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I'd like to take advantage of the low prices on large panels at the moment. I'm only looking for one or two and you can typically only order them in quantities 10 or greater, so I'm hoping for someone who has, or will have, one or two extra from an order. I'm looking for Bifacial panels around...

Well as someone who would only want one or two of these, I regret not taking advantage of this. If you end up doing this cowdog, I would be happy to reserve. OR If anyone else in the Portland area happens to order these, or similar sized Bifacial panels (A half cut type would work well for me)...

I put it all together and it's working. Thank you for the quick, precise and concise responses. It's been very helpful.

I got the relay, and have successfully programmed and tested it with a power supply. I’ve never done any wiring with AC before so I want to make sure I’m thinking about this right: I’ll be switching from the battery to the grid (AKA a wall outlet) once the battery voltage drops below the lower...

I see, so in the last example I'd just set it to turn on below 12v, off at 14v. Perfect. And waay cheaper than the MOES.

Thank you. One thing the MOES does is once it switches to the grid, it only switches back to the battery once the battery has reached a set higher voltage. Example: If I set its lower and upper voltages to 12v and 14v, it will switch to the grid under 12v, then stay on to the grid until the...

Well… I bought a MOES a while ago, but sounds like it’s time to rethink that. I have a small 12v solar/battery system, with a 1200 watt inverter and 110v grid power (I’m in the US). To replace the MOES, could I get the 110v version of this relay? And I plan to replace my Renogy 10/20a PWM...

I've been distracted by life but I'm back on this project. I'm doing some more brainstorming now. I think I'm going with 3/4 inch galvanized steel EMT for the short conduit run outside. - For the 'electrical box' / conduit body that will be mounted on the outside of the garage, I currently...

Yeah, I'm leaning towards keeping it above ground at this point. It seems the most ideal in my situation. And it's sounding like I should do galvanized metal for all the conduit both on the house and on the ground - my biggest hesitation is just the increased costs.

While the building does have power (separate from the battery power that I will use independently), I believe it is considered an 'accessory structure' and not a habitable space. I live on a flag lot, and I believe the house in front of me sold the property behind it and this building used to be...

So it sounds like I should use EMT for conduit on the roof/building, then do galvanized or stainless for underground. It's a very short run for the underground section - less than 15 feet. Shallower trenching would be nice since there's some cement slabs AND tree stump in the path that I'd...

Yes, I could do metal conduit for the roof, so the conduit coming from the roof into the side of the electrical box could be metal, and the conduit I sketched coming down vertically from the electrical box could be PVC. This is a northeast facing wall that doesn't get much direct sunlight, so I...

Hello, I’m planning a small solar setup connected to a battery. I want to run 8 awg solar panel cables into my detached ‘garage’, which is a small non-livable 10 ft x 20 ft building, which has its own power but I’m NOT connecting the solar system to the grid, i'm just using a transfer switch...

So the guy who gave me these rails ended up finding a few of the original clamps. If anyone has any insight into what these are called or where to get them, that would be great. Particularly the bottom piece that fits into the rail (the upper part I'll probably have to change anyway). I have the...

Say you had the AIO but no batteries or solar - so you were just running the grid power through it. What's the efficiency of that? is there any energy lost when the AIO is supplying grid power directly to your home? I assume if it's not converting to DC it would be minimal, but just checking.