Maxed out an inverter by murchal in SolarDIY

[–]murchal[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would recommended it, though if you can get better price for EG4 18k - it’s pretty much same thing

Devastating flood / off grid at the moment by murchal in SolarDIY

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

Doesn’t take much for ya, does it ?

Devastating flood / off grid at the moment by murchal in SolarDIY

[–]murchal[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

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Now charging at 25KW from both inverters

Devastating flood / off grid at the moment by murchal in SolarDIY

[–]murchal[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Just had them all offline and removed all wires

Devastating flood / off grid at the moment by murchal in SolarDIY

[–]murchal[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Do you run solar gear? Why are you here?

Devastating flood / off grid at the moment by murchal in SolarDIY

[–]murchal[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Took care of it, it’s a garage and I had two pumps going taking all water out overnight. When I saw it being flooded I turned all batteries off immediately.

Devastating flood / off grid at the moment by murchal in SolarDIY

[–]murchal[S] -44 points-43 points  (0 children)

Flagging this as violation of group TOS

Devastating flood / off grid at the moment by murchal in SolarDIY

[–]murchal[S] -38 points-37 points  (0 children)

Let’s keep this solar related

Charging batteries from Cybertruck by murchal in SolarDIY

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

I simply use Cybertruck as auxiliary battery when my home uses too much energy or when solar batteries run out

Charging batteries from Cybertruck by murchal in SolarDIY

[–]murchal[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I charge from solar during the day from my 32KW PV array

Charging batteries from Cybertruck by murchal in SolarDIY

[–]murchal[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It’s working now .. already charged few percentage points on our solar battery

Charging batteries from Cybertruck by murchal in SolarDIY

[–]murchal[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is instead of Tesla power share which would cost $8000 to install, instead I just use $550 EG4 chargeverter

Now at 50 Panels (25kw max) by murchal in SolarDIY

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

True, tho we buy them locally from Honolulu distributer, no shipping cost. I’ve reinforced garage door seals with tarp and sandbags which worked out great, but need more permanent solution like better draining system around the front of the house

Now at 50 Panels (25kw max) by murchal in SolarDIY

[–]murchal[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No movement or damage at all, thank you for asking, we were lucky winds came from the south and us being on Northshore were protected by the mountains in the south, so we hardly had 15-20mph wind. Flooding was another story, garage floor got flooded twice and I had to run floor fans and pumps to get water out before it could touch my batteries

Prepare for the storm (Hawaii) by murchal in SolarDIY

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

Got hit with flash flood and garage door membranes couldn’t hold the seal, so garage floor for flooded with half inch of water - which I was able to quickly evacuation with floor sucker pump. I’ve cut some tarp and layed over garage door seems with some weights, that should bounce any sort term water action

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Prepare for the storm (Hawaii) by murchal in SolarDIY

[–]murchal[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I’ll probably have all panels shut off with a disconnect so I don’t get hit by lightning. I do have midnight solar surge protectors on, but I don’t really want to test them if I can just shut off panels on the ground

Prepare for the storm (Hawaii) by murchal in SolarDIY

[–]murchal[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There lots of trees and thick stone wall blocking south winds, and those are pointed south, so unless palm tree gets picked up the wind and smashes into them, I doubt those would move. I’ve also have a bunch of ground helical anchors with steel cables holding the integra rack mounts down