Im struggling to get a DHCPv6 address from ZZOOMM
Could anyone confirm their settings if its working for you please?
Very limited info around it from ZZOOMM help website or general searches
I have a Ubiquiti Cloud Gateway Max
I’m getting astronomical quotes to relocate and replace my boiler into the loft. Part of me thinks these quotes are so high is because they just don’t want to do the work.
I’m pretty hands on and have looked at the routes and I feel confident enough to get the bulk of the pipe work in myself excluding gas pipe, even bore a hole for flue and mount the boiler and install tank.
If I did the bulk of the work myself, is it possible that a plumber would just connect everything up, extend the gas pipe and commission or would most plumbers fob it off. I would add that any pipe work I install would be excluded from the contract.
Anyone else worried about the upcoming 38 degree temperatures damaging your panels?
Only had mine in for a good month and already noticed the lack of generation when it gets hot.
I know there is nothing I can do but still a concern non the less.
After the thunder and lightning show last night it got me thinking about my newly installed solar panels.
I have 15 panels split across east and west sides and connected directly to a PW3 with no gateway. I’m pretty sure that the panels themselves are not grounded so the question is… should they be??
I have a Powerwall 3 with 15 panels split across two roof faces (east and west). There are 2 physical DC cables per side going into the Powerwall (1 positive + 1 negative), so 4 cables total.
I was expecting to see 2 string readings in the Netzero app as my understanding is that a string is all panels joined per array, but I see 4 active. What I don’t understand is why there are different readings on each string if A and B are all panels on the east side and C and D are all panels on the west side?
Ive had my solar and PW3 with no GW for about 2 weeks now.
I'm trying to configure a backup reserve in app, but its not there. I have been messing around with the netzero app and it can be controlled through that but to be honest I don't want to use another app or have yet another subscription.
I'm trying to prevent the battery from completely discharging into the car and the only way so far I have found is by configuring a backup reserve percentage. I believe the configuration feature is removed because I don't have a gateway, but why remove it?
Planning to fit bird mesh myself while the scaffold is still up, but I'm not convinced running it along the ridge actually makes sense. Surely a mesh along the top just creates a shelf? Wouldn't that encourage birds to nest rather than deter them? So just looking at bottom and sides
Every time I plug my car in, the Powerwall discharges to cover the EV load instead of letting the grid supply it as and when (Octopus Intelligent Go tariff). I want the battery to serve the house and the grid to handle the car.
I think the issue is CT clamp placement. Both the Tesla energy meter CT and the Hypervolt CT are fitted on the main supply tails, so the Powerwall sees EV charging as ordinary house load and tries to compensate.
A couple of things I've noticed that might be relevant:
My theory is that I need an additional CT on the EV charger circuit so the Powerwall can tell the difference between house load and car charging, and manage the two independently. Is that right, and if so where should it go?
Anyone got this stuff installed? Any good?
I had my solar and battery installed and commissioned last Friday and I've noticed my car is charging from the battery. Something I didn't want so need to follow up with them tomorrow.
Is it as simple as moving the Tesla CT clamp?
I stressed during the planning stage that I wanted a low-profile installation. Now that it has been installed, it does not appear very low profile to me from up close or ground level. The distance from the roof tile to the top of the solar panel is 155 mm.
Is this normal? I've looked at others installed around the estate and they seem closer to their roofs... also kind of explains why the whole array wobbles as much as it does, looks like a giant spring board 😛 The more I look at this the more its bothering me
I have recently had mine installed and not really happy with the exposed silver rails at the ends and in between panels, is there any issue me painting them whilst the scaffolding is still up? I haven't had any documentation through yet so don't want to do something that could give an excuse not to sign it off..
It's been an exciting few days getting solar panels installed, and for the most part I'm very happy with the install so far. However, I do have some concerns about the flex and noise some of the panels make when I give them a shake.
I raised this concern early on during the design phase, but to fit more panels on the roof they needed to be mounted in landscape orientation. I understand the install isn't finished yet and the rails still need to be cut down along with other cabling, but I'm curious whether others with landscape mounted panels experience any rattling in the wind? I'm just surprised on how much they actually move.
There is also an exposed connector between two panels which, when touched, feels very tight and the fact that its also exposed, I cant see it lasting very long.
I will raise these observation tomorrow and see what comes of it.
I'm having my solar panels installed this week and I've realised the installer's plan may be wrong. When I've been playing around with GetPylon (image attached) I've always accounted for the flue in its correct position, but in their plan the row of 3 panels doesn't show the flue where it actually is (technical drawings). My suspicion is they've moved it on paper to fit 3 panels in a clean row, but that's not physically possible as there has to be a gap in that string to clear the flue .
This raises a question about how the strings will link across that gap, which I hadn't considered until I started looking into it more.
My current understanding is that the original plan had 2 strings across 2 MPPTs, but with the correct layout accounting for the flue, I think it should be 3 strings across all 3 MPPTs, with 2 strings on the west-facing left array and 1 string on the right array. Is that correct?
For context I'm getting a Tesla Powerwall 3 which has 3 independent MPPTs. The panels are Eurener 500Wp MEPV Nexa TOPCon bifacial. Happy to share more details if useful.
