Get out of there dude, my brother lives in Tampa I told him to do the same thing.
On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 7:30 PM Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenches < re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: > I should probably write this in 48 hours after Hurricane Ian passes by > here. But I'll give you a couple of personal opinions. > > Complicated? No. It's pretty dead simple since there is no DC aspect to > consider. But there are a lot of little things, I'll call them quirks, to > learn and understand to make commissioning easier. A strong background in > the Enphase ecosystem makes it all pretty intuitive. I'm not sure how > someone new to Enphase in general would see it. > > From an installer perspective, you're taken out of the loop on quite a > bit. You become pretty reliant on customer support for some things that > don't work out of the box sometimes. There are pros and cons to this. There > is a lot of remote diagnostics, resetting, updating, etc. And > communications can be absolutely infuriating. The WiFi radio in the data > monitor is embarrassingly weak. They didn't learn that lesson, and the > comms between the gateway and batteries is also extremely poor, which means > proximity and line of sight are of paramount importance. > > Batteries seem to fail updates and require resets initially, but once > everything is up and running it seems reliable, except, again, the wireless > communications aspect which sometimes results in frustration. But all > things considered, once it's all set up it seems reliable, but time will > tell. > > Back to Hurricanes. The 40 kWh limit is pretty pathetic for our market > where people can easily consume 100 kWH per day in September. The bulk of > that is air conditioning, which is also the #1 or #2 thing people want to > back up in the first place. A 40 kWh whole house solution, realistically, > is really a partial home backup when so many sacrifices are required. There > is also a serious limit on the ability to support the surge requirements of > central air conditioning. A soft start kit is virtually required, even with > a maxed out 40 kWh system. > > I hope to have nothing additional to report after Hurricane Ian. But if > some systems go off-grid for any significant amount of time I will > certainly learn a lot and share the results. > > Jason Szumlanski > Florida Solar Design Group > > > > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2022, 7:04 PM Drake Chamberlin via RE-wrenches < > re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: > >> Hello All, >> >> Looking into the Enphase Ensemble system, I'm not sure that is a >> direction I want to take. It seems that they are extremely complicated >> and require a 30 hour training course to commission. >> >> Once installed, are they reliable? Do they require on going tweaks and >> firmware upgrades? >> >> Will the IQ8 micro inverters taper charge with phase shift? I am >> considering the possibility of AC coupling some to a pair of Radians. >> >> What is the most reliable and economically feasible way to provide >> backup power today? >> >> Thank you, >> >> Drake >> >> Drake Chamberlin >> Media & Communication Action Project >> https://m-cap.org/ >> >> >> >> >> -- >> _______________________________________________ >> >> _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > Pay optional member dues here: http://re-wrenches.org > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > There are two list archives for searching. When one doesn't work, try the > other: > https://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/ > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List rules & etiquette: > http://www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > http://www.members.re-wrenches.org > > -- *Kirk Herander / **kirkh@vermont.solar <kirkh@vermont.solar>* *Owner|Principal, VT Solar, LLC* *Celebrating our 31st Anniversary 1991-2022!!* *www.vermont.solar* <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=www.vermontsolarnow.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7C9f0330d75a244870112408d685311841%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636842843233477645&sdata=0NjyuKeQbEK6245SNnk8X4XnP9Q%2B%2BqtvcALkdDghvk4%3D&reserved=0> dba Vermont Solar Engineering 802.863.1202
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