Here are the details of my 24 x400 9600 watt jinko panel system.
I started with a solar assessment tool for the site Its a handy device loaned out from a local energy supplier. Our side hill was a perfect south facing site. Due to the slope I also slanted it a bit to the west a few degrees. We...
Well after 2.5 years of trouble free service my 12kw Sol-Arc died two days ago. Its boxed up and shipping out to Texas for repair or replacement.
They got to the bottom of this in one day (great techs) I love their phone support
Been a bad week for me as My new Hab 4 battery also has never...
I got this up and running on November 3rd 2020 with one 7.5kw Hab 2 Kilovolt battery-from alt-e store-actually picked it up in Ukiah Ca as they have a west coast warehouse there. That battery had screen issues soon afterwards and they gave me a new Hab 3 version in the spring so I also bought...
I have a functioning older drain back direct water system. Two 4x8 panels on roof facing south. The loop feeds a Rheem 80 gallon solar aid tank and then feeds out Rheem natural gas water heater. The drain down valve is a sunspool (factory burned down long ago) I put in this sytem in 82 if I...
As I mentioned in the solar water column I have had solar hot water system since about 1982. I have worked as a plumber and an electrician -both of these skills I learned in the 80s. I have moved this system twice on my roof over time. One was a major remodel the others as a 50 year of install...
In 2020 we decided to build our own system -My neighbor had done his system himself as well so I got some info and ideas from him-he did not get a permit and pirated it in with zero grid power return to grid (uses the Sol -Arc limiters)
I took a solar class about 12 years ago at local collage...
To activate or Not ? that is the question
I bought 24 Tigo TS4-A-O optimizers for my existing array of 24 panels thinking that winter sun hitting the ground mount array is slowly moving at sunrise arcross array shading 1/2 and dead of winter tree shade midday etc thae may help production ...
First let me explain my whole system so you can see the whole picture.
I have since 1983 had 2 4x8 solar hot water panels south facing on my roof is what's know to us old timers as a drain back system . That is when its gets cold or in my case nearly every night on a timer its drains down so it...
Seems to be lots of Sol-Ark questions these days
How can I do this or will my inverter do that-
I suggest calling them as they have top notch phone tecs
The number is on the front page of your Manuel-here it is
Phone 972-575-8875 extension #2 for tec support
they have always been straight up...
I have two Hab 3 versions of the kilovaualts and a newer Hab 4 version all from alt-e. These are 7.5 kw LifePO batteries
These are connected to one another with communication cables-the 3s worked fine with each other-the 4 has never communicated with eth 3s.We are working thru an exchange now...
I have 2 of these batteries the past 18 months and am adding one more tghis next week. They are hooked up to a Sol-arc 12kw hybrid inverter . Right now they discharge down to 30% and then recharge off solar daily. The inverter will only let them go down to 30%. The 30% has worked very well for...