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EEVblog 1628 – Home Solar Power Re-Install + Upgrade + FAIL
Reinstallation of the 5kW Enphase microinverter home solar power system, and installation of a new 5kW Deye Hybrid inverter string system did not go well…
Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1628-home-solar-re-install-upgrade-fail/
Deye user manual: https://www.sunovagroup.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/SUN-3-6K-SG04LP1-AU-1.pdf
00:00 – New Trina, old LG, and even older LG panels
03:44 – Salute the old Sunnyboy 3kW string inverter
05:23 – New 415W Trina, old 370W LG, and even older 250W LG panels. Plus some bonus 440W Trina panels.
06:45 – The old fuse box
10:00 – Roof racking installation
14:49 – Old 370W LG panels are getting reused
16:36 – Panel installation on the roof
20:46 – Timelapse
21:35 – New 5kW Deye Hybrid inverter installation has problems…
24:35 – And now the Solar Analytics system fails!
25:56 – I got it working!
30:30 – The Electrician with no Multimeter!
31:02 – Solar Assistant running on a Raspberry Pi 3
33:51 – Summary of the dodgy half and half pizza install
35:28 – Update on the various monitoring systems, Enphase, Solar Analytics, and MyEnergi Zappi
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Reinstallation of the 5kW Enphase microinverter home solar power system, and installation of a new 5kW Deye Hybrid inverter string system did not go well…
Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1628-home-solar-re-install-upgrade-fail/
Deye user manual: https://www.sunovagroup.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/SUN-3-6K-SG04LP1-AU-1.pdf
00:00 – New Trina, old LG, and even older LG panels
03:44 – Salute the old Sunnyboy 3kW string inverter
05:23 – New 415W Trina, old 370W LG, and even older 250W LG panels. Plus some bonus 440W Trina panels.
06:45 – The old fuse box
10:00 – Roof racking installation
14:49 – Old 370W LG panels are getting reused
16:36 – Panel installation on the roof
20:46 – Timelapse
21:35 – New 5kW Deye Hybrid inverter installation has problems…
24:35 – And now the Solar Analytics system fails!
25:56 – I got it working!
30:30 – The Electrician with no Multimeter!
31:02 – Solar Assistant running on a Raspberry Pi 3
33:51 – Summary of the dodgy half and half pizza install
35:28 – Update on the various monitoring systems, Enphase, Solar Analytics, and MyEnergi Zappi
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