I posted a question yesterday and a few hours later I got two satisfying answers already. Wow!
Just found this when reading new posts.
I live in Germany but we have a house in Thailand. Last year I made a small test installation (450W Panel, Thai Style Controller Box, SRNE 2420 MPPT). Only wanted to learn a few month before thinking about a real installation. My wife and my electrician didn't support me with this. Sometimes you have to decide without support.
And in the end the tests were very good. I started to dream about a "real" installation.
Last month everything developed very fast:
In these two weeks the temperatures raised above 40 °C every day - I like hot but there are limits...
And since yesterday it doesn't feel like a mistake with the second life battery - thanks to the forum. I just started to discover everything here, will take a while.
So a good start for me and until now a happy user of DIY Solar.
Just found this when reading new posts.
I live in Germany but we have a house in Thailand. Last year I made a small test installation (450W Panel, Thai Style Controller Box, SRNE 2420 MPPT). Only wanted to learn a few month before thinking about a real installation. My wife and my electrician didn't support me with this. Sometimes you have to decide without support.
And in the end the tests were very good. I started to dream about a "real" installation.
Last month everything developed very fast:
- poured concrete in front where before there was only jungle after a few weeks
- my thought about using this for parking cars (we do not have a car ;-))
- we ordered the build of a carport with perfect alignment for panels
- I planed a 2 weeks visit in the german easter holidays
- in the 10 days before I arrived the carport and a shed was perfectly built
- 2 or 3 days before flying I ordered 10 panels (550W mono bifacial) and an inverter (SRNE HYP4580S100-H)
- only problem was the battery: for a new and bigger LiFePO4-Battery I needed a Thai bank account or a credit card (which I do not use in Thailand). So I decided to try a second life battery from Huawei (ESM 48100b1).
- when I arrived my electrician and his team completed the first solar installation in our village (and so generating a lot of opportunities for him now)
- I decided immediately to switch to SolarAssistant, the ESS App didn't make me happy.
- for about two weeks the system works and since yesterday with the help of members in this forum even the battery behaves...
In these two weeks the temperatures raised above 40 °C every day - I like hot but there are limits...
And since yesterday it doesn't feel like a mistake with the second life battery - thanks to the forum. I just started to discover everything here, will take a while.
So a good start for me and until now a happy user of DIY Solar.