u/SodaPopin5ki

At some point within the last 6 years, a chunk of my PVs stopped producing. I'd added solar since 2012 piecemeal, so I didn't notice until I looked at my annual generation.

In 2019, I had a set of panels installed with Enphase IQ7s(?) installed, but since I had PowerWalls, I figured no need for the Envoy, since I could see the total production on the Tesla app. Looks like that may have been a mistake, as I would have noticed the stoppage.

I saw a post where someone mentioned their Enphase system stopped working until they connected them up and got a firmware upgrade.

I'm looking to add an Envoy system, and hoping that resurrects the microinverters. Or is it possible they're shot? It seems unlikely that only the 12 IQ7 microinverters broke, while the older Enphase and big central inverter all still work.

Thoughts?

Edit: Notes from the electrician who checked out the system
"I checked everything: every jbox, all splices, breakers. all trunk cable connectors, end caps. No problem found. The voltage was good 243V at any point in the circuits. but micros still not producing. I checked DC voltage on several panels, the DC input on inverters was all good 35 VDC. I have a feeling all those IQ7+ micros have fried somehow. The strange thing is that all of them are dead. I can call tech support on Monday. Don't know what else i can do."

Do the standard lessons ever "finish" kanji practice found in the practice hub?

Or should I just go back and finish them.

I highly doubt it, but does completing any of them make the respective kanji appear in the actual lessons?

Went "cinematic."

Without parachutes, I took a page from the Soyuz program using retrorockets for landing...but from terminal velocity.

I studied Japanese decades ago in highschool, and wanted to refresh for an October trip.

I've been using a combination of Anki, Busuu and Duolingo to practice. I'm at Duolingo level 17 now, and hoping to get to 30 before the trip. I'm subscribed to both Busuu and Duolingo Max.

I've found Busuu is better at explaining the grammar and teaches faster, but not so great on review/practice. I've found practice is where Duolingo shines at. Aside from the regular lessons, I've been doing the listening practice in the practice hub a lot. It's slow and repetitive, which I actually appreciate to a point.

For Anki, I've just been making my own deck instead of one downloading the community decks. To improve my listening, I got Ankidroid reading the Japanese out loud. I've also borrowed Level 1 Pimsleur on Libby to do on my commute.

I've also recently started on Wanikani, hoping to improve my kanji. I'm planning to learn at least the common kanji you'll see at the train stations.

Will this be enough so I don't need to have Google Translate out all the time to get around Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto? Maybe even order food and understand the staff?

As the spiritual successor to KSP, this should be seen.

These are for the SRBs, which aren't in yet, so for testing, you can activate them for the hydrogen engines.

I bought an Ikea table, painted it Navy Blue, added some "decals" and made it my display shelf / flight deck for my 1:48 DX Chogokins VF-1 Valkyries.

You can see the original TV inspired Jet Blast Deflector, which isn't nearly as detailed as my newer DYRL version. If I make a DYRL version, I'll need to cut a space out of the table.

I've got my aircraft tractors and missile carts in heavy use, along with YetiForge's M209 Sugarfoot jeep.

Pardon my crude miniature painting. This is why I buy toys, instead of models, and color 3D print when I can.

Note: While the toys are officially 1:48, I made the vehicles and deck crew to match the pilot size, which was about 1:60. At 1:60, the VF-1 at this toy size would be about the size of an F-14 Tomcat, so that kind of tracks. I figure if the animation can't keep scale consistent, I don't need to either.

Most of these files are available if you have a 3D printer.

Wide shot of the \"flight deck\" with aircraft elevators

VF-1S Mechanic Edition, with custom 3D printed \"hinges\" to raise the hood.

https://preview.redd.it/q3dthu4crtch1.jpg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9f493657bb5392e3315726a8bed5926bee66b499

Aircraft tractors in Macross should have 6 wheels, right?

https://preview.redd.it/1ozu28pdstch1.jpg?width=2209&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9cd0d66370e1463eb38a0037d131b5641343c85

Awkward ride

Old jet blast deflector

https://preview.redd.it/x7dtqz3crtch1.jpg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=838749b850e1d1dea614afdcdb1496a724d50bfb

https://preview.redd.it/jd9pjcwettch1.jpg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0dbfa935820dcb597b07055358a0a8de95e7aea3

https://preview.redd.it/e418404crtch1.jpg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b83c8097db75c93133ab8f96b5790297bd32187c

https://preview.redd.it/474ky14crtch1.jpg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=62df891d9a6f63deed1f2e012790edb1191caef9

Newer remix of the M209 with angled front.

GU-11 Gunpod ammo loader, vaguely based on the GAU-8 version.

https://preview.redd.it/6l7a37qdstch1.jpg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6708bb3cee67c316c859b2646e49584dba7bede9

Guess which missile set is Max's?

The official TV missiles were a bit drab, so I made my own version a bit closer to the animation, color-wise. Hardpoints break easily, though.

https://preview.redd.it/sl3r18pdstch1.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=37a8245e71d30d5fc911abbc55683f1a25094c7d

Oops, I mixed up DYRL Hikaru and SDFM Roy.

I know the ladder is supposed to come out of the fuselage, but I couldn't print something that small, nor connect it without glue.

Did you guess right?