From what I understand, anything up to 6kw is available IF you panels are putting out at least that much.
Solarcity is still alive, but it's now owned by Tesla. WHen they got bought out they came out with a new inverter, that I beleive is designed to work with the PowerWalls. They aren't making the H6 anymore, but there a bunch of them on the surplus market (still). Solar city is supporting existing customers that purchaes solar arrays based on the H6 before the buyout, but they aren't providing any support for the folks buying surplus inverters. Supposedly at least one company has reverse engineered the communications protocol so they are selling units that work with batteries they also sell. > Yes! > Fantastic! Is the full 6 kW availalbe in full sun (and no battery) > or just 15 amp "secure power" outlet like on the SUnnyboy? > Amd $400 is a GREAT deal compared to the thousand+ for the sunny boy. > > Is this a reproducible sustainable source of inverters like this. or are these > closeouts? is Solarcity solar even alive? > Bob > > On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 11:00 AM Peter VanDerWal <e...@vanderwal.us> wrote: > >> You mean like a Solarcity H6 (AKA Delta H6)? >> >> When Tesla bought out Solarcity they dropped this inverter, someone has been >> clearing them out on >> Ebay for $400 or so. >> >> It was originally designed to wrok with something like a Powerwall for >> backup power, but will work >> without it and people have reported success with connecting the HV battery >> packs on EVs to the PV >> input (accepts 120V to 550V input) >> >> My PGP public key: https://vanderwal.us/evdl_pgp.key >> >> October 15, 2021 1:57 PM, "Robert Bruninga via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: >> >> Mark, >> >> I used to design switching power supplies... >> >> Have you considered filling the strong market need for a 200-500 VDC input >> to 120 VAC output 2 kW inverter that can be used on Solar systems to >> charge any EV (via its own EVSE) independent of the grid. There is a >> CRYING need for this high-demand inverter. >> >> Or it can be used to power one's house from one's EV when the grid >> goes down? So much potential! >> Bob >> >> On Fri, Oct 15, 2021 at 8:26 AM Mark Hanson via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: >> >> Hi folks >> All the EVs I’ve converted over the years until 2011 , Electro Metro, >> Cushman, Cheese Wedge, Geo >> Tracker, Porsche 914, Karmann Ghia, I was able to pick up all radio stations >> including AM but >> mostly listen to NPR on low band FM. I used to design switching power >> supplies and class D >> amplifiers to meet FCC part B EMI requirements in my day job. >> All power cables a pos-neg (to cancel magnetic RF) are tightly ty wrapped >> together under the far >> right passenger side underneath the car and all the control wires under the >> left side. The speed >> control must be as close to the motor as possible with short cables (that’s >> the main EMI source). >> You can put an inline common mode choke pi filter on the 12V wires feeding >> the radio but I didn’t >> have to. Just proper layout of power components separate from control wiring >> is the main >> consideration. >> Best regards >> Mark >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> _______________________________________________ >> Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org >> No other addresses in TO and CC fields >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive >> LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org >> No other addresses in TO and CC fields >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive >> LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
