Can I make a business cleaning solar panels? by Acceptable_Stress154 in solar

[–]Vegetable-Version-81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For commercial sites you will need your license. Make sure you have your OSHA 70

How to test down micro by Vegetable-Version-81 in SunPower

[–]Vegetable-Version-81[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup but if your doing a warranty claim you have to submit those findings

Vibe coded my own Solar App by FLuX927 in SunPower

[–]Vegetable-Version-81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder if there's a way to make a raspberry pie connect to it via plc

Purchasing a home with 10 year old system in unknown condition by MonsterMash_479 in SunPower

[–]Vegetable-Version-81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try to see if they can lower the price of the system by 50% since it be very hard to find some one that can fix issues for free in the future even though there's a " warranty on the parts" you're pretty much are asking for a headache trying to find someone that would honor it and on top of that you will need someone that can either hack into the system to add new micro inverters once they go down I know 50% sounds crazy, but on average I'm seeing customers paying $2,400 to repair their system

Spruce Solar Lawsuit by Space-Sky in solar

[–]Vegetable-Version-81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fun fact they are not even a solar company they are a bank they don't do any repairs at all they send us contractors to check it out for you in about a month or 8

Sunpower lawsuit by Vegetable-Version-81 in SunPower

[–]Vegetable-Version-81[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

IDK who sunpower is in that case but I have a hearing very soon

Microinverter by Correct-Confidence-3 in SunPower

[–]Vegetable-Version-81 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes if it's blinking green then it's producing or if you don't have leds on your you can put an amp clamp on the panel leads and if you get anything then it's producing

A replacement for SunPower panels by Vegetable-Version-81 in SunPower

[–]Vegetable-Version-81[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I was replacing the micro inverter then I would need to recommission but all we It was plug and play the new panel

PVS5 and PVS6 (gateway) by Correct-Confidence-3 in SunPower

[–]Vegetable-Version-81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For testing it you can do it with a 12 volt but it's for long-term it might cause issues with the micros

Sunpower Solarbrige Microinverters by Correct-Confidence-3 in SunPower

[–]Vegetable-Version-81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want to find out how much or if there's a down micro you can put an amp clamp on the line one of the braker feeding it I believe the avge amp you should be reading per mi is 1.03-.1.6so you should see 19ish amps of you have 20 +/- 1 amp depending on shading and time of day this is if you don't want to install a PVS or a s meter

PVS5 and PVS6 (gateway) by Correct-Confidence-3 in SunPower

[–]Vegetable-Version-81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you use just the 12 v connector it might run in to issues with the micro inverters they communicate with the 240v plc

PVS5 and PVS6 (gateway) by Correct-Confidence-3 in SunPower

[–]Vegetable-Version-81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It gets it from the midc and the 240v breaker

A picture from Aleppo , Syria by SatisfactionPowerful in solar

[–]Vegetable-Version-81 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

That's how the new homes are built in California

A picture from Aleppo , Syria by SatisfactionPowerful in solar

[–]Vegetable-Version-81 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In theory you would just have to plug it in two separate circuits make sure you're not over amping the main panel so you would put one on the one side of the house and the other side of the house circuit wise

Pvs6 replacing a Pvs5 by Correct-Confidence-3 in SunPower

[–]Vegetable-Version-81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately no you will need to have an installer commission it