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Yes thats right .its no big deal just takes some thought

I thnk you have it right in terms of a non grid tied system and PG&E is out of that loop. I am wonding about the 8 415V panels feeding 30 KW of power . I am feeding 24 400w panesl to a 22.5 Kw battery bank and in winter we need all of them. We are 5 hours north of your location just north of...

I have zero reason now to activate my system thru the CCA. The optimizers are working and thats all I need them to do, I never need rapid shut down. If I have a wildfire I will go to ground mount and to solarc and throw the off switches..We get power outags about avering 7 times a year herd in...

12 k SolArk from 2020

SolArk 12k from 2020

I do not have that part in my tigo system that I'm aware of

I think a call to Tigo is needed to get to the bottom of this. In theory you could supply the CCS with solar power/battery power and never have it shut down.The device is made for firefighters I belive to access the roof after power shuts off and have a dead system. That said if you have grid...

It appears to me that 110v or 24v can power it up. Once poewered up it can never be set back to off and needs power forever.. The tigos optimze without this system turned on ,you just cannot see whats up on the web which is what I have been doing for years now .

This is what mine looks like-I forgot to add this to my post above

Ok so in the photo is my tigo power supply-. You are saying that the small box on the left is a step down transformer that knocks the feed thru the breaker on right to some DC voltage (your link did not work). I can meter this to find out if its 24 or 48 v.. For my application (no inspectors...

I thgink once the tiro system is powered up with 110v and the power goes out it shuts down and thats that. Not sure what is meant by using DC to power it up?Its off and staying off unitl 11110v is restored

Also if you are doing your own buy the hvac torque wrench metric set. Its a must have to get it right for line sets.

One note on mini spits is surge suppression . The best is to have a unit close to your compressor which has delicate curcuit board controls that get fried easy. I learned about these from Hvac friends . Mars makes ones that connect to your power box feeding the unit power .They pug into a knock...

I have 3 mr cools. I'm just finishing the 3rd install. I have a smaller 110 v 12k unit about 6 years old (second or 1st generation)and an 18k unit put in in 2021 3rd Generation 220v . and now another 4th generation 18k 22v unit. I have done custom installs hiding the extra line sets in attic or...

I never turned on my Tigos with power .Went thru all that work with the wiring and never activated them. They optimize without it anyway. I want solar power when the power is out . I have 3 mini splits now myself for heating and cooling.If its a fire I can manually shut it off. I have a grid...

I got them from Home Depot in packs -4-6? I do not recall. Sorry about the late reply I just saw this-If you have not done thios I can gtake a photo of them.let me know

Our 3 mini spits in winter are what we heat with ,with all our solar power and extra batteries. I'm a bit worried at .43cents a KW we will eat up that gas cost pretty fast and start paying big tome for power in winter .Any leftover power now goes to the 80 gallon solar preheat tank in a...

Ok I totaled up my gas usage in dollars for the last year-it was $1,400, Thats split between cooking (gas stove and oven) forced air heating -Low use as wek have mini splits and a pellet stove but do use it on cold mornings to take the chill off water heating (as noted have a solar asset system...

any tempered glass will work-no need to be the textured you had.Clear is best anyway

All hot water pipes are fully insulated and that smart pump moves water extremely slowly or any speed when needed (7$ a year to operate) can be installed on any water heater with a drain.

Yes I'm aware they cool the space which does me zero good-If I could fit inside our small house I would but alas that not happening space wise . I'll gather my 12 months of gas bills annd see what gives vs buying 4 months worth of power on the non solar months midwinter. I should I add I am a...

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...

I have had really great service talking to Sol arc Tecs with all the options adjusting the specs /setup on the phone while at the unit in reguards to the best settings for my batteries .

Right now with the low sun here in Extreme Nortnern California on the coast our panels only get full sun exposure for 4 hours a day.. 10ish to 2 pm. Some days this will not charge our battery bank. (9,600 watts) 24x 400 amp panels. The batteries are 3 x 7.5 Kilovualts=22.5kw. I'm thinking your...

Its a cloudy rainy day here and my system is at 90% efficiency right now as well

On another battery note. My 3 kilovolt batteries (7.8kw each) did not talk to each other . That is two are version threes and one is version 4. When I had just two 3s they talked fine and the new this past year version 4 would not talk to the 3rs and the charge was not equal with them all. I...

Just set up the sol arc dongle to the net and the phone app and you will see the info in real time,Its your own account I did not read who much panel output you have to power the 54KW battery bank? whats the panel output? my 24 X400=(9600) watt panels power our 22.5kw batteries down here in...

Lets see Zenith and Motorola and RCA and Texas Instruments used to make the good stuff. If I reacll we shipped it all out to Sony and the like long ago. You can head on down to Radio Shack and see what they offer in a USA model? Oh wait they went away too-(back online now) Taiwan makes the chips...

Looking good

I put my extra power into an 80 gallon solar water tank that preheats our gas water heater.That is a 3,000 watt electic stinger in mid tank. That tank also gets hot water from two 4x8 panels (solar hot water panels) on roof

Yes 10 ply tires are a must 80 PSI type E . I run Michelins on my 1 ton van and 3/4 ton truck. I like the belted side wall ones -I order them from Costco. Been running them for decades-Get about 70k on them if you rotate them well

This thread is a dead horse for sure As far as truck weight loads I haul 4,000 #s of clay twice a year in my 3/4 ton chevy truck. Not far and do it carefully but weight limits are for the weak of heart. I have done this for over 4 decades My chevy 1 ton van hauls way over a ton and I take it on...

I am near the max with my sol -ark 12k . I have two strings each are 12 400 watt panels -total is 9600 output for the total of 24 panels call them to see what they say. I have had nothing but good experiences with them. Even when My invertewr took a dump and needed to go in for repair

Finally a good use for flakeboard