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I've gone rogue off grid. 7 kilowatts of panels and way too much lithium batteries.
I noticed some Tesla related inverters like the SolarCity h6 hybrid inverter that are enticingly cheap like $700. I like the high-voltage aspect and could arrange my batteries to be the correct voltage and I'm wondering what you guys think about using this inverter in a purely off-grid situation bought on clearance?
The seller thinks it requires a Tesla powerwall 2 but that's confusing me because I thought the the Tesla battery has a DC converter in it so it won't put out that high voltage.
It needs a very high voltage battery like 570 volts. It looks like the reason they're stepping solar panel voltage up instead of down like a regular mppt charge controller is because they're trying to reduce the highest voltage a bit. Can you imagine how high the panels voltage would go on a frosty morning the other way around?
It has 2 mppt 4,500w charge controllers built-in.
With an ideal panel voltage of 370v.
It says off it's off grid and grid tie capable.
Needs a 570 volt battery.
I think It must not have a giant heavy transformer because it's meagher 6800 Watt surge capacity is not double its continuous rating like it would be with an outback or Schneider?
If I max out its charge controller and want more solar what type of charge controllers work with this voltage?
There's some question as to whether it will work with a do-it-yourself powerwall?
Can it be done without being connected to Tesla?
Will this inverter even turn on without Tesla brand batteries?
Can I stack two inverters?
Got to love (& respect) that high voltage!
Look on page 91or 101 depending on which number you're looking at of this 146 page PDF file for the specifications.
Solar city manual H6 Hybrid Inverter_v1.1_02_03_17 release[22838].pdf
I noticed some Tesla related inverters like the SolarCity h6 hybrid inverter that are enticingly cheap like $700. I like the high-voltage aspect and could arrange my batteries to be the correct voltage and I'm wondering what you guys think about using this inverter in a purely off-grid situation bought on clearance?
The seller thinks it requires a Tesla powerwall 2 but that's confusing me because I thought the the Tesla battery has a DC converter in it so it won't put out that high voltage.
It needs a very high voltage battery like 570 volts. It looks like the reason they're stepping solar panel voltage up instead of down like a regular mppt charge controller is because they're trying to reduce the highest voltage a bit. Can you imagine how high the panels voltage would go on a frosty morning the other way around?
It has 2 mppt 4,500w charge controllers built-in.
With an ideal panel voltage of 370v.
It says off it's off grid and grid tie capable.
Needs a 570 volt battery.
I think It must not have a giant heavy transformer because it's meagher 6800 Watt surge capacity is not double its continuous rating like it would be with an outback or Schneider?
If I max out its charge controller and want more solar what type of charge controllers work with this voltage?
There's some question as to whether it will work with a do-it-yourself powerwall?
Can it be done without being connected to Tesla?
Will this inverter even turn on without Tesla brand batteries?
Can I stack two inverters?
Got to love (& respect) that high voltage!
Look on page 91or 101 depending on which number you're looking at of this 146 page PDF file for the specifications.
Solar city manual H6 Hybrid Inverter_v1.1_02_03_17 release[22838].pdf