I only leave for Cat 5. Haha. In all seriousness, I feel some level of obligation to be here as an "essential worker" in situations like this.
I'm 2 hours south of Tampa, we will get wet, but the winds shouldn't be anything close to Irma 5 years ago. I have confidence in the Enphase systems despite the "limited" capacity. I installed a soft start for a client this morning to be sure. We shall see. Jason On Mon, Sep 26, 2022, 8:04 PM Kirk Herander via RE-wrenches < re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote: > 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. 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