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Wow! Thanks for all the replies, everyone. I didn't mean to make it sound like we're poor, although being a retired union Ironworker means no more overtime jobs, which was always nice. Between S.S., pension and Missouri's 2nd Injury fund, which essentially is a compilation of all work injuries'...

Chrisskie- I trust this place. I think he does know what he's talking about. What evidence do you have that he's not right? Danke- thank you for that information. I had heard 6 years, but wasn't sure. We will be building a new home this year and sell the one we're presently in, but plan on...

Since we got our off grid system commissioned this year, I turned in most of my list of expenses to my accountants. The firm are experts in RE taxes, and when I called to pay for their services, my accountant gave me some surprisingly bad news. Apparently, I can't use the credits because he said...

The shed is the housing for the system electronics. Putting on new shingles is maintenance, not new build. And, at least for the present, the shed has one purpose, and that is to shelter the RE equipment. I would assume taking maintenance for a previously built home off taxes just to have a...

Sort of a last minute plea for information here, but I'm having trouble understanding exactly what is covered, and I'm heading to my tax accountant's this week to get my taxes done. I've read in multiple places that anything involved in building my system is deductible. In my case, aside from my...

I have a Grundfos SQFlex 6 that we installed in our 'new' 180' well summer before last and have been running it on (6) Evergreen 120w panels with a Grundfos CU 200 controller. Since we haven't built our house yet, we're only down there part time, but it's done a great job. The driller estimated...

Why not set them side by side?

I believe they're from 1999, but it could be earlier, AlpineJoe. Sunshine- I have a non-crappy wind generator. You might try one of those instead. But if you ever decide to fulfill your fantasy for a lesser one, I've got a Whisper AirX 400 I'll sell you cheap.

I have 2 original Trace C40 pwm charge controllers that I acquired when I bought my two Trace SW5548 inverters that I've held onto until I got my system up and running. I bought them, knowing that I would probably never use them (I have a used one from a complete system I'd bought a few years...

Thanks! Sorry it took so long to get back to you.

So, Oz, I remember seeing before that you may have had a system like mine. I don't know if you still have/use it (I see the 4048's on your signature), but how did you set up your generator on yours?

I have the manual (two for the Trace's, one for the Trace/Xantrex). And I've read all that you've referred to, many times. What I need now is to know if and how it is accomplished. Yes, I've had the system set up since last summer, but the back up genny hasn't been an issue since we seldom need...

Yeah, and a couple of others, too. I know one or two are for Aux, but I've read the others are for something. One of the main reasons I hunted down the two new old stock 5548's and the one used one is that for years in Homepower magazine, and everywhere else, it seemed, I read about these...

l've been thinking about using my Miller Bobcat welder/generator as my back up genny, and I'd like to get some thoughts from anyone familiar with the old SW5548's. I've checked out a lot of generators that are termed 'auto start' or 'remote auto start', but can't find any information on exactly...

If you squirt water on it, you could have a solar slip n' slide! Actually, it looks like it could lift off at any moment and become a solar magic carpet.