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I can't believe it but I made a big mistake with solar kit. Fortunately I caught it before the vendor shipped out the inverter. The kit ordered was SMA SunnyBoy with TS4-R-F optimizer which turns out isn't really an optimizer. It's just a rapid shutdown. After spending several weeks trying to...

I would love to go with a ground but I don't have the space. :) I looked at micro inverters but they were a little pricier than strings with optimizers. From what I read they both the same way with shaded areas but I would think micro inverters would be a little more efficient.

I wonder if there are still people who bought Tesla way back when it was $10-$20 range who have still kept their stock. I'm sure some of them sold when it went up to $300 or even $800.

This is awesome. I bought a few shares just waiting for them to join the S&P500. I didn't think it would happen so soon. Should have bought more.

I just received my documents I need to get a permit from the vendor however they don't create the site map so I had to spend several hours learning how to create one. That was a nice learning experience. So far I've spent 23 hours and I haven't even ordered the panels yet. I really wasn't...

I'm hoping will go down more. I'm planning to buy before the battery day. It "should" go up soon after that.

With advice from some guys on Solar Talk I used PVWatts to calculate my PV generation on my first house. I thought that a 7.3kW system would generate 1,111kWh per month but turns out that's only for states in the south like California. Up north a 7.3kW will average out to 866kW per month. That's...

Sure, you can have them. Just give me your name and SSN number (for verification purpose) and I'll send them to you right away. ??

OMG. What's going with Tesla, they just dropped to $450. Did Elon tweet another "funding secured" to start another SEC investigation? Just kidding. Even after the stock split the stock keeps climbing which is awesome :-).

Sweet, I can't wait for battery day. Is there any idea how much battery density would increase with nanowires?

It's hard to say what cybertruck killer will be. Rivian doesn't have the cult following that Tesla has. Ford's electric F150 has the potential that will be but that will depend on the Ford fans willing to switch from gas to electric. I doubt they will because of human nature. Human nature is to...

It's always better to experience it in real life.

I don't know why people would want to back down. Even if you don't want it you can sell your reservation to somone who really wants it. The people that really want the cybertruck will pay to move up the list to get it sooner.

I'm super excited. After watching other people install solar on youtube I finally get to install solar myself. I don't know how long it will take me to install it on my house because I'm not familiar with the whole process of getting solar however I have basic idea from watching youtube. Can't...

I can understand that thinking but I think I would rather have EV manufactures compete with each other and innovate the future. But I'm pretty sure that will happen whether ICE manufactures exists or not. Agreed, GM lost all credibility with me when they killed EV1. We could be talking about GM...

Exactly, I love seeing the amount of R&D going into EVs.

Agreed, I still don't know why no other manufacturer haven't signed up to use the supercharger network. I don't see each manufacturer setting up their own charging network. I haven't heard anything about manufacturers dumping money into growing EAs network either. I would think the new pure EV...

With the massive migration to EVs, would you guys be ok if Ford and GM, and other big manufacturers went under or would you rather have them stick around? Innovation happens from the outside, in the next century I personally would rather have new the comers like Tesla, Rivian, and other EV...