Power

It was a difficult winter to produce power....especially if your panels are configured wrong. I started to suspect something was wrong when we had that week in April of pure sunshine. My generator however continued to run, and my panels were only producing around 600 watts. I have enough panels to produce over 2500 watts. My suspicions were confirmed after I visited some of the homes on the Green Homes tour 2 weeks ago. They all had smaller systems than I had, but were producing more power. After a few phone calls to various people I soon realized that my supplier is a clown! Even after I told him what I had learned, he still insisted that he was right. To make a long story short, I reconfigured my panels and am now producing lots of power. Below is a picture from today showing what I was producing. The upper left hand number shows how many watts my panels are producing (1992 watts). The number near the bottom of the right hand of the screen shows home many amps are going into the batteries (35 amps). My generator didn't run yesterday for the first time since it has been hooked up (approx 8 months). Yes.......my supplier is a CLOWN !!!!! This has been a slow, painful learning experience for me. It amazes me that these people are out there selling this stuff.