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Got my last electric bill.....it was $35. $23 was for having the meter......$13 of actual use. This is from when I can't make it overnight on battery and grid kicks in for a boost. At $13 per month, it would take a long, long time to justify an additional battery. I believe I will let Mr...

We have hail like this every few years here in this part of the country.....we had one so bad thirty years ago that it wiped out the quail populatoin for years. Baseball size hail happens every year in the Texas panhandle, it happened a few days ago in Lubbock and took out many, many car...

I just wanted to thank every one who helped me figure this thing out. I ran the whole house yesterday on two EG4 6000's and only 18 of my 24 panels connected. Only two 5k Lifepower batteries for now. Did not know if it would make it through the night but it did. Can't wait to get the other 8...

Found the catalog where I purchased my Y2K system. Unisolar 12 volt panels....$369 for 64 watts (equal to $10.78 per watt in todays money) Trace DR 12 volt inverter $1283 then ( $2400 todays dollar) All is still working, it is the back up to my back up. Thank God what you get for your...

IF you don't want to talk about thirty years ago.....lets talk about hundreds of years ago when the global cooling in the year with no summer showed us what will happen if the temps cool off just a little.....I grow crops and crops love heat...cold kills them and us. Follow the money and see...

If anyone else is having firmware update problems...Ryan at SS had me go to the settings menu on my PC....did this with the serial port cable plugged into the computer...It immediately recognized that I needed the Silicone labs cable driver update....it installed instantly and my update could...

The greenie weenies need to be put in a solar oven......

Tim will now know the panel envy we all feel when reading his post....

Solar Scott? that name seems familiar.......

My old whole house heat pump never put out heat you could feel.....it would heat the house, but it always felt like cold air was blowing from the vents. These mini splits feel like they are blowing air from the depths of Hell......I like it. They must also have a direct worm hole from the...

Comes in handy when you have multiple vehicles and tractors that need lines vaccumed to add freon.

Put the second mini split up today and it seemed harder than the first. But one thing I wish I would have done is mount the plate to a piece of plywood and then mount the plywood to the wall. It seems like none of these plates are drilled for 16" OC stud spacing. There is plenty of room...

Well now I have to rethink everything....ran the 24K Mini split all day off my existing system through the inverters and batteries. Made about 45 KW today. So I would not have needed to run straight off panels. Panels are not going to do me any good at night, might just need to get another...

I have always had to watch my budget and usually keep it around 76 to be able to afford to pay the electric bill......not anymore!. I get that puppy down as cold as my wife will let me so that by the evening when sun is gone I can turn it off and let it slowly warm up, all for free!

I've lived here for 62 years and almost every time it rains, it also hails. I'm a cotton farmer and I know what I'm talking about. If you believer in global warming, I've got news for you. We can live with the fake global warming, but if we cool by just a few degrees, almost all crops...

Did my test last night. Turned off the breakers to both water heaters at 7pm. This morning the water was still hot enough to brush my teeth and batteries still at 52 volts. I think timers and water heater blankets are going to save me $3000 in batteries. Shouldn't even need small point of...

On my second Senville mini split, I did the vacuum, gauge did not move. Then released a little of the freon. Shut off valve and did bubble test. No leak. Let the rest of the freon out and this time I did not call my AC man. Saved$125. Some people go into overkill on the testing...

I can only tell you how great my 24k EG4 is.....my whole house 5 ton heat pump cratered....that was the best thing that ever could happen to me....It forced my to look at the EG4.....I am running it off my main solar system....three EG4 6000's and 24 panels. I never use all the power I am...

Just like the Homeschoolers, we will organize and fight them to the death, or at least to the "Leave us the hell alone"

When I talked to my local co op, they tried to discourage me, said it was not worth it, then changed course when they saw I was determined and said to sell back to them.....they charge 12.5 cents and want to pay me 4 cents......hello batteries, here I come.....still use them as the back up battery.

English speaking human....worth it's weight in gold.......

Then I spend a little cash on gasoline or propane to run my Harbor Freight generator hooked up to an EG4 Chargerverter.....

My 12 volt Y2K system is still up and running. Has been powering a small deep freeze that is just as old. Thanks for a good product!

Just received email from SS about my EG4 6000 inverter firmware update.....I don't know if anything changed or I just missed the second part of the update. I downloaded the firmware again and now I have two updates to run, the InfiniVMaster CPU reflash which I had previously and now I have...

Deciding to upgrade my Y2K system by getting a lithium battery started me onto this expensive journey.....Now the Trace system is my back up to my back up......

Got the third EG4 6000 inverter and two more lifepower batteries hooked up last night....first day of sunshine, cloudy morning, all 24 panels going...... 36.6 KW .....maybe all the effort is going to be worthwhile.....Maybe.....

Found a connection that was almost melted ........ also his panels had no indication of positive or negative that I could see.....he said the connectors, male and female were the only indication..... at least I found his bad connection. His son is going to try and re-do the connection tomorrow.

I built a small room in my garage, about 6' x 12'......and when I saw how hot the units were running, I put in a small ac unit.....them keeps them close to 100 degrees max, even when outside temps are 105. I don't know if this is over kill or not, but I have the excess power during the day to...

And if you are only using one inverter....you have a spare for when the excrement hits the oscillator.....

Timselectric......you are better than the Encyclopedia Britannica......sure helped me bunches.