This is an ad for a poor deal and I think some are upvoting before they click. I hope nobody buys it before doing some comparison shopping.
> "They just banned all chinese inverters"
They don't go into details, but check out the Aurora Generator Test: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_Generator_Test Running solar inverters in opposite phase to the grid would likely not immediately damage them, instead they would draw the amount of power they'd normally provide. In some parts of the US, especially during peak summer demand, even a small percentage of solar power doing this could cause a cascading outage, knocking entire multi-state power grids offline. (See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003)
Granted, this could still happen with compromised US-produced inverters, but it's something we should be paying close attention to and planning around.
Most people in the US don't know that things like this even exist, so it's novel, new, and interesting.
Our media environment and politics have kept us away from broad understanding of current technology and possibilities. The US also has Stockholm-syndrome levels of subservience to HOAs, too, for example. When it comes to clean energy, regulation is assumed to be impossible to change, as is the grid. (But when it comes to energy for data centers, all regulations can be changed, and boy will the grid undergo changes, all billed back to residential ratepayers...)
It's hard to overstate just how bad the US is when it comes to the random person understanding hot-button Fox news topics like EVs and solar and wind and batteries.
Don’t submit an admit for a product that comes with a subscription.
HN is filled with commercial sales pitches, and even encourages self-promotion.
I can't be certain why this one type of product suddenly gets people saying "no ads," but I have my suspicions.
it wasn't flagged because of some nefarious plan to suppress people from knowing about this, it was flagged because it's marketing bullshit. There's lots of really good material out there about DIY solar and this isn't it.
Exactly how would you know that?