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Forum: Solar Power 01-29-21, 11:21 AM
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Posted By pinballlooking
Here is what it looks like when you have a bad...

Here is what it looks like when you have a bad microinverter. This is why I like microinverters. The rest of the array keeps making power. Enphase has made it so you do not have even call in.

I...
Forum: Solar Power 08-12-20, 01:35 PM
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Posted By pinballlooking
Cool projects. I love saving stuff from the scrap...

Cool projects. I love saving stuff from the scrap yard. Those Subaru motors are good motors.
You could probably sell the copper from the bad head.

My son is starting collage and the tractor...
Forum: Solar Power 08-05-20, 07:58 AM
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Posted By pinballlooking
I love that clock project so much. I have a 3D...

I love that clock project so much.
I have a 3D printer and CNC plasma is not really that different.
Except I have to use my tractor to load the steel on to the table.
Forum: Solar Power 08-04-20, 10:38 PM
Replies: 745
Views: 491,428
Posted By pinballlooking
I will use the power company rates. That is what...

I will use the power company rates. That is what the business would pay if I did not have solar.
Forum: Solar Power 08-04-20, 09:29 AM
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Views: 491,428
Posted By pinballlooking
Thanks. My other business that pays the bills is...

Thanks. My other business that pays the bills is computer programming consulting.
I have been doing it many years.

But my side business I make something I designed and you can hold it in your...
Forum: Solar Power 08-04-20, 08:56 AM
Replies: 745
Views: 491,428
Posted By pinballlooking
It is sad to say last month the first time since...

It is sad to say last month the first time since we got solar, we use some of our banked solar in July or the summer.

I do know why my new side business is CNC plasma cutting. We weld bend then...
Forum: Solar Power 05-07-20, 11:00 AM
Replies: 745
Views: 491,428
Posted By pinballlooking
TED The Energy Detective is out and Emporia VUE...

TED The Energy Detective is out and Emporia VUE will be in soon.

This product was pointed out here.
https://ecorenovator.org/forum/showthread.php?t=7231

The main CT's are bi-directional the...
Forum: Solar Power 05-06-20, 09:21 PM
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Views: 491,428
Posted By pinballlooking
We made 1,817 KWH No more hiccups since the...

We made 1,817 KWH
No more hiccups since the disconnect switch issue. Here is my last power bill.
700 KWH carried forward to be used next winter. Not a bad start.

We are not driving our Volt...
Forum: Solar Power 07-25-19, 08:18 PM
Replies: 745
Views: 491,428
Posted By pinballlooking
It looks like the new solar disconnect switch...

It looks like the new solar disconnect switch guts fixed the one leg going low issue.
We have a nice clean solar production day. Good to have it back running the way it should again.
The switch...
Forum: Solar Power 07-24-19, 08:11 PM
Replies: 745
Views: 491,428
Posted By pinballlooking
Will it worked almost a year (after bending the...

Will it worked almost a year (after bending the tab for more pressure) the but it started having one leg low again.
I had bought the exact same switch. This worked out great.
I was able to leave...
Forum: Solar Power 04-18-19, 07:05 AM
Replies: 745
Views: 491,428
Posted By pinballlooking
I now have some backup power. Yesterday I...

I now have some backup power.

Yesterday I picked up a used 15K PTO generator. It was a harbor freight generator that had 1 hour on it....
Forum: Solar Power 02-08-19, 11:30 AM
Replies: 745
Views: 491,428
Posted By pinballlooking
If it is a DIY install, I bet he would make out...

If it is a DIY install, I bet he would make out just fine.
But have him talk to a realtor in that area and see how much more a house with solar will sell for.

Have him keep records before solar...
Forum: Solar Power 02-06-19, 09:28 PM
Replies: 745
Views: 491,428
Posted By pinballlooking
12.5 kW array we generated 823 kWh December 2018 ...

12.5 kW array we generated 823 kWh December 2018
We had so much rain in December.

December 2018= 823 kWh.
December 2017= 997 kWh
December 2016= 924 kWh
December 2015= 911 kWh
December...
Forum: Solar Power 12-03-18, 07:47 PM
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Views: 491,428
Posted By pinballlooking
Yes you would get a little more sun in SC. ...

