Let me start with a little background. I live in Illinois where DIY solar/distributed generation systems are legal however, village/city inspector may say “NO” .An email from Illinois government confirm DIY:
“After December 31, 2013, with the exception of self-installers, all entities that...
I am looking to install 13000-15000 Watts panels in US ;split phase 240/120v, with 48V DC battery bank.
And am looking in to some options:
sol-ark 15k - $7300
eg4-18k - $6500
or 2 growatt SPF 8000T DVM-MPV for about $4000 ( this apparently does not sell excess to grid)
Wish to be able to work...
I am planing to utilize sol-ark 15 with almost 19000W of solar panels, 6 strings of 7x445W panels each and I am running in to issue of finding code complaint DC disconnect switch. Ideally I would like to see 12 P switch, but I may have to combine 6 strings in to 3, so I am looking for...
Anyone interested in fully assembled and flashed diybms controller located in US Chicago land?
battery monitors and shunt, all preprogrammed and tested.
Well, according to electric company they want to know if and when I add battery to a system, under the penalty of loosing the the account with them. Not sure way, but this is the replay from them:
..."The addition of an energy storage device requires proper notification to the Company...
The good thing is that my cost will be $15 per month for "unlimited battery storage" also know as grid, the bad thing is, it does not work when the power is out :)
I have a diy 18650 battery bank in my off-grid location and working just fine, but here I have to do everything by the book...
I already have an agreement with the electric company and whatever I export I can import at no fee nor charge to me. My system is way over estimated in preparation for an EV in near future. looking in to 2025 ramcharger.