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I ordered an "unbranded" brand from Aliexpress. Without getting too deep into the weeds, if you can find it on Alibaba / Aliexpress, it's the same product being sold domestically for 2X+ the price, with custom branding.

Batteries have arrived, now just need to find a few hours to hook it all up!

Thanks everyone for all the input on this thread! Passed my electrical inspection this morning, now just waiting for Eversource to come give me my net meter. Just about to hit 100kWh of production in the few days it's been hooked up and running. Can't wait to knock a few more trees down keep...

Technically an 831 could cover the base heating load. The problem (or not problem for loading up 10kW) is turning anything else on-- range, oven, or dryer. It's also good for charging up the battery bank. I'd much rather let the 803 scream at 100% for a few hours, and go back to sucking the...

I owe that one to my father in-law. He's a retired architect, and he made the plans. I just cut wood and hammered nails. It's a full north / south house; the eave overhangs were calculated to completely shade the windows in the summer, and fully expose them in the winter based on the sun's...

That's the goal! In reality, the only reason the grid stays is to recoup the investment and cover the winter dips. Late spring / summer daily is only about 4kWh. Winter jumps to about 20 to 35 depending on how much wood we burn. With the batteries-- starting at 10kWh, and then moving up to 25...

I just wrapped up the solar on my house, and excited to share it. 8.5kW of panels and a hybrid inverter. Batteries arrive in two weeks, and then the 803A gets permanently hooked up. Only had to shovel the roof like three times >.> The inverter acts as an ATS, so when the grid goes down, the...

Some snowblower pictures from my monologue...

Slow going on the hour clock. A series of snow storms and cold-ass weather has kept me mostly indoors-- aside from rebuilding my snowblower's auger gearbox from using anything and everything as a "shear" pin. Turns out that old drill bits work great, because they don't shear; the little brass...

Very nice! Is that guage compatible with the ohm range of the OE sensor, or do you need to swap out?

Hey all, Just wanted to make a quick post for the northern people here. I started running Rotella T6 0W40 in my tractor to help with the cold starts, and also changed over the 803A last week. Note that this is a "heavy duty" diesel oil, and not a European car oil (which does exist). While it's...

Droop adjusted, and it's running like a champ. Worked up to about ~110% load, and have been blowing carbon chunks for an hour. I'm starting to think the hard start was carbon around the valves, preventing a good seal. A little hard to start a compression engine with no compression >.> Thanks...

I'm going to do an 80% load for a few hours when the temperature warms up a bit. It does respond to the load, but settles too low. I adjust it after a minute or so. I'll keep a closer eye on how it responds today. Yesterday was more of an it's finally running, can't wait to heat up my water...

Thanks everyone! Went through Kurt's steps exactly, and it was a bad regulator. New one in, and she's back to life! It's nice when the guy who makes them lives close by. Now I just need to find my set of dollhouse allen wrenches to swap the potentiometer knob. My next question for anyone (as I...

Thank you Kurt! I'll go through this early afternoon, and hopefully it's just the VR and there's time to grab one ;) Appreciate your time / knowledge, as always-- you're a wealth of information.