<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thats all super helpful, appreciate the advice everyone. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’ve not used the sol ark 15 and just wanted to make sure I wasn’t missing anything about battery options.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">And specifically the ones that don’t seem to play well.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Jay</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 9, 2024, at 2:56 PM, Jason Szumlanski via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" class="">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">HomeGrid works great with Sol-Ark. Closed loop comms reports battery SOC from BMS. Parallel stacks install easily. Customer support is competent and patient, in my experience.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The best part is the ability to easily add batteries. On Sunday I had a client with two stacks of five batteries each call me in a panic ahead of Hurricane Milton. He wanted more capacity. We had them in stock. On Monday my team added three batteries to each stack on the fly since we couldn't do a roof install that day due to rain. We had it done in about 2 hours, and that included moving the stacks due to a height conflict with a piece of equipment.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">And now, 48 hours later, I'm looking out my home office window at the trees bent over. A tornado passed close by a few hours ago, debris pelting my windows, and a neighbor lost their lanai ceiling. Too close for comfort! But I have power, at least. :)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Wish us luck.</div><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class="">Jason Szumlanski<div class=""><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" class="">Principal Solar Designer | Florida Solar Design Group</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" class=""><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" class="">NABCEP Certified Solar Professional (PVIP)</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" class=""><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" class="">Florida State Certified Solar Contractor CVC56956</span></div><div class=""><font color="#333333" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" class="">Florida Certified Electrical Contractor EC13013208</font></div></div></div></div><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 9, 2024 at 4:44 PM MDElectricSolar via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" class="">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto" class="">We’ve been installing the Tesla power wall 3 and have had zero issues, a very robust product, downside is no generator support.<div class=""><br id="m_-7611702295910523821lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Michael D Nelson</div><div class="">MD Electric & Solar, Inc.</div><div class="">707-684-0064 mobile</div><div class="">707-884-1862 office</div><div class=""><a href="http://www.mdelectricsolar.com/" target="_blank" class="">www.mdelectricsolar.com</a></div><div class=""><a href="http://www.facebook.com/mdelectricandsolar" target="_blank" class="">www.facebook.com/mdelectricandsolar</a></div><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Oct 9, 2024, at 1:24 PM, Dana Orzel via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank" class="">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">
<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif" class="">2 – Homegrid both required quite a bit of programming assistance not everyone who answered the phone was knowledgeable enough to get the fixes installed.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif" class="">2 – Pytes fired up fine no issues.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif" class="">2 – Solar Edge both required assistance, quick & simple fixes with Tech staff.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif" class="">I have a client who has started off with “I want Tesla batteries” how has Tesla batteries faired on installation?<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif" class="">_________________________________________________________<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:rgb(39,83,23)" class="">Dana Orzel </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:rgb(39,83,23)" class="">GREAT SOLAR WORKS!
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