Oedipa Maas
@oedipamaas1
I'm going to document my journey of installing plug in solar on my studio, determining power usage, and studying the feasibility of smart electrification of small spaces. www.ecosnap.us
@beholderseye.bsky.social I moved the cross piece to the base as you suggested only for the stand not holding the inverter. I would have to place the inverter on a side bar if I want to move that one. It does seem more stable and easier to handle while screwing down the panel. Look!
I've got a full day of rainy day production for my 400W phase 3 array of diy solar. Peak power is always below the rated power. I understand that rating is a controlled lab standard test but I wonder how many consumers see less W production than they expect.
New set of 20W panels set up and plugged in. #pluginsolar #diy #solar @craftstromsolar.bsky.social
Plugged in an ready to go. The cord is not super long so the placement is not totally flexible
Day two of installing my new panel set from @craftstromsolar.bsky.social . As before the WiFi antenna comes already installed while the MHz antennna needs to be added. Fortunately the antenna connection is perfect so it's easy to screw on. #PV #diy #solar
This says the AC cord and stand come either the solar kit. Not in the case of this replacement
This is kind of cute. It looks like it's been hand-altered. Perhaps for the US product?
And this inverter could be operated at higher voltage and the current would be lower. Does this mean you can plug it into a higher voltage outlet?
Random thoughts this time around: this is a 24V and a 36V panel available. What does this mean? Pros? Cons?
Hallelujah these bolts are the right size! Nice job @craftstromsolar.bsky.social
Oop my mistake the bolts come with the inverter. Let's see if if these fit the stand
New inverter. I think I'll just lay these panels flat to test them out for now
Panels seem fine. But where is the mounting hardware? I guess they did not send me a new set. I guess I won't get to evaluate right size mounting bolts. NBD
Unboxing the new set of @craftstromsolar.bsky.social #diy #plugin #solar This could take a few days. I'm especially anxious to see if they fixed the inverter bolt size problem. So annoying!
Ok I got it. First I found out these are European BC01 connectors and watched a video in german. Meanwhile Craftstrom called me up and sent a picture. You push on this tab with a screwdriver
The smaller connectors go from inverter to panel and panel to panel. But the larger connectors go inverter to inverter and inverter to plug. Not sure if those are MC4 or no
Here's just phase 1 (which is actually the second set in series from the plug)
Here is the month production of both phases. It may be hard to tell but production drops off around July 17.
This is the power usage for the HVAC. Fujitsu 9kBTU/hr. Setpoint 72F. All this data will be on my website in bio.
I'll make this a thread. Here's the temperature and humidity for the month. The setpoint was 72F
Data from June is now abaolble! This is a backyard studio with a Fujitsu mini split and @craftstromsolar.bsky.social #balconysolar #diy #solar 70kwh produced from four 200w plug-in panels. Usage and temperature data to follow
I'm way behind on sharing the production data from my four 200W array of #balconysolar #diy #solar. I still haven't received a battery from @craftstromsolar.bsky.social but they said they're doing a production run now. Over 20 kwh for the second week in June.