Recent content by prometheanfire

NWI, Nipsco, think they just increased rates (not as bad as other states, but still...)

He's a wizard

Option 1 is the only one that he can do unless he runs something thicker than 10ga wire since the runs are so long. But this is also what I'd do.

Ya, definitely looks big and ugly, but if it's a single unit, could be cleaner, if it's rated code wise, etc too.

https://inspectapedia.com/electric/Electrical-Panel-Clearance-Distances.php

The breaker panel sounds interesting, having to piece together a bunch of individual pieces while not a big deal does take up more space and is a bit more to organize.

If using 10ga wire I would avoid combining on the roof and running it, that 5+% loss is high for that length of a run.

4 groups of 9 would be nice but it goes over sol-arks wattage limit per mppt. 8 works though then you couldn't use the final 4 panels (Voc too low for the mppt). In this case I'd go with, in each of the three mppts, 6s2p and home run each string to the sol ark, but that's just me. 120ft away...

There are electric water heaters that run off 120V, rheem proterra, so that could help a ton. For things like the well pump, think of startup load.

Been looking at a 48k btu hyper-heat unit, need something that can provide about that at ~0°F and can attach to an air handler, not the easiest to find.

I have an old see thermal pro cameral (usb-c version for android). I chose it for the pixels (resolution). I think there may be better cameras out now.

1 story with walkout basement? ~2ksqft? when was it built? Around freezing it sounds like ~40kwh/day to heat, how's it doing with the near zero per day (looks like 4kwh/hr, or 96kwh/day)?

For code, 9540 listed with the 15k, I'd generally say pytes or homegrid both likely give the best bang per buck right now.

If looking at battery backup only, I'd look at the new ecoflow system if you didn't want to diy something else. There's something to be said for turn key solutions.

you could also downrate the main breaker to 175A and be good