My Solar Exploits
Been having an issue or some confusion wrt one of my five batteries. It's not acting like the others and either hogs or supplies extra power to the system and as a result ends up with a significantly lower SOC - State Of Charge. Maybe it just needs a few full cycles but I'm a bit unsettled by it and the vendor (Sungold) I'm working with is a bit difficult both in communication and in support/returns/etc. I think Amazon has spoiled everyone though they too are getting a bit tougher...have refused to cancel a couple of my high-end orders of solar panels so I'm a bit upset with them as well. (even though the panels worked out and I have two more arriving at the end of the year). Should be getting my Xcel power bill in the next day or so. Should prove interesting even if I had two unscheduled/wanted solar issues that caused the system to switch to the grid (not even noticeable when this happens :) :) :) ) for some 10-20 Kw of grid power but I also got two near full charges of the batteries when this happened. (but also revealed the problem mentioned).
I wired in my breaker/cutoff for the batteries so now I can quickly disconnect them if needed and have breaker protection for the entire string and the inverter in addition to the individual breakers on each battery.
also, my six solar panels in the snow from last night.
