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EDIT: Never mind, looks like the answer is no. Bummer. I just got an EG4 Communications Hub and hooked it up to my Sol-Ark 15K. I can see the battery data on the screen, is there a way to see the actual individual battery data (SoC, errors, health, etc) from the Sol-Ark?

This is how the bus bar is wired (hopefully the quality is decent). https://photos.app.goo.gl/ewWCiES27dfUL6vt6

I have a battery bank of 8x EG4 LiFePower4s. During the day I'm charging my Tesla with them. Yesterday six of the eight went into alarm, the two that weren't in alarm were drained to less than 25% and couldn't pull the amperage needed, so my Sol-Ark shut things down. I've noticed this happen...

We have an off-grid setup with a single Sol-Ark 15K and 8x 100aH batteries. My geothermal system was rebooting the inverter due to the amperage being pulled at startup (154 amp LRA). My HVAC vendor sucked and was no help. I researched and found the EasyStart. Not convinced, I ordered it...

Propane for now, but I'll be booting up my geothermal soon, had to figure out an LRA issue, was rebooting my inverter on startup. Due to being off-grid we opted for a propane backup furnace instead of heating strips (too many watts). Now that I have my geo issue figured out we will go 100% geo...

Cost was $40K. After all of my incentives it was around $28K. It was going to cost me about $12K to hook up to the grid though, which isn't included in this (we opted to go off-grid, hence the 40kWh battery bank). If I include that it comes out to $16K. I underestimated the efficiency of my ICF...

Thank you. We love it here. 12 acres at the top of a NICE sledding hill, haha. I do have a 9500W gasoline backup generator (I may switch to propane). In December we generated 64% of our power with solar, January was 54%. I plan to add more panels this spring/summer so we have to use that less.

It's official. February 2023 was 100% solar powered! No backup generation! EDIT: ~504 kWh used in February 2023

My Sense Labs is showing more voltage drops than I'd like. Have a Sol-Ark 15K, 40kWh EG4 LFP batteries, and 10.92kW in solar. Is this an issue with how my electrical panel is set up since it's leg two that's too far out of spec? Is this going to ruin sensitive electronics/appliances? ICF home...

Your setups are a bit different than mine. I'm powering and conditioning 6,700 SF with 10.92kW solar and 40kWh of battery. Sol-Ark 15K inverter. I'm averaging just under 19kWh daily for the month of February, but once I flip my geo switch (hopefully this weekend, I think it's finally thawed...

365 is my goal. Our system just came online end of October, wanted to get through 6-12 months before we add more. We're conditioning a rather large amount of space, so we're using a decent amount.

Got down to 31% this morning, almost broke our 18 day streak of 100% solar (no generator - we're off-grid)!!!! Pretty excited about that!!! What's your longest streak of 100% solar?

How is your solar doing here in February? We're currently generating 29% more than our daily needs and haven't had to bust out the generator since January 30th! We're been 100% solar for over two weeks now! I have an algorithm I use to estimate the "extra" we would have generated to sell back...

Thanks! Will take a look! I should've thought to look on YouTube... *facepalm* Though I'm still interested in seeing thoughts on here as well. ?

Considering getting a Ford Lightning. I am off-grid solar. I installed my solar in October and got through Oct, Nov, Dec, and Jan with help from a generator. Since Jan 31 I have not had to use the generator at all, woohoo!!!! However, if I had an extended range Lightning (131kWh battery) it...

My installer hooked up my gen as "grid", I'm not sure why, but I believe it was recommended? Either way, you CAN adjust it, but per battery and "sensitive electronics" recommendations, they set it to be more picky.

"...I like to see something that turns 1800 rpm, holds a gallon or oil, liquid cooling is nice and its made for everyday service and not a light duty standby unit..." What would that be? It has to run on propane and it has to be able to sit outside 24/7, rain or shine, sleet or snow (northern...

I'm not talking about the generator capacity. I was talking about if I charge the LiFePo4 batteries too fast, will they degrade quicker over time?

Not "cheap", but this is actually made for the job. I have one between my geo unit and my heat pump water heater. My geo recirculates ("desuperheater") and excess heat goes to the water in the storage tank as it pumps through...

It wouldn't be under constant load. I generated about 399 kWh last month with the generator and about 326 with solar. January has been just as crappy. Hoping other months get better... It's a 10.92kW system, I was hoping it would do better than 326 kWh...

Yep!

Generator experience / advice, please. Much appreciated!!! I want to go with a propane standby generator and have it start up when my batteries hit X%. The Sol-Ark is already set up for that, but it just runs outside to a 30A / 220V plug that I plug in to my Predator 9500 when my batteries get...

I got one for my off grid house. Only pulls a couple hundred watts in heat pump mode. Only used about 54 kWh last month.

I think I could get the equipment for around $10K. While that would double my solar install, I'm still not sure if that would keep me above the water in winter. Looking to supplement that. I spent $196 in gasoline for my generator last month (propane is about 1/3 the cost and natural gas is...

I have them already. Was just thinking this might be a cost effective way to supplement, adding a small turbine and a pump.

I have them already. Was just thinking this might be a cost effective way to supplement, adding a small turbine and a pump.

Are Deye nice and reliable inverters?

Let me guess, a national vendor? Go with someone local.

Thanks for this! I contacted ClearVuePV and Onyx.

Thank you. Here is one company claiming the tech. I'm waiting to hear back from them. http://www.soliculture.com/

You can find quite a bit of info if you search "greenhouse solar panels" or "agrivoltaics". I try to be careful linking, don't want to get hit with the ban hammer. Here's an article. I'm just trying to find a vendor...

I recently read about Switzerland's new "water battery" (https://electrek.co/2022/08/02/check-out-this-massive-swiss-water-battery-that-can-power-up-to-900k-homes/) and had an idea. I want to do a fish pond on my 12 acres. I was thinking about doing two ponds, one at the top of our hill and one...

I'm looking at doing a roughly 1,000 SF greenhouse on my property. I've read some articles about clear solar panels and I'd like to use them for the roof of it. I've not been able to find a vendor to supply me with them though. Has anyone found a vendor that has them, or a similar technology?

I'm going to check some solar calculators and see if that 35 vs 45 degree tilt makes that massive of a difference. If so I may do ground mount on the next set.

Thanks!!