Xantrex – Kyocera 6KW Solar PV Ground mount tiltable array in Fort Worth Tx. Pt 2
by admin on Tuesday, December 27th, 2011 | 25 Comments
Inside the garage where the Xantrex XW6048 Inverter is installed along with the solar charge controllers, battery bank, Inverter control panel and the xantrex gateway for email and network connection.
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Hello netwerkthis: Very solid system, how do you balance the load between the battery banks? and what made you go with the Xantrex system instead of other American made power controllers?
All the best, Raz
thats whats up good shit
I just bought 16 of the maxx 29 batteries for my setup and I was wondering how yours are holding up? How many years of use do you have on them now? still providing the same AH? thanks for any help
@elcomandante31able Back now 3yrs ago it was about $38K for the hardware..Ive added the batteries and a second inverter since. Panels then cost $900ea which now run about $440ea. The Tax CREDIT of 30% was nice and we did get it no problems. Again we did not do the local electric provider mainly because the 30% he was going to give was what the labor would have run so it was a wash. Rather do it myself and have it inspected than deal with more cash out of pocket.
@OuchiePunkie Its going to be years but we dont care as much that we have our own power and when..not if the grid goes down we flip a couple switches and we are online again WITH the ability to run into the night with min power consumption. GREEN TAGS or RECs we are saving up. Texas doesnt have a good REC comp package yet but we can hold the credits for 3yrs. NJ state buys them from you at $600/rec at this time. That is work waiting for to get my ROI down quickly.
nice video how mouch did u invest in the setup i like
Awesome!!!!
What’s your ROI (return on investment)? Please be honest. Thanks!
What a fabulous setup! Nice system!
@netwerkthis
So it was ok’d by your solar company, but you installed it yourself. Hmmm… Me thinks you’re having trouble keeping your story straight. Hope the house doesn’t burn down from all those overcharged batteries venting hydrogen into place. Once again, good luck.
************ Very Important Safety *************
But Until Now Most of the Inverter Around the World Still Can’t Pass The RCD Most Inverter Are Problem With RCD Safety .I Have an Experiment For About 12 Years Already until Today About 16 Inverter Experiment Most Of Them Are Not Pass Home RCD ???? It Was Unsafe.
From International Scouting
************ Very Important Safety *************
But Until Now Most of the Inverter Around the World Still Can’t Pass The RCD Most Inverter Are Problem With RCD Safety .I Have an Experiment For About 12 Years Already until Today About 16 Inverter Experiment Most Of Them Are Not Pass Home RCD ???? It Was Unsafe.
From International Scouting
@thehouseofdog yes Xantrex does not give tons of log info probably bc the technology was developed some time ago…tho I can plug into the RS port and pull more data but I really dont need it for anything as the nightly emails tell me what happen plus a total watts for the day/week/month. btw.. I installed the system myself so I didnt PAY some installer to rip me off and yes I did get my 30% Fed deduction this year as expected.
@netwerkthis I get more data points than Xantrex and the company you paid to do this. But hey, what do I know? I’ve just been doing this for 20+ years and have NABCEP PV certification. Good luck with it.
@JPOsolar 1 Controller is rated for 3K so one array of 3Kw is feed directly into one controller and the other array is in the second. 3 panels are wired in series. Each string of 3 is wired to its own DC breaker at the disconnect panel located behind each array. Those breakers are parallel back to the charge controllers.
Why are you using 2 charge controller if 1 charge can do 6KW? And how did you connect your panels (series and parallel)? Thanks for your informations.
@JPOsolar Walmart. Maxx 29 $92 core charge included. 125ah 875Amps.
Where did you buy your batteries?
@thehouseofdog Only thing mixed is a bank which all have the same date..so 4 batts are built same mo/yr The only two odd balls are the 2 yellows and those are just 9 months off from the other w in that bank. The deal with mixing batteries is if any are really old or the voltages between batteries are different. Mine are NOT. Also each bank goes into a battery bus bar and that bar goes back to the inverter. Works just fine and was ok’d by my solar company and xantrex.
Mixed batteries? Jeez… And 5 banks in parallel?
@JPOsolar ..The RECS or Green Tags are very important in most states. Texas where I am its not yet but ERCOT who is the GRID lets you ‘Bank’ your RECs for up to 3yrs. During that time you can sell them. If you sign a contract with your local electric provider for a rebate they might have a clause letting them take your rec. As of today I understand that N.J. is paying $700/REC. 1 REC is equal to 1MW of power you generate. Im holding my RECs.
@JPOsolar …. You need to contact your local Electric Wire provider, Its the ones who own the poles. You need an INTERCONNECT agreement with them. Then you need to talk to who ever BILLS YOU for the service. It very well maybe the same company and it may not. With your Billing company you need a NETMETERING plan. They will sell you power you consume and also Buy Back or credit you for what you pushed back to the grid. You also can sell your RECs.
Hi
Can you explain me better as you done to sell energy to the city, and what do you need to have authorization or approval?
Thanks
@netwerkthis
ok sounds good
@CaptainScarlet2006 I looked into ‘Solar Batteries’ and the cost going marine outweighed using ‘Solar’ Today’s online price for a Concorde 2V 672Amp is $262each. I need 48volts so Ill need 24 at a cost of $6288 for 672 total amps. I have 24 12v heavy duty marine batteries totaling 750amps with a cost of apx $2200. So I have more amps for less cost. Xantrex also said there would be no problem using a deep cycle marine battery .vs solar. My 1.5yrs of use proves it.