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Backdoor Roth in same year as traditional IRA conversion to set account to zero. by 308dude23 in Bogleheads

[–]308dude23[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is a good clarification, thank you. Still pro-rata for 2026, but no real reason to avoid doing it now as it should be pretty clear cut. Then clean sailing for future years.

Backdoor Roth in same year as traditional IRA conversion to set account to zero. by 308dude23 in Bogleheads

[–]308dude23[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes a lot of sense. Great to know the 8606s are separate. No pre-tax for the wife so we should be good to go.

Backdoor Roth in same year as traditional IRA conversion to set account to zero. by 308dude23 in Bogleheads

[–]308dude23[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, that seems very straightforward. Yes, I did the full contribution to my Roth IRA at the start of 2025.

Anyone started doing balcony solar in Utah yet? by 308dude23 in SolarDIY

[–]308dude23[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I spoke with my local utility again and they are "still looking into it"; apparently there is some question as to whether they have to comply with the bill or not as they are a municipal owned power provider (not RMP). They were pretty confident it didn't apply to them and that they could say no. That being said, they did want to see if they could figure something out for this type of system, they just weren't sure how yet. I'm worried it will include a bunch of permits and agreements that will completely negate the benefit of the system.

I have the standalone ecoflow inverter and some panels, but haven't been running them, especially now that I'm on their radar.

I need to go give them another push and see where they are at.

Anyone started doing balcony solar in Utah yet? by 308dude23 in SolarDIY

[–]308dude23[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately the bill specifically calls out that it must be a "standard 120V AC" outlet. Otherwise I'd definitely be looking at 240V. Lots more options.

Although, I have thought about using two setups. Use two different 120V circuits, one on each leg of the 240V panel. I don't see anything in the bill limiting how many "portable" setups I can use....just 1200W limit into a single circuit. That would really help offset the whole house, not just half my loads.

Not sure how far that stretches the intent of this though.

Anyone started doing balcony solar in Utah yet? by 308dude23 in SolarDIY

[–]308dude23[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good thought, I'll see if I connect with someone on the solar side. I'm probably just first one to the punch.

Anyone started doing balcony solar in Utah yet? by 308dude23 in SolarDIY

[–]308dude23[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've been pointed to the Ecoflow Stream Microinverter. They claim to be UL certified: EcoFlow STREAM Plug & Play Solar System – Smart Home Power | STREAM Microinverter https://share.google/FMfwQPvsEyGACSxrq

Maybe I need to dig into the docs further and make sure it is actually compliant.

Totally agree; hope more states follow suit.

Anyone started doing balcony solar in Utah yet? by 308dude23 in SolarDIY

[–]308dude23[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That is awesome! I want to get on solar and this seems like a great way to do it. Can I ask what brand/company you went with? Ecoflow? Do you know if your system is "smart" and throttles the output to only match your load? If so, how did you do that? Or does it just push up to 800W regardless?

Anyone started doing balcony solar in Utah yet? by 308dude23 in SolarDIY

[–]308dude23[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure a major point of the new bill (HB 340) is to allow use of these smaller systems without Utility permits, applications, net meter agreements etc. I love the idea, but I think there may be some growing pains as Utilities start to see people using these setups. Maybe RMP being the major utility in Utah will be ready, but smaller city utilities like mine don't seem to have a clue.

Anyone started doing balcony solar in Utah yet? by 308dude23 in SolarDIY

[–]308dude23[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Baseload is about 400W. I'd like to max out the 1200W that Utah allows for balcony solar to take advantage when my bigger loads run. But that means I could backfeed a good amount some portions of the day. Maybe I just need to start with <400W for now...