Quite the solar setup !!! I'm jealous, sort of. Here under 140' tall western cedars on the dark side of WA, even little solar yard lights won't function. The good part is my 7000BTU window A/C unit only runs about 30 days annually.
I did ground mount also for 3 reasons; its more efficient because it can be positioned more precisely, its easier to clean, and with roof mount you run the risk of damaging the roof.
I do not. I have ordered an EG4 battery backup system that I will be doing videos on when it is installed. That will be my backup for outages and when there is no solar. GFM@@Jon-hx7pe
i was asking the guy with 52kw. some weeks even with a big system output is low. when you're still on grid, obviously makes no sense to use a generator for backup if your battery is depleted and solar not producing much.@@grayfurnaceman
That would be good, but 3 foot wide walkways, no panels allowed over plumbing vents, etc all prevent complete coverage. I would like to see some changes in building codes. GFM
Thanks for the update. I personally like ground arrays also little more experience but easier to maintain. I have one that is 12 3x4 sideways and one 15 1x8 and one that is 1x7 the tall way with the lowest point 2feet off the ground. I think its best to have them so u could use a broom to clean off not need a roof rake. Currently 27 panels but probably going to double that next year. 20kwh of batteries. I think i would like to grid tie also. Would like to hear what the battery plans are.
Being an Eastern WA resident as well, expect energy prices to continue soaring. Natural Gas is next on the "carbon cap and trade tax" hit list after they already drove up gas prices 50+ cents a gallon so expect people to be going broke heating their homes too. They're obsessed with removing the Snake River dams. Add in electric car mandates and WA doing it's best to ban natural gas appliances in favor of all electric, I expect the grid around here to go as unstable as it is in California over the next decade. At least Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries have hit the mainstream. I have 10kwh now and plan to add more. We all need to plan for those government induced rolling blackouts that are almost inevitably coming.
Not so much down on government but I do think many homes producing a small amount of excess power could go a long way to reducing grid instability. GFM
I have a question a/c related why do a lot of service techs When servicing on signal phase residential condensing units not replace failed contacted with single throw double pole units in my opinion the are better fail less and hold the arching to a minimum not mention as the single pull single throw units start to fail some times some tech through hard start kits on failed to mask failing relays your thoughts
The single pole contactors have no more failures than double pole. The amperage on the contacts are the same, unless you are passing one side of line thru both contacts. Can't see how a hard start kit could mask a failed contactor. Not trying to beat you up but you asked for my thoughts. GFM
@@grayfurnaceman In my area I find many more burnt up single pull units melted and many of those have kits on them In some cases part of the problem seems to be on install failure like lose or poorly made connections. I do believe the dual contact units do last longer And maybe have less over all heat build up on the point of contact I will see if I can send a photo of the most recent failed units I always check LR and R amps after repair To compare to labels. To be shure it would seem to involve A significant no. Of Goodman units and there spin off models Most have a cap rating of 35 and I test and replace if not with in spec
Couldn't disagree more. Small, sometimes residential power suppliers like me(I operate 2 to 3 of my neighbors' air conditioners during the summer) could be a great solution to grid problems. GFM
it would need to have storage with grid controlled dispatch to put the power on the grid when it is needed most (early evening) to help with grid stability, rather than make it worse. solar doesn't help with the grid stability when output can drop way down in a matter of seconds due to a cloud passing over, the conventional power plants still have to be on at required capacity to meet full demand since they can't be ramped up and down fast enough. I don't know of one instance putting intermittent solar helping with grid stability and replacing regular power plants- germany went big into renewables and because they foolishly shut down their nuclear reactors are burning lots of coal despite the renewables. ontario, canada went big into renewables and all it did was jack up rates and unreliably produce surpluses that get exported at a loss. without cost effective storage, intermittent renewables = "junk generation" @@grayfurnaceman
