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Re: Interesting bit regarding PF and micro grids
Short answer, you are correct Estragon. I could see that utilities could switch from charging kWH to KVAH (or not PF corrected power). Just changing that could increase electric bills by 1/0.80 to 1/…1 · -
Re: Fried VFX 3524
Other things could have happened too... Over torque, flexing of the heavy cable, etc. could have cracked/weakened the connection to the circuit board too. As could an assembly error (poor process at …1 · -
Re: Windows 10 laptop is the slowest computer I have ever owned.
Ok our new systems, we have been dropping the Microsoft Windows 10 binary install (no OEM stuff) directly, no factory install software. Had been working pretty well, although sometimes get tripped ov…1 · -
Re: Is there any reason to NOT over rate an MPPT
Larger MPPT controllers tend to take a bit more power to operate... See if you can find an efficiency curve vs current... If you have a reasonably sized array (closer to 50% of controller capacity vs…1 · -
Re: Power Metering
You might be able to use one shunt with Horsefly's meters... Just switch the +/- sense leads to the single shunt back to the two meters. The two meter wires should be just like volt meters... Co…1 ·
