Solar Power

Expanding the AERL home storage battery from 25kWh to 75kWh! Also replacing the 5kW Deye hybrid inverter with an 8kW Solis hybrid inverter. And installing a changeover switch to power most of the house from the Backup port in the new inverter. https://www.aerl.com.au/products/life2-battery https://www.thomsonenergy.com.au/ Solis s6-eh1p8k-l-plus-au https://www.solisinverters.au/uploads/files/202506/Solis_Manual_S6-EH1P(3-8)K-L-PLUS_AU_V1,1(20250530).pdf Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1719-75kwh-home-storage-battery-expansion/ 00:00 …

One of my 14 Enphase microinverters failed and they sent me a new one under warranty, lets install it… Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1682-enphase-microinverter-fail-warranty-install/ Podcast: Download

Reflect Orbital wants to put reflecting mirrors in space to sell sunlight to solar farms after dark. The numbers work out exactly as you expect them to. It’s Solar Freakin’ Space Mirror time! https://www.reflectorbital.com/ BenNBuilds balloon test video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hUNCtDTIZc First Principles interview with Ben Nowack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDV3v0Xb4ow S3 Interview video with …

Installing a 15kWh AERL Life2 LiFePo4 solar home storage battery to my Deye inverter. Thanks to Peter Watkinson from AERL, one of my long time viewers! AERL were the first to invent and patent the Maximum Power Point Tracker MPPT used in all modern solar systems. Analysis video that was …

Is it worthwhile to run water through your rooftop solar panels to cool them down while pre-heating your hot water? Or maybe heating your pool? Also solar air and water heaters. As always, YMMV, but this is why I didn’t do it. Answering a Twitter question: https://x.com/axion2003/status/1812740667367460971 Heat Pump Hot …