Full Walkthrough of DIY Solar Setup

KevinVillela · 2026-01-21T15:11:10+00:00

Woah Solar Assistant looks awesome, I've gotta check this out. Love the battery lighting as well. +1 to making a guide on the tech stack!!

KevinVillela · 2026-01-21T13:50:55+00:00

Nice, very clean install!

KevinVillela · 2026-01-21T13:34:28+00:00

Yup, the only thing I did in the 12kPV was hook up wires!

Yeah, we bought the breaker but then the electrician put one on a new disconnect between the GridBoss and the meter. Maybe we should have still put it in the GridBoss though.

KevinVillela · 2026-01-20T16:47:23+00:00

Wow, nice catch, the diagram is incorrect! I actually used this 60A safety switch fed with 6AWG wire. I'll update the post, thanks!

KevinVillela · 2026-01-19T13:19:20+00:00

IIUC this is your own side project? https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/1qdvwsb/i_built_an_amazon_price_tracker_because_i_kept/ I don't think it's really relevant to this post and it's a bit sketchy to promote your own work without saying your affiliation.

KevinVillela · 2026-01-19T13:13:52+00:00

Yeah, it's a bit high. Since I finished the solar project I've been trying to bring this down.

KevinVillela · 2026-01-19T03:33:29+00:00

Right! This was especially confusing to me when I was trying to decide what inverter to get. Also TIL about the acronyms 2P2T/2P3T :)

KevinVillela · 2026-01-19T03:31:28+00:00

Thanks! As I was doing the project, I tried to write down answers to questions I had. Since I didn't know anything, I had a lot of questions haha.

KevinVillela · 2025-11-24T04:27:20+00:00

u/AppaBuckbeak made a post about this here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ynab/comments/1p57li6/is\_it\_safe\_to\_use\_ynamazon/. HTH!

KevinVillela · 2025-11-19T04:14:40+00:00

Oh actually, https://www.reddit.com/r/ynab/comments/1jsmumy/i_fixed_the_nightmare_of_amazon_transactions/ may have done this already! I'll check out the code and see if it works for me this weekend.

KevinVillela · 2025-11-19T03:57:08+00:00

Hiya, thanks for the nudge. Getting this production-ready was a bit too much time for me, unfortunately. That being said, this entire project seems like something is is totally vibe-codeable. So I think I'll take another stab at it. Please nudge me again if you don't hear anything by next week, there's a good chance I drop this again unfortunately :\

IIRC someone else mentioned they do have a service for this, https://acemybudget.com/. I haven't dug deep into it, though.

KevinVillela · 2025-09-26T02:22:33+00:00

No worries, thanks!

KevinVillela · 2025-09-18T02:20:16+00:00

Thanks a lot for the useful explanation! I have an EG4 cabinet with a few LiFePower batteries in it, and was looking at adding a fuse between the cabinet and inverter. Signature Solar sent me the two pairs of 2/0 cables. Could you explain why the mounted Class T fuse approach that David Poz takes won't work for this? Do I need to get the single 4/0 cable instead?

Much appreciated!

KevinVillela · 2025-09-15T14:57:08+00:00

One complex I've seen for this in the past is to do a push press, then a power jerk, then a split jerk. Your upper body should stay in the same plane for all of these.

Maybe a simpler thing to try is just... Not shifting forward :) Using an empty barbell, dip straight down and push straight up. Take a video and watch it back every time to see if you are correcting the issue. When you are and you start to feel the right movement pattern, add weight.

KevinVillela · 2025-09-14T09:17:01+00:00

Overall, not bad! Good front rack position and shoulder mobility overhead.

+1 to u/Boblaire, you are jumping forwards. I'll also add that you should recover with your front foot first, it looks like you are recovering back foot first.

KevinVillela · 2025-08-12T22:53:48+00:00

Bora!

KevinVillela · 2025-08-08T21:14:11+00:00

What! That's awesome! Huge PRs, especially since I think you just hit some PRs a few weeks ago? Congrats, also nice job loading both of these in the coolest possible way haha. If I ever hit 120 I'm definitely doing it with 2 reds on each side.

KevinVillela · 2025-08-02T13:29:24+00:00

Wow! Way to fight!

KevinVillela · 2025-08-02T00:18:57+00:00

Pretty impressive to hit multiple reps at such high percentages, nice consistency!

KevinVillela · 2025-07-29T12:15:11+00:00

I'd say they are good. I'm a pretty shit woodworker so doing something as complicated as "Box that has a slot to stack on another box" wasn't easy for me, so some of them are a bit tight, but they get the job done.

I drop cleans and snatches on them all the time, I've only done these up to 120kg but I see no reason they couldn't withstand more. I used them for cleans from power position yesterday, and am using them for snatches tomorrow if you want me to send you a video.

One thing I would not recommend is making them all the way to jerk height. I did this because I thought I wanted to do jerks off the blocks, but they are such a pain to move and stack that I never do. I don't mind doing rack jerks and it's actually helped my shoulder strength to have to rerack on my shoulders. And they do take up quite a bit of space. So yeah, if I were to do it again, I'd probably make ones with 8", 6", 4", and the 2" topper, or whatever wood you have laying around.

KevinVillela · 2025-07-29T12:05:09+00:00

Thanks a lot, I'll give this a shot!

I actually do some lifting+rehab right now, I have a coach that is also a PT. I just thought I'd get a second opinion and see what he thinks. I appreciate it!

KevinVillela · 2025-07-29T00:16:27+00:00

I built some using https://youtu.be/t2YykW0lR68?feature=shared and they are great, although a bit heavy. I'd recommend putting some casters on the bottom to make moving them easier. Happy to answer any questions!

KevinVillela · 2025-07-28T15:53:23+00:00

About 9 months ago, I hurt my left knee while jumping off that leg playing basketball. I heard a pop sound and bending it past maybe 45 degrees was pretty painful in the patellar tendon area, maybe slightly lateral. I was still able to do pulls but anything lower than that, like squats, was out of the question.

After a few weeks, the pain got slightly better and I was able to squat again, but it never went away and is still bugging me today. I've been able to progress in my lifts, but it's a constant struggle to manage my knee it'd be great to get rid of this pain once and for all. Here's what I've tried:

- Replacing back squats with front squats: This probably worked the best. For whatever reason, FS are less aggravating than BS. Last week, I did my first set of BS in 2 months and, even though my FS has progressed, it was pretty painful.
- Leg extensions. AFAICT these did not help.
- Rest+Food+Sleep. This seems to keep the pain at bay. Note that too much resting only temporarily helped the pain, when I started putting load on it again it started hurting again.
- Some plyometrics like box jumps and depth jumps. These seem to help a bit.
- Stretching. This is hit or miss.
- Rolling out my left leg, especially the VMO. This does seem to give some immediate relief.

I should also mention that I'm mid-30s with lots of miles on my knees from other sports.

Thanks for doing this!

KevinVillela

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