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The financials of solar, or solar+battery, are rapidly changing. For instance the upcoming removal of the 30% tax credit, and many areas no longer offering 1:1 net metering make it harder for new adopters to have the same direct and easily calculated return (if you are only doing solar for...

Unfortunately the real world does not come out to that. Luckily you can go to pvwatts (pvwatts.nrel.gov). It will tell you the monthly and yearly kWh produced based on system size and orientation. A system with 0 degree tilt will produce about 876 kWh yearly on a fixed system here in Houston...

I think both statements are fair, but on the flip side, a lot of people are not judging, but rather tempering what is likely to be un-realistic expectations. Further than that, depending on how accurately it is advertised, it could be treading into scam territory. You have a lot of history with...

I think you would agree that yours is a more reasonable and cost effective solution than a bed cover panel. I assume that you put your solar panels on the ground in a more ideal layout when camping to charge the portable battery system.

I don't quite see where this is accurate. How exactly will current kill this human where it would not have already tripped a breaker by following the neutral back to the source? Can you draw the fatal current path here?

If your electric rates keep going up, it looks like getting a Tesla membership and using superchargers may be the lower cost option. Here in Texas by using battery storage and solar, I can manipulate the competitive market down to 4.5 cents / kWh in the summer and less than 1 cent / kWh in the...

If you could park your truck on a 20 degree hill so that the cover faces perfectly S from sunup to sundown every day of the year, including the weekends, then this item would produce about 910 kWh of electricity per year (in Houston). If you could do this for 10 years straight and this item...

Jim, After the 10.3 software update, automatic backup seems to be working for me (except if the truck has been off for a long time). If I have already used the door or have the truck on, it seems to start each time without having to re-plug the cable several times. Prior to 10.3 I used to have...

I left the truck on all day and then updated successfully. I normally get updates the same day as many other people here. This is weird that I seem to be the only one for this particular one.

I just had this update attempt to install and fail a few times (One tried automatically and I tried 2 times manually). I am going to leave the truck running for several hours tomorrow to try and get the 12V topped up. First failed update in almost 2 years. Not sure why I am getting it so late...

So what is the verdict?

I have a nearly identical installation, but with PointGuard instead of Franklin. Here are a few comments: To solve my issue I removed the ground connection at the pin of the generator cable inlet box as that is easier than taking a cable apart. Therefore my entire house is grounded through...

I understand exactly what you are doing. Where are you connecting the micro-inverter into the home system? Just a breaker on your main (or critical loads) panel? Wouldn't a 240V inverter be a lot better?

1) Pro power has nothing to do with EV charging. It is a Vehicle to load inverter. You can hook the Pro Power 30A outlet to the generator inlet of the Solark, but it is a one way transfer (from truck to Sol-ark). 2) The Ford Charge Station Pro can not be used with the Sol Ark generator inlet...

I think it may be admin and for the password the serial number of the unit.

Here is what I think is the correct Modbus register map. It is linked directly from the Blue 80 user manual.

There are other systems that you can use with your truck, but not necessarily the Charge Station Pro. For what its worth, the Ford/Sunrun system does work and is supported, but it is not necessarily for the faint of heart to do so, and does work better for the DIY electrical inclined. I would...

This data is going to have different formats for different register values. Here is a document which I believe is the valid modbus register mapping. It seems to match up with your testing. Note that you are starting at 0 and they are starting at 1, so there is an offset you need to account for.

Glad you have your system working and it is a great write up. Unfortunately it really belongs in its own thread or tied to a similar thread. This setup will not work with the Franklin whole home backup battery (or other hybrid inverter systems like PointGuard and SolArk) because the generator...

Yes I believe it can. I have never tried it as I use only self consumption based on time of use but it does have an export mode for utilities that will pay you for exported power.