Thank you, it's hard to believe there are so many people out there that think solar is some kind of cult or fad . Videos like this that are straight forward help paint a better picture. I have been doing HVAC since the late 70's and installed an inverter mini split in the great room with solar panels about 15 years ago , there was no single source or kit available but it's the same basic package. I'm sure your system was less expensive then my purchase but I will take sunshine and batteries over the power company all day long. Good job!😊
you were getting 100 watts with the tree, you didn't mention what it was doing after the tree was removed and you had full sun on the panels. Thanks for sharing. Cheers from Louisiana.
Crazy cool little camera! Guess I'm going to be getting a 9k unit. Not hybrid but power is coming from solar anyway. Less efficient but not the end of the world. Only controlling temp in a small 200sq ft building. The bugs I'm growing will generate most of the heat. It's the cooling that's more critical and providing much needed dehumidification. Shame they're only coughing up 50 bucks on the price tag between the 12k hybrid and 9k non-hybrid.
I guarantee you, you will be opening that drywall at some point. We have 2 heat pump split systems and the condensation drains get backed up and filled with algae causing a water back up issue. Ours go right out the back of the unit and straight through the wall so as much as it is a pain to open up the plastic track for the lines to vacuum out, I could only imagine trying to clear the lines like the way you have them there. I would strongly reconsider that part of the install before you close everything up. I know it looks ugly going down the side of the house, but believe me you will be doing it at some point anyways. Good luck!
I wonder since it looked like they used PVC for part of the drain if they add a clean out port before they close up the walls, if that would make it easier to service.
If the exposed copper lines in the wall are not sealed off from the air in the wall as they were initially, they will have condensation forming on the lines that will drip into the walls and cause a huge problem.
@@SmitHVAC. Got it. I am a little confused as SS says to purchase the Canadian Solar Panels at the good guy price you have to purchase 10 panels. It appears you purchased less than 10 and thus my question.
@benkanobe7500 yea 10 is the minimum for panels I guess they're likely to break when they ship less. We got 14 in total, 6 for the 24k 4 for the 12k and 4 for another project.
Since you were able to get a "package deal", how much was shipping as I would like to compare that to the 10 minimum shipping cost for just the 400Watt Canadian Solar, panels?
my 12k hybrid mini split is in and got the 390w Canadian solar panels locally. eg4 manual says to keep solar panels covered during installation to keep panels from generating electricity . how important is that?
If your handling bare conductors it's pretty important. I wired mine from the unit, to the shutoff to the panels, and completed the connection in the middle of the array so I was only handling the MC4s
I bought mc4 cables with attached connectors so I won’t be touching bare wires and the dc circuit breaker I bought also has mc4 connectors already on so… I guess I’m just lil too green as this is my first solar anything install. 😊 Thank you for replying
On another matter, plastic hole cover unit came with for all cables and line set go through was only 2 1/4” in diameter . Do you think that is wide enough?
How do you heat and cool bedrooms (4) with this system? Do you install a head and lines in each room? Please don't tell me you install one unit in the hallway and everyone has to leave their doors open.
