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New system
Got my new system installed today. It consists of 2 a Power s + 26 445w trina vertex s+ solar panels. Any tips?
u/Most_Leopard_6145 — 2 days ago
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Witch the tutorial videos and set a custom TOU
Took a while for me to figure out but on the very last step of setting up a custom TOU rate, you can choose exactly how the system behaves for each time frame. In my case, because we don't have built-in automation to account for cloudy weather, I wanted to mostly stay in self-consume mode but switch to charge battery from solar for a couple of hours to ensure its topped up to cover peak utility hours.
u/raziridium — 5 days ago
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Quote to install third battery
I'm curious, has anyone had another battery installed (or had a quote for one) after their system has been commissioned? I am thinking about adding another, I also can't help but think things will get a lot cheaper in a couple of years.
My quote was ~$15k, and seeing as I can get another battery for ~$8k delivered, $7k to add another battery to an existing system seems steep. Too bad our systems aren't designed like the EcoFlo Delta Pro Ultras where you can just connect another 6.2 kWh battery on top of the existing one for $2k!
u/NecessaryMuffins — 8 days ago
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New offer in the app this morning
This morning I woke up to a new offer in the app, which seems to offer cash rewards for letting the power company use my home battery to help with grid stability during peak times.
If I tap through the link, it brings me to an enrollment page, which touts how much money I could theoretically earn, but without much information about what I need to do or how the program works.
If I click through the terms and conditions link at the bottom, it gives a slightly better idea, but not a ton of clarity, and points me to the link https://greatergrid.com/enroll/programs/entergy/louisiana, which gives me a 404 error message.
Anyone here have experience with programs like this one? My feeling is that it would likely pay out better than the regular rate of exporting excess power to the grid, which is abysmal here in Louisiana, but it also seems like it might compromise my ability to make sure my battery is fully charged as a backup in case there's a storm (and our power gets taken out a lot).
u/Mturetsky — 9 days ago
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System picture
Looks like the picture for last post we made didn’t upload properly
Hopefully it loads this time 🤪
u/AlphaSunSolarService — 10 days ago
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Proved it worth today...system for sure. App...small fail.
17.3 kWh system with the A2 15.3kwh Wall installed late last September.
A few weeks ago a thunderstorm caused a very brief outage. The was a flicker but power came on. Our wifi router had to reboot. That annoyed me as I have tested "OFF GRID" and all went smooth...BUT we had power then then the grid returned quickly.
Last night in the wee hours, some drunk evidently hit a pole nearby and power was lost. Our battery was 100%. We got up today at 0500. Functioned as normal; AC running, TV, cooked on the electric cook top and I started a load in the dishwasher. Then I get a notice on my phone that should reduce load as the SOC was @ 10%! I looked and saw we were off grid. Went to power site and sure enough "Outage..cause vehicle accident and estimated up time is 0900-12PM.
I shut off AC, interrupted the dishwasher and shut off most everything unneeded to save power. As I type the sun is cresting the tree line and we are producing .7kWh and consuming 1kwh. So the system with has a SOC of 5% is now only putting out .4 kWh. Our Est. backup is now almost 2 hrs. So, this is a 100% real life system use and success. Timing helped as the sun is coming up and the day looks very nice. But we will have enough juice to get through the day till power is restored.
The fail is the APP. We should both have received OFF GRID or On Back up notifications and we did not. The only notice we had we were on the battery was the LOW SOC notice. Kinda late? But, better late than never. But, if we knew earlier we could have conserved more to keep a better buffer. I'll be letting Franklin know. And I know the APP has been buggy lately but notifications are important.
As I finish this, we have moved into the "safe from losing all power" zone! Love having this system!
Edit at 1:30PM EST
Power still out. And system is having production issues. Should have a full battery. I’m getting 0 production now. Intermittent spurts of production. Franklin support was helpful but we’re getting to the point of ridiculousness now. Dominion needs to get on the ball with this asap. And I have no idea what is causing the system
To fail.
u/Sirknowit — 13 days ago