Recent content by plympton

Good question. At the time I bought it, I wasn't really well versed in battery capabilities and just went for what the mass said worked. I tested it enough, I suppose? The equipment it's on doesn't take more than 100w or so at idle. I wonder if that's a major reason why they still use SLA...

I put one of these in my dead UPS - CyberPower, I think - and it's been working great for over a year. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B097BRKCQP/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

#2 arrived today. 51% SOC, looked beautiful. Matched current voltage, shut everything down, wired it up, hooked it up, powered everything back on. No drama, llama. Took the opportunity to upgrade the connecting wires, though the supplied are fine for 30a.

If it still works... if you added it in parallel with another would it cause issues?

Not that it's a productive comment, but every time I see their name I think of kidney failure, which unfortunately seems appropriate at the moment...

And now I'm regretting not running water to my solar panels when I had that trench open. Oops. I wanted passive solar hot water at some point, too. Daaaaaang.

Well, running the calcs it totally makes sense now. Power Loss=(−0.36%/°C)×((68°C)−(25°C))×(400 Watts) = -62 w/panel loss -62*6 (panels) = 371 w loss. Nameplate: 2400w, corrected to be about 2048w. 🤣 I love me some ChatGPT. I've heard it's particularly bad at math! You think!?!? 🤦‍♂️

For $hits and giggles, and being a man of science in cargo shorts, I just hoisted a ladder up to the panels and gave them a good spray. Works! Not a ton of water, just a spritz for a minute or so. Looks like it has about a 10 minute effect. Before Spraying After Spraying Roof Temp...

Not yet, but could be in my future. I do have an irradiance meter I can break out to get some manually collected data. Helps I can work from home on the nice days!

They're awesome devices. And great cat toys. 😀 I was curious if anyone employed active cooling, but of course, it's been discussed. I was thinking a thermostatic valve attached to line pressure water and a simple mister, but sounds like more hassle than it's worth. Wasn't prepared for the...

Small, but noticeable. All this solar stuff is mostly a hands-on exploration to learn the nuance of it all - so pouring over the data is really interesting to me. Seeing the effect of shade, heat, etc. I'll start tracking temp vs. output on these really nice days and see what the difference...

Measuring as simple as using a handheld device like this?

TL;DR: Is this reduction in peak power a result of my panels getting hotter? I didn't check voltages, so don't know if there was clipping going on at the inverter level. We have another glorious day today, hotter than yesterday, and my production curve is already just-slightly-lower than the...

The 20% discount looks like a good-faith effort to make you happy, without having to process and take the expense of a return. The other stuff is perhaps them proactively wanting to see if your experience is a one-off or not - perhaps to help them decide whether to continue selling the product...

I decided to pull the trigger on another rack mount one, from Amazon this time. I filled my batteries by 3:30 today after days and days of meager production, and we only had 4 hours of full-sun today (clouds from 8a-11a). The extra 5% off pushed me over the line. 😀 Hopefully this one is as good...