Yes you would get a little more sun in SC.

12.5 kW array we generated 1,034 kWh November 2018

November 2018= 1,034 kWh.
November 2017= 1,196 kWh
November 2016= 1,333 kWh
November 2015= 955...
Forum: Solar Power 11-18-18, 08:46 PM
Replies: 745
Views: 491,428
Posted By pinballlooking
I like seeing the MWh saved by everyone. ...

I like seeing the MWh saved by everyone.

https://ecorenovator.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8411&stc=1&d=1542595585

5 years plus I am @ 104 MWh Produced to date. I look at the number...
Forum: Solar Power 11-12-18, 10:17 AM
Replies: 745
Views: 491,428
Posted By pinballlooking
I have not put in the new disconnect switch....

I have not put in the new disconnect switch. Since I bent knife switch it has run perfectly.

12.5 kW array we generated 1,487 kWh October 2018
October 2018= 1,487 kWh.
October 2017= 1,521...
Forum: Solar Power 10-04-18, 12:13 PM
Replies: 745
Views: 491,428
Posted By pinballlooking
I had been having trouble with my disconnect...

I had been having trouble with my disconnect switch. At peek times it would make one leg have low voltage.
I exercise the switch it would work good for a while. As you look at this picture it was...
Forum: Solar Power 10-02-18, 11:38 AM
Replies: 745
Views: 491,428
Posted By pinballlooking
12.5 kW array we generated 1,440 kWh September...

12.5 kW array we generated 1,440 kWh September 2018
September 2018= 1,440 kWh <--- Hurricane Florence's days bad weather.
September 2017= 1,728 kWh
September 2016= 1,662 kWh
September 2015=...
Forum: Solar Power 09-25-18, 08:04 PM
Replies: 745
Views: 491,428
Posted By pinballlooking
Funny I had to fine that tool also. If you can...

Funny I had to fine that tool also. If you can find it you can use a very large
Philips screwdriver but the tool works much better.

12.5 kW array we generated 1,645 kWh August 2018
August...
Forum: Solar Power 08-12-18, 02:18 PM
Replies: 745
Views: 491,428
Posted By pinballlooking
We have now made 100 MWh power. Wow that sure...

We have now made 100 MWh power.
Wow that sure seems like a lot of power.

https://ecorenovator.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8336&stc=1&d=1534101501
Forum: Solar Power 08-01-18, 12:17 PM
Replies: 745
Views: 491,428
Posted By pinballlooking
12.5 kW array we generated 1,749 kWh July 2018 ...

12.5 kW array we generated 1,749 kWh July 2018
More rain this month but my son drives his car more and we drive our Volt less.

July 2018= 1,749 kWh
July 2017= 2,049 kWh
July 2016= 2,044 kWh...
Forum: Solar Power 07-02-18, 10:23 AM
Replies: 745
Views: 491,428
Posted By pinballlooking
12.5 kW array we generated 1,843 kWh June 2018 ...

12.5 kW array we generated 1,843 kWh June 2018

June 2018= 1,843 kWh
June 2017= 1,823 kWh
June 2016= 1,952 kWh
June 2015= 1,994 kWh
June 2014= 1,995 kWh

Highest one day June 2018 = 78.1...
Forum: Solar Power 06-14-18, 08:18 PM
Replies: 745
Views: 491,428
Posted By pinballlooking
Glad support took care of you. It is because I...

Glad support took care of you. It is because I bought so many of them at a much higher cost they take care of me. :p (Not really I just got lucky)

Even know I will have my replacement next week I...
Forum: Solar Power 06-13-18, 08:40 PM
Replies: 745
Views: 491,428
Posted By pinballlooking
My spare microinverter is installed and ready to...

My spare microinverter is installed and ready to make power tommrow. They shipped my replacement microinverter today. I hope this is the last replacement but not very much down time is a very good...
Forum: Solar Power 06-13-18, 01:42 PM
Replies: 745
Views: 491,428
Posted By pinballlooking
Yes, wait to buy your spare. I did not have a bad...

Yes, wait to buy your spare. I did not have a bad one for 4 and 1/2 years. I think my spare one was on sale $152 shipped five years ago.

I could have saved $100 by waiting. I have 54...
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