The 15k was worth the wait! 

Its all scalable. We do 5k solarks and 1 battery with 5 panels ziptied together on PVC mounts up to light commercial solar farms.

Dream bigger and work harder....

So if I had 3500 to 4000 usd. You could do something including lithium batteries??

​@@lennieadi search RU-vid for Will Solar. he has videos thst fit your budget. Batteries on sale now until Oct 31st.

@@ericfitzsimmons1202 I know Will Prowse. That’s not what I’m asking. I’m asking if parts and labour can be done within that budget and what size. Thanks for reply tho. Much appreciated

I am waiting on the software to be ready for the panel. It is the next frontier! Load manangement!

@@practicalpreppers7798 my local water municipality did this. They put panels in every free space of outdoor land they could. Right by the lake that supplies the water. They can almost run the plant on them alone.

@Defective Degenerate Great reply! Thanks

We can actually add 10 more of thos panels to the 15k and anotther 19kw ac coupled to the same inverter. Nuts, I know.

looks like 64 panels? each at 300 kWh .. that is 19.2 K or about what they claim maybe their panels were just 250kWh rated. maybe they put them in as pairs of 500 KWh but you can see they are actually 64 individual panels front or back shots.

I see in another video they did they are using bi facial - basically integrating two panels into one plug.

Usually not necessary since operating voltage is 300-500V. Very long runs like 300’+ maybe.

Even for long 300’+ or more runs all you’ll generally need for DC Solar is 8ga or maybe 6 ga.

That's actually a very good idea for a video

Not much was said about th 15k. I came here to learn about the 15K inverter.

Curious on brand and all . We have tons of rock in texas

@@CRsolar we use Sunmodo screws and racking.

Then you would have 8 ga running from each pv string versus 10ga. It’s easier and cheaper to run 4/0 al to the garage from the house.

@@USA-GreedyMenOfNoIntegrity Understood and agreed, but what's the cost difference? I'm sure pennies on the dollar when you're looking at the cost of an "installed" system like that! Either way, if it were me, I wouldn't want to look at the array right outside the house in the parking area, especially blocking 1.5-2 of the 3 shop doors. But I assume that's what the owner wanted, so as long as they're happy!

Too bad the array could not have been placed on one of the roof's? I guess they weren't facing South enough.

Seems like the array is kinda "in harms way". Maybe that's the risk with all ground-mount systems, but traffic might not be so good for them.

I understand and I had many discussions with the homeowner and I put it where he told me to.

@@practicalpreppers7798 I guess their call, but I was like it okish then I saw it from the drone and it triggered me soo much. Such a nice huge shop that where I would have put the solar. But the customer is always right.

I hate those Goodman heat pumps, but hey I didn’t pay for that junk so that’s their choice not mine.

Get sol ark 12k worth it. 12k are $6000 if you know the right people

F5 tornado. JK 120 mph

@@practicalpreppers7798 Wow! Very impressive!

I went with SOK lfp 48v server racks. Similar to the EG4's love em, no issues and closed loop

@@hoocli I have heard good things about SOK as well. Plus, they are UL certified. One thing that draws me to the EG4 LL v2 is the addition of fire arrestors in the battery. Just a little piece of mind. The kicker is that the LL v2 is not yet UL certified (they are reportedly working on it, though).

@@mmpiano119 Yea it's nice to have. I got the batteries before UL so waiting on stickers

He said they are communicating in the video.

He didn’t use 4gauge-it was 4/0 (4aught) as he stated in the video.

I've seen this mentioned before. What does the Sol-Ark do that is so concerning?

About 15k do it your self. Otherwise pay someone 50-80k

He explained it in the beginning…although the hp sub panel ended up on the left side and fusible disconnect on right side.

When you get over 250’ or so, you have to go up to 8ga per string. I’m sure he and the customer looked at which one was going to be more expensive, just like those Goodman heat pumps. Also, maybe that shop is close to their property line.

Plan on $50K if you DIY.

My guess would be $40K+.

Batteries are much cheaper. Just like those Goodman heat pumps.

@@USA-GreedyMenOfNoIntegrity While true, it doesn't answer my question. The Fortress and EG4 are similarly priced. Why one over the other?

Think eg4 isn’t complete UL listed yet with enclosure… but I am curious they are cheaper than many.

You should probably contact multi aqua directly as I don't have their latest pricing.

@@engineer775 okay!

