Too much excitement not to share...

Screenshot from my TED5000

OK...so this week I received my extra TED5000 MTU and clamps and installed them so I can finally see what I'm producing.  It took me a bit to figure out how to get it setup appropriately though.  Once I installed the unit and checked with the software, all my readings went negative (it was 8pm at night...no sunshine). I double checked my installation and it was all appropriate.  Then I read in the forums, that I needed to removed and flip the clamps on the 'whole house' wires and that did the trick.  Once I did that then the readings were all correct.  Then, it was cloudy.  Dang!  Well, today the sun is shining brightly and I'm finally getting to see my system producing power (I knew it was, but now I can see it remotely).  Yes...I am a nerd.

From the screenshot above (11am EST) my system was producing 1.702kW while peak production is 1.962kW while I was only using about 100W, so I'm sending power to the grid, baby!  

Sometime today I should get my login information for TIGO and I'll post on that.  I'll save that saga for another post, but long story short, there was a communication error from 2 of my panels (~660W NOT producing) and Greenspring energy had to send out a technician to fix it (all panels are now producing power).  With that fixed, TIGO can communicate and I'll be able to view the real time info on each panel.