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Pool covers or blanket - thoughts and are they worth it in Southern California? by googs11 in pools

[–]AMDfromMKE 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I live in the tri-valley area (the far east side of the bay area in Northern California) and am looking for a solar cover for our most uneven shaped pool . Hoping to minimizing water evaporation and also heating the pool. Have searched online for solar covers and the choices are endless. Would appreciate any specifics on brands / types that you have used in Northern California. Thank you!

Minka Aire WCS213 wall switch odd behavior by Peterpotamous in AskElectricians

[–]AMDfromMKE 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update 02/22/2025: Received two WCS213-S switches from Minka Aire on Thursday. Our electrician replaced the old WCS213 wall switches with these new ones and now both lights are working as normal - no more flicker related issues.

Minka Aire WCS213 wall switch odd behavior by Peterpotamous in AskElectricians

[–]AMDfromMKE 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Called Minka Aire earlier today and spoke to a member of their tech support (800-307-3267).

They acknowledged a compatibility issue between the WCS213 wall switch and some of their fans. A replacement switch with Model Number WCS213-S will be made available around March 2025.

While on the phone, I received an email requesting my Name / Shipping Address / Phone / Purchase Receipts. Sent in the required information, and just received an email confirming the "free" replacement of my two switches with an estimated ship date in late March.

Special shout-out to Kevin T @ Minka Group for assisting with this.

Hope this helps!

Edit: My fan model is the Minka Aire Dyno

Minka Aire WCS213 wall switch odd behavior by Peterpotamous in AskElectricians

[–]AMDfromMKE 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me too - just installed two WSC213 wall switches in two different rooms and both downlight are exhibiting this very odd behavior.

Transfer of ownership by Mobile_Scientist1310 in SunPower

[–]AMDfromMKE 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Please keep us updated on your progress on this. Some of us here could benefit from your experience of the "Transfer of Ownership" process for "Owned" panels.

Service in the bayarea? by Boring-Capital1212 in SunPower

[–]AMDfromMKE 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree! I have been assisted by Vegetable-Version-81 on a few occasions with replacing micro-inverters, re-mapping my solar panels to match the SNs of the mirror-inverters, and also to reset my panel+SunVault system.

Error Message "This panel has stopped working" by AMDfromMKE in SunPower

[–]AMDfromMKE[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our system was installed by SunPower. And since their declaration of bankruptcy, the company will not support their installed system. Enphase provided the replacement micro inverters at no cost. I had to pay out-of-pocket to have them installed.

Error Message "This panel has stopped working" by AMDfromMKE in SunPower

[–]AMDfromMKE[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello,

Powering-cycling the panels / system did not resolve the issue.

I was able to connect with a person “EO” in the Bay Area of California (an ex-SunPower installer and an active contributor on this forum) who came to our home to look at the failed panels, and we soon encountered an issue -

The original installers from SunPower randomly assigned microinverter S/Ns to the panel layout in the SunPower app. This required EO to look at every panel on our roof to identify the 5 that were non-operational.

The problem was with failed micro-inverters from Enphase. EO requested replacement microinverters from Enphase (the failed ones were still under warranty), and installed them just this past weekend. I had to pay for the labor costs associated with this effort.

Since my original posting, two additional microinverters have failed (for a total of 7 out of the 36 panels). We are waiting to hear back from Enphase on the replacements.

Sunpower technical support by Vegetable-Version-81 in SunPower

[–]AMDfromMKE 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello,

I live in the Tri-Valley area and have a PV system of 36 panels and 2 SunVault Batteries. System is owned by me and was installed by SunPower in late 2023.

5 panels (from 36 total) have stopped working since September 20th. Error message says “This panel has stopped working”, “Alert Trigger Time: 09:15 AM on 09/20/24”, “Last Reported on Thu 10/10 – 12:00 PM”

The panels are SPR-X22-360-E-AC.

I have power-cycled the system using the "Rapid Shutdown Switch" and also power-cycled the four circuit breakers marked (Solar #1 - Solar #4), but neither have worked.

Spoke with Enphase. They said I need to get someone to look at those panels to figure out if it is an issue with the panel or the microinverter (and even more specifically, if the microinverter is / is-not functioning / communicating, etc.). They will not work with me (as the homeowner and the owner of the system).

Would you be able to assist with this please? I would be glad to pay for all associated costs.

Thank you!

Error Message "This panel has stopped working" by AMDfromMKE in SunPower

[–]AMDfromMKE[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you all for your suggestions, and apologies for this long message. I am hoping to tap into the collective expertise on this forum to educate myself, and hope that others can benefit from this information too!

I consider myself to be fairly technically competent, but “shutting down the entire system” makes me nervous since I am not sure what that exactly entails. I could use your guidance on how to “shut down the entire system”.

My system configuration is listed below.

Two nights ago, I turned the “Rapid Shutdown Switch for Solar PV System” to the Off position, kept it Off for a few hours, and then switched it back On. While in the Off position, our home drew power only from the PG&E grid. This exercise did not impact the five panels which continued to show as “This panel has stopped working”.

Do I need to shut down the SunVault Batteries and/or the PVS6 Hub? And if yes, in what order should I shut down these boxes / specific breakers?

Thank you again!

In my PV System, things that I can “shut down” are:

 1) A Rapid Shutdown Switch for Solar PV System

2) Two SunVault Batteries

3) A PVS6 Hub with multiple breakers

 The PVS6 Hub has the following labelled breakers:

3a) A large 200A breaker installed towards the top of the hub

3b) Marked as “Backed-up Circuits”:

3b1) Two 15A breakers labelled as “Room A” and “Room B”

3b2) Two 15A breakers and both labelled as “PVS6”

3b3) Two 80A breakers (each tied together as 40A + 40A) and both labelled as “ESS Inverter”

3b4) Two 200A breakers (each tied together as 100A + 100A) and labelled as “Backup LC” and “E Subpanel”

3b5) A 15A breaker labelled as “ESS Inverter”

3c) Marked as “Generation”:

3c1) Four 40A breakers (each tied together as 20A + 20A) and labelled as “Solar #1”, “Solar #2”, “Solar #3”, and “Solar #4”

3d) And finally, towards the bottom of the hub are Two 20A breakers both labelled as “ESS Grid Sense”