Sol-Ark 15k Solar Inverter Desktop App example

[@michaelschiessl8357]

I cant wait until you up your battery storage and are off -grid 95% of the time..Eventually i would like to do the same..Thank you for your videos..that is my goal!!

[@unpluggedtexan]

Yeah I’m glad I did it. It’s expensive but definitely worth it in my opinion.

[@geneg7956]

The thing I don’t like about Powerview is that it updates every 5 minutes. I added Solar Assistant to give live views, it also gives an accurate view of each of my Lifepower batteries. I rarely use Powerview.

[@unpluggedtexan]

Agreed

[@JW-ht5es]

Can you teach us how to program our Sol-Ark 15k inverters? It's complicated.

[@unpluggedtexan]

@@JW-ht5es you can call Sol-Ark directly for that. They can walk you through it over the phone. Or you can send me an email and I can send you screenshots of my settings. Join my email list by going to solarpdfdownload.com and reply to one of the email I send out.

[@8894larry]

Did you have any trouble setting up the closed loop communications between EG4 Batteries & the 15K? Sol-Ark does not have EG4 on their compatibility list and will not help in this setup. Could you possible show how you set up the closed loop between the two? There seem to be some people having trouble doing this.

[@unpluggedtexan]

I ended up not putting it in closed loop communication. Sol-Ark doesn’t recommend it. But EG4 claims their batteries can do closed loop with Sol-Ark. I won’t be putting mine in closed loop communication as I’m about to add the EG4 indoor wall mount battery in parallel with my EG4-LL’s. By commingling these two batteries together I can not do closed loop. Which doesn’t bother me. I’ve had no issues with my systems performance not doing closed loop communication.

[@mattman6710]

Dumpload = BTC miner. Get paid for your excess power? BTC miner averages 3kw-5kw depending on model.

[@unpluggedtexan]

I should look into that. I would need to be able to pause the mining though overnight to not drain my battery bank. I’m not sure if that’s possible with crypto mining or not.

[@alik1234]

Do crypto mining when u have excess power

[@unpluggedtexan]

I definitely should look into that. My only hesitation is I would want to pause the mining process overnight when I don’t have the excess power. Not sure if you can pause crypto mining when you’re in the middle of the process mining a token.

[@longtimber1]

kWh costs, PV Power 5-10 cents, Non TOU Grid 15-20, Battery 20-50. May want to limit eChem cycles. Do the Math.

[@franklong6269]

You are burning money by no selling power back to your electric company. It's just that simple. Over the 20 to 30 year life cycle of your solar system, that will add up to tens of thousands of dollars in most states. Have a professional do a set of solar plans for your system that meets all codes an then disconnect your system from the grid and permit it. Make sure before you call the utility that you install all required disconnects, ground requirements, breakers and labeling. Submit your plans for permit and then have an inspector come out and review your system. It's really not that complicated. Just make SURE that you disconnect your system from the grid before you do this or the state governing agency may fine you.

[@unpluggedtexan]

My electric bill is so small there won’t be much to credit me. If they sent cash payments for the excess I’m never going to use I could see that making more sense. I have 5 homes (other family members) on my property so I’m thinking I could install inverters on a few of those homes and AC couple over to those to send excess power lowering those electric bills.

[@franklong6269]

@@unpluggedtexan That's an interesting idea - kudos for thinking out of the box. Also, I am not familiar with Texas solar credits, so I am speaking from a place of partial ignorance concerning your situation. Still, it would probably be advantageous for you to permit your system. There are vendors who will do your permit plans for around $400.00 if you don't have the time to mess with it. If you sell electricity back to the utility company, you are in a sense using them as your battery backup. So think of it this way, if you spend $1,500 to get permitted, you are purchasing virtually unlimited battery backup that you can use for all five homes theoretically (depending on Texas's rules). I have researched a 10 KW solar panel system for my home in AZ using the Sol-Ark 15K inverter (I am a civil engineer). I am going to build a guest house in my backyard. I called one of the Sol-Ark vendors (NAZ Solar Electric) and asked him if the Sol-Ark 15K could run both the guest house and the main house and the rep advised against it. He stated that when the SA 15K is installed on a home, it sets up a grid system just for that home. It is not designed to run more than one home. Now he might have been fudging the information to try to sell me two SA 15K inverters, but I think he was telling the truth. So check with Sol-Ark about your idea to AC couple the other four homes to yours. One possible simple solution would be to install a battery system in each home and then send electricity from your home to charge the battery backup. But again, the Sol-Ark dealer said that the SA 15K was not designed for this type of application. I wish you the best and I enjoy your videos. Be careful about not permitting your system. The state governing authorities can get really nasty in most states, and they have all the evidence they need with your KZbin videos. I am saying this because I want you to succeed and I admire your work ethic. The moment you connect to the grid and you have a solar system, it is very likely that Texas authorities will require that you have a permitted system.