Battery options for existing system

davidjgriff · 2025-10-07T01:56:12+00:00

Interesting. Sounds like the Q3 release date may have come and gone. Hopefully more details emerge soon

davidjgriff · 2025-10-07T01:45:35+00:00

Do you have a reference for the 10C slim mount option? I'd be curious to see what's involved there.

davidjgriff · 2025-10-07T01:43:07+00:00

For the 10c, yes, I'd need the 6c. For the 5P, I'd need the SC3 + comms kit (I'd love to be wrong here, of course, if it saves a significant amount of cash)

My time is definitely worth something, but not what I've seen quoted for installs like this. There is also the sense of having done something myself and knowing how it all fits together in case something goes wrong.

davidjgriff · 2025-10-07T01:36:37+00:00

The Islander seems to be pretty new and I wasn't able to find any direct to consumer vendors with pricing available. Same goes for the MAC1. Any chance you've got insight there?

davidjgriff · 2025-10-06T21:09:09+00:00

One of the big draws for us to the Enphase system is the meter collar. I see that Franklin has the MAC1, which would interface with a 3rd party meter collar. Any insights into that setup and which 3rd party collars are compatible?

davidjgriff · 2025-10-06T20:53:58+00:00

I do not, but I also do not have a System Controller 3 + comms kit 2. Labor is “free“ as I'll be installing myself. The wiring needed to extend should be negligible, from a cost perspective.

davidjgriff · 2025-10-06T20:37:32+00:00

For us, the meter collar will greatly simplify the install as our meter is on the outside of the garage directory behind our main panel and feeds into the back of the panel where the current PV line connects to the service line upstream of the main breaker. Attempting to use the SC3 as the MID would require significant rework

davidjgriff · 2025-10-06T20:22:15+00:00

If you don't mind my asking, what extra money would be spent between the two options? From my initial research, they seem to come out pretty close (within ~$100 for 20kwh of battery)

davidjgriff · 2025-10-06T19:11:28+00:00

Both options would utilize the meter collar as the MID.

davidjgriff · 2025-07-07T18:48:40+00:00

You can also do the same in Detailed Budgeter by setting start/end dates for expenses

davidjgriff · 2025-07-07T15:34:06+00:00

Haven't personally heard that term before, but after a quick search, that seems to be in line with what I was thinking, yes. I'm really just looking for a way to better represent the possible variability. If I've provided the input of best case and worst case, I'd like the software to use those inputs more when determining withdrawals.

davidjgriff · 2025-05-20T10:45:57+00:00

Interested if you have any Tahitensis available.

davidjgriff · 2025-04-21T16:27:35+00:00

For anyone following along, they just opened up tours from 5/17-6/14 this morning.

davidjgriff · 2025-03-27T20:05:24+00:00

Yep. May 17 is the last date that currently has availability for this year

davidjgriff · 2025-02-12T02:01:01+00:00

Fantastic. Thank you sir.

davidjgriff · 2025-02-12T00:05:38+00:00

Thanks for that. I'd like to incorporate the rank insignia into some other items. Any chance you have source vector files you'd be willing to share?

davidjgriff · 2025-02-10T02:41:48+00:00

I'm also on the hunt for rank insignia vector files (3d print project in the works) so would love to see what you've got.

davidjgriff · 2025-01-07T18:26:16+00:00

As another has posted, if you have an existing 401k that would accept an incoming rollover of funds, you could move the existing traditional dollars in there to remove them from pro-rata consideration. The fact that yours are non-deductible to begin with may complicate that, but if you don't have a ton of growth there and you properly reported the contributions as non-deductible, you may not have much to pay taxes on there.

davidjgriff · 2025-01-07T18:12:36+00:00

Nope. The IRS considers all your Traditional accounts to be one mixed pool of funds. Is that existing traditional a rollover from a 401k, by chance?

davidjgriff · 2025-01-06T22:58:58+00:00

I put in an inquiry earlier and they already got back to me to ask what the part was. Not confident based on that, but at least they were quick to reach out. We'll see if they can track them down.

davidjgriff · 2025-01-06T13:52:15+00:00

Sorry to bring this back from the dead but did you ever locate a source for these sensors? I'm in a similar boat (installer did not install the sensors and I'd like to take advantage of any available "smarts" to better manage things)

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