What’s the best battery system currently? I remember buying a bunch of large batteries for our sites and wiring them in 48 volt to the inverter.
Is there a better method than that for storing solar power from the array and using it at the house on inverter? Ideally it would be an inverter that took as much power from the solar as possible to power the house, then leaned on mains if it wasn’t enough. Is there even an inverter that intelligent for homes yet? Or are we just stuck with on/off use of the solar/batteries? From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 7:46 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Did I miss Chucks opinion on Ubnt SunMax $1 per watt for DIY systems. That is without battery. A full battery system is going to cost you 3 times that or more. From: Sterling Jacobson<mailto:sterl...@avative.net> Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 7:37 PM To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Did I miss Chucks opinion on Ubnt SunMax Yeah, they said $1.50 a watt purchased, but do it yourself installed. I guess it’s nice having it converted on panel to AC. But what’s this price vs. buying panels yourself and running DC to a battery bank? I want both. I want the panels and the battery with a decent inverter. I don’t care so much about selling back to the grid. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Mathew Howard Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 7:27 PM To: af <af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Did I miss Chucks opinion on Ubnt SunMax I think they mentioned something about under $1.50/watt,.. or something like that, but I have no idea if that's anywhere near what the real price will be. It looked to me like they're trying for simplicity more than cheap. On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 8:15 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com<mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>> wrote: $/watt is the only thing that matters to me. Pricing was not discussed. Mounting looks good. Normally integrated inverters and not the most cost effective method. Like to know the pricing. Also, you have to submit schematics and all kinds of other things to the local building inspection authority here to do a grid tie system. Not sure this would fly. Did not see all the labels and disconnects that are required here. From: Craig Schmaderer<mailto:cr...@skywaveconnect.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 5:25 PM To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: [AFMUG] Did I miss Chucks opinion on Ubnt SunMax Not sure when they released this, but I just saw this on their website. https://www.ubnt.com/sunmax/
