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Tesla has fewer charging stations all together than the others, they just have more fast charger plugs than all the rest combined. EA has ~4000, and now that the hardware platforms are starting to improve other companies are building out their networks as well. It gets harder to stay on top as...

Being forced to lower prices does not necessarily mean things are falling over. One of the big drawbacks to EV is the cost of the cells, doubling the production costs of the vehicle. Demand will increase for electrics if the capital expendatures can come down. I think this will be especially...

I think some of this is a little silly. I've been in the computer business forever. The modbus manual is going to have pretty much all the operational settings, they have 'advanced' settings on this box which you can change if you are so inclined. There are always factory things that you...

It's about learning, money, and independence. Electric rates here just went up, and I live in one of the most favorable locations on the planet for solar. I built out simply to see if I could do it, and what it would take to realistically be in a 2000sqft house completely off-grid. I've got...

Victron: It may require twice the gear, and four times the engineering to get it going, but at least it only costs twice as much.

The latest firmware improved it, but the 18K's struggle when shifting the load to battery. Also the firmware is a little sketchy when managing two inverters in parallel. Hopefully future firmware will improve this. If either inverter drops out while in parallel everything shuts down...

Will had a nice review. I have some nits I can pick. I put it all together: The cabinet is a conventional computer/equipment rack Rear doors, sides come off. This is actually much nicer than the EG4 I have. The shelving for the batteries is pre-installed in the rack: It comes...

"Figures don't lie, but liars sure can figure". No I'm not calling you a liar, it's just you fell right in a trap. You can't take the numbers and correlate them the way you've outlined. I'm not sure where your numbers are coming from, but there appear to be a whole lot of baked in...

No, I don't realize this at all, sorry. This is a ludicrous statement on it's face. I mean you realize if it wasn't for the cold war we probably wouldn't have micro-chips, computers, and the internet? Simply because at some point DARPA threw some money at LSI/VLSI, and DARPANET? I mean it...

WSJ Just posted an editorial Tuesday, ... Covid lockdowns and masks accomplished nothing, they used (as I keep saying) raw death numbers rather than trying to use categories compares various countries by response . . . Sometimes the best thing to do is nothing at all.

People left Twitter for Truth Social BEFORE Musk bought it, in large part because they were being de-platformed. When your options to express your OPINION or worse actual FACTS become limited, you squeeze folks out into other spaces. Things started to fall-over, all-over when "they" tried to...

Everybody likes to oversize the small wires and undersize the really big ones. I also built my own surge box, which I am re-engineering because I have to move it outside with the 18K inverters . . . ran out of space on my rock board wall. The MC-4's will go away, and I'll run it in from 3/4...

Nah, your full of poopey :ROFLMAO:. Nobody builds/buys what you have for the money. I'm trying to catch up but you've spent serious coin not to mention the "Free" labor setting up all your stuff. Your motivation is the same as most of us zealots here. Bragging rights. Having a little fun...

As a long time IT guy, you learn things about redundancies and MTBF num(lies)bers, and MTTR numbers. A lot of it is just plain math and statistics. The more stuff you have the more likely you are to have a failure. This is something that is sometimes difficult for smart people to grok. I've...

Ummm, Sorry, can't agree with you here. This is not a microwave oven or a TV you get at best buy. It's more like a split a/c system or something. If you are not comfortable cracking the case, I'm thinking you probably should not have purchased it in the first place. I for one would be...

"Predatory" is in the eyes of the beholder. It bothers me when people use this term in this manner. Now if someone is misrepresenting what they are selling that is one thing, but this looks to be pretty well documented, what you are getting and what it costs. Anyone is entitled to charge...

My son sent me a handwritten "Thank you for making me do stuff" letter while on a deployment. I will keep that one. My father was never afraid to try and do things, and always had me help. He grew up in a different world where people were more self-sufficient. I think a lot of the folks in...

It's a real shame so many "under-regulated" power companies would prefer not to toss their existing investments. I think what we need to do is just shut them down cold, and re-start all the underlying processes and build out new grid infrastructure. This will surely cut the capital costs to...

I'll try this again. 6 pillars of 8x8x16 block on 8' centers. Plan is to go 4 more up, 4 studs on every third block (M8). 4x4's on the top, then maybe 11 trusses 10x5x~13. Run 1x2 along the bottom want to put a 5x2 array 72x45" panels, strap from underneath, just have a panel roof. Torn on...

I briefly had a "100A" Victron Autotransformer. I returned it, and ended up with different AIO's. Seemed to be well built, nice aluminum case. Pretty much impossible to stuff three 2AWG cables in the thing, much less 6. I managed it cussing the whole time. The openings had an odd "gland"...

<SIGH> I should have picked up on this . . . Died two days ago I was returning from out of town, charging stopped working. This connection was a little loose. Was running the EV charger, 32A continuous. I really think you should re-torque screws after you run a few cycles. I found a couple...

On the contrary. Local mail trucks should all be electric already. If I have to listen to that grinding starter as the gal drives around cutting off the motor at each stop traveling between mailboxes to save fuel. . . I asked she said she drives about 30-40 miles/day. This is an absolutely...

Just put in a transfer switch, treat your solar like a gas powered generator. You cannot grid tie, with the inverters you have so you don't want to grid tie. Run your service to the meter and a separate panel with a single breaker that feeds your transfer switch.

Doesn't work that way. A DC capacitor will help with a DC load, but an AC capacitor (sort of) passes everything thru with a slight phase shift.

You will pry my cast iron cookware out of my cold dead hands. Induction loves cast iron. Get some hi-temp silicon mats, and put them under the skillet while cooking. Keeps you from scratching the surface. It has to be the hi-temp stuff. I just cut a big square of mat and punched some holes...

No, that is not what you said. What you SAID was: I called Bullsh*t!, provided receipts, and then you came back with some drivel about me benefiting from the climate change agenda. If you want to make a point, it would help to stay on it. You are beholden to whomever you take the money from.

The problem with panels to battery is somewhat complex: Can your panels fill your batteries, and cover a load for a day? Will it be able to do the same for enough batteries for 3 days? 4 days? What is the longest stretch you will have without sun? IMNSHO In a weak solar area your panel...

Trying to get YOU to do this. He couldn't care less. These fools fly around in private jets, live in, and buy huge old properties with horrid insulation and oil boilers, drive around in huge gas guzzling full size SUV's with large entourages, and then they look you in the eye and tell you you...

Mi mamma was raised in a dry county, in the hills of rural Kentucky. Let's just say Grandpa could have used the power wisely, and 'Justified' is not as far off the reality mark as you might think. I'm with OGFG, the best apple-jack comes out when the temperature is stable. Much easier with...

South west is optimal for de-stressing the grid in summer. It takes time for the sun to heat things up in the morning, thus cooling costs do not kick in high gear until the sun has been up for a while. Conversely in the evening as the sun drops, the heat is still there, and cooling stays in...