For nearly three hours my house was running off solar. Still more work to do and a ton of add-on batteries to buy, but the system works. Eventually I want to replace the manual transfer switch with an automatic switch that I can run from anywhere. I designed the system and picked the components but hired an electrician to do the permitted installation. Passed inspection yesterday. And today, of course, cloud cover! Come on, man! I want my photons!

      • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
        3·
        16 hours ago

        Victron is the best but also really expensive. There’s good value to be had from some of these Chinese brands but they’re also a bit of a “grab bag” sometimes as they change designs constantly without any sort of notification.

        • Bev's Dad@lemmy.ca
          2·
          13 hours ago

          I’ll go with well designed Chinese lifepo4 batteries without worries but so far, the victron expense has seemed worth it for everything else (except their old shitty DC-DC converters and the Cerbo touchscreen that I was able to use a cheapo HDMI screen for instead)

          The reliability is worth the price when living off grid on the ocean but for most people that can switch over to grid power it might not feel that way.