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Re: Is anyone currently living with a solar plus battery storage system, and what has your experience be
Essentially, if you design the system correctly (capacity/efficiency vs loads etc.) and buy good gear you can get what you pay for! So the short answer is, yes - batteries can just work. For example,…1 · -
Re: It's going to be close to cost effective! or Off grid at 26 cents a KWh!
In general, use of battery clamps is not a good idea--Even for a "quick test". It is not unusual for such a setup to barely power up an unloaded AC Inverter. Add a bit of a load, and you mi…1 · -
Re: I need help diagnosing my solar system as my inverter does not recognize my solar array
My apologies for the late response. I am using a Samsung S21 phone. I rewired my entire array as it was wired in parallel. I wired two strings of five panels in series. They test at 189-240 volts lea…1 · -
Re: Why do east facing panels really outperform west facing?
My system has two panel banks one facing southeast and the other southwest. As you'd expect, the southeast bank does the heavy lifting on the summer but is hobbled by trees once late September a…1 · -
Re: Why do east facing panels really outperform west facing?
If your batteries are fully charged you can at least benefit From your loads being covered by the West facing panels1 · -
Re: Why do east facing panels really outperform west facing?
Temperature. Unless they are covered with ice or snow. Then they are about the same.1 · -
Why do east facing panels really outperform west facing?
Panels follow roof contours. House is not exactly south facing. Pretty close. Southern array performs great except for summer months. Panels at 42 degrees to maximize winter production. East and west…1 · -
Re: How to determine the optimal Solar installing angle
I set my forward tilt to middle of winter and summer and put it on a single axis tracker using some website that tells the optimum angle for solar there are pictures of my homemade tracker on here so…1 · -
Curious about adding to my system. And a battery.
I added an 8,74 system last summer. 19 REc Alpha Pure 460w panels. 10813 production. The Projected offset was 81 percent, but I am achieving 90 since installation in August. I live in Virginia Beach.…1 · -
Re: I need help diagnosing my solar system as my inverter does not recognize my solar array
If you were wired as a 2s 5p scenario you would end up having 10 wires (5-2s strings) going into the combiner box, which would explain your low voltage. If you were wired with a 5s2p scenario, you wo…1 ·
