mystery to track down.

You should have a main AC breaker panel and that's where neutral and ground are bonded and where the ground rod is connected. Inverter gets grounded to the main panel.

Yeah I would change to a bolt lug holder.

Twice the cost of what? An AIMS 120v or something? So out of spec wiring of a 120v hot and neutral to the hot plugs of a 10-50? And expect it to draw 35 amps at 120v? I doubt that will work. I just don't understand what you're trying to avoid or save here. Please provide some comparison...