#DoNotWatchToTheEnd. 🤣

@@joshuadavis4038 caught. lol

Yes, yes.

haha

so true, ive been watching solar inverters closely for 4 years and the 30k/60k could finally be the game changer. i want 3 phase cause why not, and i want a off grid 100A main/150A

@@trebombs4life hell yeah, they just need to figure out the battery and I'm not sure yet the best way to feed a 30k from a 60k, so you could have the elevator, lvl 3 charger etc that wants the 480v

@@Zorlig just buy one 60k. and power up a 277v/480 panel for your higher voltages, and hit a little 208Y transformer and subfeed a 208/120 panel. (if the inverter likes real transformers or not idk)

@@trebombs4life the issue with that was the inrush current of the transformer + idle consumption. Didn't seem like it would work

30k/60k are not 240v split phase, so you probably won't see them on residential builds. Maybe a big ol' shop with three phase one day. I agree that I would love to see them regardless.

@@mmpiano119 i want them for my house. no more of these tiny liitle 28A max current outputs

@@trebombs4life 15k has 62.5A max on-grid and 50A max off-grid. I don't think 30k/60k works with any 120v appliances and need 208v 3-phase (30k) or 277v/480v 3-phase (60k). I haven't seen any reviews or videos on the 30k or 60k yet since I don't believe they are out yet. Soon, I hope.

@@mmpiano119 what voltage does a commercial building run on?

@@trebombs4life I'm not an expert, but I believe it's dependant on energy needs. My point is that the 30k/60k sound like they are designed for industrial/commercial application and not residential. I have no clue whether they could be retrofitted for residential voltage (240v/120v split phase), but it's not natively supported like it is for the 15k.

If the rack is full (6 battery packs) it should be 30.72kWh

This was a relatively small house with two two and a half ton air conditioning units that ran without a problem. How long it runs? Depends on how much solar and how much battery. So

After Hurricane Irma, 2017, without power for four days. It was a 4.7kW PV, 21 panels, Sharp 230s installed in 2008 or so, 7 strings of 3, with about 30kWh of LiPO4 battery. A/C is Lennox 24 SEER, I think 3.5 ton, with the "Soft Start," obscenely expensive to install when I was building the house, but mini-splits hadn't come of age yet. It ran the A/C, the hybrid water heater (hybrid mode only), two refrigerators, the dishwasher, microwave, some lights and TV, and I charged my 2011 Nissan LEAF L1@120V, obviously not everything at the same time though, and there were still times where I was having to shut down strings because the battery was almost 100% charged. Now this was in September, not July or August, in Florida, so A/C usage was slightly less. I enjoyed watching my one rotten neighbor desperately struggling with a junky generator, until he bought a new one, used it 24/7 for three days, spent two hours cleaning it, and (99% probability but I didn't actually witness) returned it, but that's another story.

yA,but it' GREEN! 😂

Energy sure is cool isn’t i? God is good, all the time.

I have 8 kw of solar up. i know what it costs and what it can do. its nice to have but the cost is still ridiculous,and your not self sufficient when you rely on china made electronics and possibly batteries you can't get if the world goes to hell. The only reason power bills keep going up is this the current criminal regime trying to stop fossil fuels and still pushing electric car nonsense which is neither green,renewable or saves fossil fuel. 90% of solar is made in china and boated here on ships burning bunkerfuel.You are making yourself totally reliant on chinese electronics is all you are doing. My truck is flex fuel,just takes a still to make ethanol

A gasoline substitute can be made by a wood gasification unit. Can you make new solar panels? How about re-spinning a motor. You can also smelt copper right, what fuel will you use? I ask, what is the quality of life you want while being "off the grid?"

@Defective Degenerate Aside from limited wireless internet access through several repeaters. I live off grid, I understand the importance of power generation. But I refuse to accept this technology when countless Americans have been swindled out of tax dollars basically purchasing "renewables" for others. This happens in the way of rebates, incentives, tax cuts whatever you want to call it, follow the money. I argue that 500 gallons or so of lp underground tanks hidden from view, with a quality built in generator would be a far better option if we are only talking 15k watts Peak. Add whatever battery bank and good to go no matter the weather or conditions. Solar will be a easy target for endless bad people if things go south.

It's a 15,000 watt inverter with 32 450+ watt panels = yes. Although he needs a lot more batteries to make it past 2 hours when the solar is not available . 🙃

Yes, 🤪 roflmao, we can. I do it every day. Although my two 12K’s, 48 panels/20.6kW and 143kWh are a tad better.

Play piano man or username is fraudulent

nope. Most folks don't get close to needing 200 amps so we retired the shop meter and fed everything from the 200 amp meter on the house. And now the 15k can feed everywhere.

I bought 2 12K’s for home and 2 EG46500ex’s for shop. I’ll let you know in 10 years how they both hold up.😂