Ben Tasker2d ago

New #blog post: Adding A Balcony #Solar Install to our garage

We've had solar for nearly 3 years now, but our easterly exposure has been niggling at me: output starts waning around lunch so the afternoon feels wasted (particularly after a cloudy morning)

So, I've added some west facing panels to the garage using a plug-in solar kit

This post talks about the install, setting up monitoring with #telegraf as well as results in the week since

https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/house-stuff/adding-plugin-solar-to-our-capacity.html

Adding a Balcony Solar Kit To Our Capacity

I recently installed a balcony/plug-in solar onto (well, around) our garage to provide some additional solar capacity. This post talks about the install experience, setting up monitoring via telegraf

www.bentasker.co.uk
Show threadpenguin422d ago
@ben Can those microinverters implement an export limit themselves if you had enough to get near the limit?
Show threadBen Tasker2d ago
@penguin42 These can't. There are some that can but it means running a data cable and putting another meter in the fusebox
Show threadpenguin422d ago
@ben ah ok, I'd heard some did comms over the mains.
Show threadBen Tasker
@penguin42 ooo yes, it looks like Enphase microinverters use powerline comms - https://support.enphase.com/s/article/ensuring-good-communication-between-the-microinverters-and-gateway
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